Round steering wheel request... anyone else hate the Scout concept steering wheel?

[OlyScout]

I like the concept wheel and it’s nowhere near a yoke style. Better leg space for freeway cruising. Ideally, this would be the perfect design if they incorporated drive-by-wire.

 

[MavMaven1]

I will go the other direction. Why have a steering "wheel" at all? Why not a joystick or other option so that room gets opened? NHTSA may have a problem with that. Certainly a lot of retraining required, but what the heck, I'll throw it out there.

 

[timmyhil]

I know it’s a cool design move to have a “signature” EV element, but please Scout Motors, let’s be true to the legacy and make the steering wheel round. It works better, looks better, and probably will save you money. It’s literally the only fault I could find with what has been presented so far. Anyone else with me?

Anything is better than the BMW iX steering wheel. Did a few new tires and rotation on Saturday, that steering wheel is so square and oddly shaped that the scout wheel looks normal.

 

[dleepnw]

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[Beitie]

I will go the other direction. Why have a steering "wheel" at all? Why not a joystick or other option so that room gets opened? NHTSA may have a problem with that. Certainly a lot of retraining required, but what the heck, I'll throw it out there.

Because one of the high selling points for these vehicles is that they don't lean too heavily into the tech, or oddities that many EV's currently lean into.

 

[cvollers]

I like the concept wheel and it’s nowhere near a yoke style. Better leg space for freeway cruising. Ideally, this would be the perfect design if they incorporated drive-by-wire.

Square bottom is fine…just please no square top.

 

[dleepnw]

not a huge fan of what they showed in the reveal. overall design too retro looking. don't like the start button on the wheel or the two spoke look either. not a deal breaker just aesthetically not good looking imo.

 

[maynard]

I love the interior with the exception of the steering wheel... Back to round please...

 

[theonetruestripes]

Would be surprising if Scout added in a start button. Rivians don't have one. At least if they must include make it optional, I'd much rather not use one.

Rivian doesn't have one, and I don’t want one, but that doesn’t mean that VW doesn’t want one! Either because some VP likes them, or they did a customer focus group and have decided that potential Scout purchasers are “late EV adopters and don’t want to have a phone work like a key, and having a physical start button will make them happy".

It is something I can put up with, but it is honestly an extra bit of chore each time you get in the vehicle, and I don’t need that chore back. It doesn’t make me “more connected to the vehicle” and it definitely doesn’t make me think I’m in more control over the vehicle!

The few EV’s I’ve used that have one don’t make it optional, so I expect if it has it we are gonna have to use it!