In the event anyone at the white board is paying attention... BMW remembered heritage... Just saying...
Style points for the design team...
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Just to clarify, a design enthusiast created that in 3D software. It isn't a BMW creation or vehicle BMW offers.
We would likely be at Scout VII right now if they had continued the lineup. Historic documents show that IH wanted to take the Scout up market to increase profitability and even referenced Mercedes and the Range Rover at the time. You can see those influences here:
Since the Scout II is our current inspiration, we are starting from a good place.
Lol Jamie you know you can't sneak that in assuming I would not know of Monteverdi Safari and other variants. Yes 'had porsche followed the 914', 'had VW followed the bug', the world would be a much different and uglier place. But had BMW flowed from the CS and 3.0 Csl roots... you get the design above.
Where was I going, I need coffee...
https://bringatrailer.com/2016/07/2...d-international-scout-1981-monteverdi-safari/
I agree with GotScout. The the FJ Cruiser came out years ago, it was nothing like the cool FJ40's that became so popular. When the new Broncos came out, they screwed up with the sport model, but kept to the spirit of the original Broncos in several of their higher end line. I could be wrong, but if VW doesn't try to keep a lot of what has made scouts so popular now, I feel they will miss their mark.
I agree, Toyota definitely missed an opportunity when they brought back the fj. It wasn't great. It's even more apparent when you see them today, they just should have looked at the original design ques and focused on the right look.
Agree 100%. Kid in my dorm at PSU had a restored FJ and we always had him drive-was an amazing vehicle
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