Create a pickup section of the Forum

[Bodie]

My interest is only in the Scout SUV and it seems that most (not all) on this site are also solely or mainly interested in the SUV as opposed to the upcoming SM pickup. No doubt because the "Scout" was the IH SUV and holds most of the nostalgia. To me a pickup is a pickup but you are going to need to sell a lot of pickups in addition to the SUV so you need to reach those pickup buyers too.

You may want to create separate pickup and SUV sections of the forum so the pickup people can more easily engage in pickup discussions. Almost all the threads are SUV centric. You should also have a registry for IH pickups in addition to the Scout, Terra and Traveller lists. You may want a Travelall registry also if you have plans for a 3 row (you should).

 

[R1TVT]

I would second this, but from the perspective of the pick-up buyer, as someone that is solely interested in a SCOUT pick-up. Using the closest analogous competitor in the EV truck category (Rivian R1T & R1S), there are many differences between those two vehicles (despite sharing the same basic design and platform) when it comes to things like storage, bed features, range, wheelbase length, off-road performance, on-road performance, etc. It's probably not a bad idea to start some separate sections here at some point in the future.

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Sorry, I just remembered seeing this topic but forgot to provide some background.

We do plan to add model-specific areas to the forum in the future once the vehicles are introduced. I'm not opposed to creating a pickup-specific forum area sooner, but in my experience, splintering the conversations into smaller forums often results in a lot of duplicate conversations/topics and overall splinters the community a bit. Obviously, the pickup truck has some different priorities over the SUV but there is a lot of overlap as well during the development. I'll talk with our internal teams to see if it would be helpful and we'll figure out the best compromise.

 

[Jim Nichols]

I think the pickup and SUV should be the same vehicle with different tops like the Traveler and Terra pickup.