In response to a query from Automotive Information, Keogh stated any announcement on how Scout would promote or restore its automobiles within the U.S. is forthcoming.

As for selecting South Carolina, “We checked out 74 websites in, I do not know, a dozen states, roughly. We checked out a number of states to the north, and we checked out a number of states to the south, and we checked out a couple of states to the west, so we’ve a great really feel of what is going on on in America with 74 websites,” Keogh stated. The state had the accessible infrastructure, a enough native inhabitants from which to attract the plant’s estimated 4,000 staff and an present provide base from different automakers which were within the state for many years, Keogh stated.

“This was the very best play primarily based on the 74 websites, full cease,” Keogh stated.