Scout History
The original Scout was an off-road vehicle sold by International Harvester (the farm equipment and heavy duty truck maker) from 1961-1980. It was a two-door off-road SUV with a removable roof and fold down windshield, targeting the Jeep CJ.
Many people don’t realize that Scout was at the leading edge of a new sport utility vehicle market created in the 1960s. It was followed to market by the 1966 Ford Bronco and 1969 Chevrolet Blazer.
Sadly, financial trouble by International Harvester caused the demise of Scout after the 1980 model year. Those same troubles forced International to sell off their farm equipment division in 1984 and reorganize as medium and heavy duty truck maker, Navistar, in 1986.
Enter Volkswagen
VW has a commercial truck division, Traton, that purchased the remaining shares of Navistar in 2020. With that purchase, VW also assumed ownership of the Scout name. I doubt most people made that connection at the time. After all, Scout went off the market in 1980 and was assumed long dead.
Anything is possible in the automotive world, and long-lost vehicle names get resurrected often.