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    Quote Originally Posted by Red90 View Post
    The price is not known yet. It is unlikely to be that high.

    It is not set in stone that there won’t be a manual.

    Relax. Sit down. Wait for real information.
    Owner/Designer stated in one of the interviews its aiming to be around the UK 40k pound mark. In AU that's $80k+ without trying. Add LCT, freight etc and it will be $100k.

    And LR owners complain about lack of service / parts centers in AU now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red90 View Post
    What??? You realize we are looking at a clay model and computer rendering?
    Yes, I realise that - the issue that the Financial Times were referring to was that the panels are going to be painted in Portugal - where the chassis and bodies are actually being made - and then shipped to Wales to be screwed together. They were saying that it's hard to protect paint that's being shipped around. My experience with a car that had prepainted panels was that you also get inconsistencies in the colour due to slightly different batches and different ages of the panels, as one panel may have been painted weeks before the panel next to it.

    It's an interesting article that's worth a read, but the FT doesn't permit links.
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    Instead of the above vid I posted, it's probably best just to refer to the Ineos Automotive youtube channel:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    True. If you want to supply the big players in Aus though it will be AC5.

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    All require it - and are the volume customers.

    RT and BHP are the prime reason Toyota fitted SRS into the 7x Series and updated the Hilux.

    More pointedly, with the 70 series, Toyota only fitted curtain airbags to the single cab model, because that's the one that the mines buy (all models have driver and passenger airbags).

    So, yes, without 5 stars the Grenadier's not going to get any sales from the mining companies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arapiles View Post
    More pointedly, with the 70 series, Toyota only fitted curtain airbags to the single cab model, because that's the one that the mines buy (all models have driver and passenger airbags).

    So, yes, without 5 stars the Grenadier's not going to get any sales from the mining companies.
    To get the 5 star,the single cab model also had a few other mods under the skin.

    As time goes on,it will be very difficult for vehicles built like the Grenadier to get a 5 star rating.This won't help sales.

    In fact many vehicles that were rated in Aus,as 5 star,in the last few years,as an example,more than likely won't be 5 star if tested in 2020.
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    Ineos Grenadier, do you reckon it'll take off?

    Given they are only planning to produce 25000 a year - I don’t think Australian mining company requirements are a high priority. Their sales targets are primarily North America and UK/Europe (like the Defender but with lower volumes / higher profit margins).

    With pricing similar to the Defender it may backfire and make people see the better value with the real LR.

    But it does look good (despite the Russian looking G wagon bonnet). Would be great to be a billionaire able to pursue anything your want.

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    FWIW the maximum annual Deefer production was 25,000 as that maxed out the line.
    So much hand labour involved in assembling the old girl.

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