Ineos Grenadier, do you reckon it'll take off?

Must confess I had not read that Ineos article... way back ‘17 eh.

and I was being facetious about body shape, to my own shame🥵

I just wonder what the final price will be once you add diff locks and a few other "optional" 4wd necessities. My guess would be north of AU$140,000 at todays prices. I just wonder if people will be prepared to pay that much for a "basic looking" 4wd. One only has to look at the Merc to see, despite all the 4WD kit they have, they do not sell in large numbers here. But it does look like a Defender and "fit for purpose" and not a Toorak Tractor.

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I just wonder what the final price will be once you add diff locks and a few other "optional" 4wd necessities. My guess would be north of AU$140,000 at todays prices. I just wonder if people will be prepared to pay that much for a "basic looking" 4wd. One only has to look at the Merc to see, despite all the 4WD kit they have, they do not sell in large numbers here. But it does look like a Defender and "fit for purpose" and not a Toorak Tractor.

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And they will have to crack the 'garden variety' vehicle market,that is Japs,Thia,and Koreans.

That will very difficult here in Aus,and no doubt other countries such as Africa as well.

Needs a turbo diesel engine to do well here.

Got the full online issue of Autocar magazine the other day. I don't know if it's ok to upload just the section on driving the Ineos Grenadier prototype. I'm sure mods will sort it out.

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Thanks for posting that up - good read.

Sounds like it will be a good 4 x 4

"It will be a good value, but not a cheap car"

Still think it will be over $100K if it lands here unfortunately.

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Needs a turbo diesel engine to do well here.

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Engines were announced over a year ago. 3 liter inline 6 BMW engines in petrol and diesel.