[lbwtaylor]

It's an interesting comment. Some believe that VW will make Scouts a direct to consumer brand, like Tesla, rather than part of the VW dealer (or any) network.

I try to avoid VW brands because of dieselgate - don't want to support them after that.

[WorldMaker]

Maybe they'll run it like Geely/Volvo Auto has been running Polestar? Polestar today is direct to consumer with a handful of showrooms like Tesla, but with a support contract with Volvo Auto dealerships. (My biggest complaint with Polestar is that there aren't yet enough showrooms in the US and I wish I could test drive one at my local Volvo dealership, because would really like to test drive the Polestar 2 and don't want to drive 9-12 hours to do it.)

As for dieselgate, for what it is worth VW seems to be going above and beyond in restitution. They made a larger voluntary factory recall than any of the car manufacturers that have since been caught with minor dieselgate scandals. They've invested more into Electrify America than just the US EPA mandated "fines". They've been seeming to follow through on their promises to aggressively electrify their entire fleet in a very short time window/turnaround. (They claim they will not sell any non-EV starting with the 2025 model year, next year. They seem on track to maybe hit that, with some question marks around some US only models remaining.) It's dumb that it took a scandal like dieselgate to push VW to turning the ship so hard, but they actually might be turning the ship.