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

See it’s been playing in our local floods at the moment!

Yeah saw that flood play. Looks in its element. Cheers

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I think this is one of the best reviews yet I’ve seen so far. INEOS GRENADIER I We Drive "init" - YouTube

from South Africa, gents presenting are larrikans and quite funny. They have raised some excellent questions and were actually getting answers from the Grenadier team.

interesting points were the aftermarket manufacturers already gaining access to the vehicle to develop accessories.

One thing I haven’t heard yet is will there be an option for alternate gearing (R&P’s) to suit larger tyres.

Best thing seen in the whole clip i is the blue Grenadier with white hilights and aftermarket wheels and tyres on display. Yep sitting on 35’s and looks awesome. That’s was my colour choice any way, blue with the white roof. And with the white /cream hilights it looks even better in my opinion.

the more I see the more I think this will be sitting in my driveway.

cheers 🍻

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Thanks for posting this. Good vid. I am Impressed with the vehicle and design overall, but also with the candour so far of the company about what is still in development and certain shortcomings. I think it is also fantastic to see a company openly stating that lifting the vehicle (presumably there will be some limits to this) will not cause any issues with warranty and presumably also this would also apply to a modest increase in tyre size. I am very excited about seeing the production vehicles being tested. Currently it does not appeal to me due to the amount of room that I need but who knows down the track when this just two of us touring Australia.

Cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dx3_4fqxDs&t=96s

Good advert for the car's capabilities and another fine example of stupidity on the road. I wonder what a swift water rescue (or worse) would do for the brand.

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Good advert for the car's capabilities and another fine example of stupidity on the road. I wonder what a swift water rescue (or worse) would do for the brand.

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No stupidity at all.
They waited as directed and then were given approval to pass through.

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Currently fuel tank is 90l - can see it ratchet strapped in place. No spec on final size yet.

Seating room is spacious- it’s wide - like D4 wide - and the leg room is insanely good.

Rear passenger leg room is double a D4, with front seats fully back there’s still a good 8-10” of space to back of seat. At that point the front passenger struggles to reach the grab bar on the dash.

Handling - so far seems nice. Soaked up tracks and articulation as expected is very compliant.

Does it go… hell yes! And given it’s a prototype was quite quiet under mechanical demand. The 8 speed is well tuned and was flawless.

Interior is Untrimmed in prototype, has some nice features like quick connect mounts for cargo barriers/nets etc and tied down rails in the rear are great.

Roof can hold 200kg without a rack - using the side rails to lash to.

Underbody quite well protected. Lots of evidence of testing still holding up well.

Back doors squeaked like the old split troopy, I’m told they’ve upgraded the locks and hinges on the commercial units. Split door looks odd but would be handy for throwing in those smaller items quickly.

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Currently fuel tank is 90l - can see it ratchet strapped in place. No spec on final size yet.

Seating room is spacious- it’s wide - like D4 wide - and the leg room is insanely good.

Rear passenger leg room is double a D4, with front seats fully back there’s still a good 8-10” of space to back of seat. At that point the front passenger struggles to reach the grab bar on the dash.

Handling - so far seems nice. Soaked up tracks and articulation as expected is very compliant.

Does it go… hell yes! And given it’s a prototype was quite quiet under mechanical demand. The 8 speed is well tuned and was flawless.

Interior is Untrimmed in prototype, has some nice features like quick connect mounts for cargo barriers/nets etc and tied down rails in the rear are great.

Roof can hold 200kg without a rack - using the side rails to lash to.

Underbody quite well protected. Lots of evidence of testing still holding up well.

Back doors squeaked like the old split troopy, I’m told they’ve upgraded the locks and hinges on the commercial units. Split door looks odd but would be handy for throwing in those smaller items quickly.

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Essentially everything the new Defender could have been bar the EAS, LR should have developed the D4 chassis for next defender use.

Loanrangie , why do you think they didn't?

Surely if it was viable they would have.

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Loanrangie , why do you think they didn't?

Surely if it was viable they would have.

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They had already developed the monocoque chassis for the D5 and wanted to expand on it, the chassis was available at the D4's end of life in 2016 and it shares the same wheelbase as the L663 - hhmmm.