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

Originally Posted by Deefa

I doubt there going to sell many feildmaster edition vehicles. The Trailmaster is much more value. Mine came to 116k Pretty much the standard trailmaster which has lots of fruit anyway. Lockers, snorkel etc, ladder etc. Still sitting on the fence really but now im on the barbed wire part and its getting uncomfortable!Trialmaster.jpg

And they are now accepting orders.

Not that I'm in the market for one, but if I was my configuration come in at $94,380. Basic version with diff locks, 17" alloys and a handful of other options
$94,380.00


$94,380.00

I’m starting to look at fitting my 200tdi 110 (with blown motor) with a M57 & 6hp26 or R380.

Originally Posted by rar110

I’m starting to look at fitting my 200tdi 110 (with blown motor) with a M57 & 6hp26 or R380.

Nice! I have been doing some research on this. Check out Juice motors in the UK on Youtube. Its a great combination. Much more power and torque. I wouldn't go for the manual R380 though. They are not very strong. I have a chipped and modified Td5 and it destroyed the bearing behind the fifth gear a few years back. What happens with a more powerful engine is you tend to keep it in a higher gear going along the highway up hills, putting way more strain on the rear bearing which is very small. It eventually collapses. I think their is a mod by Ashcroft that uses two bearings or at least a larger bearing, but you have to dismantle the whole gearbox and get the box machined from memory. The 6 speed ZF Auto is a far better combo. Good luck with that it would be awesome. I would love to do the conversion with mine but there is not enough time available for me.

As for the Grenadier I have decided to go ahead and will sell my Defender which I have had for 17 years while prices are still high. That will pay for a large chunk of the admittingly higher than expected price of the Grenadier.
Its like having a cool Old school Defender with all the problems sorted and way more power and Torque, safety, brakes that actually work well, 5 year warranty and you dont get wet when it rains. Hopefully anyway.

I know some people don't like him (for valid reasons!) but here is Andrew SP White's vid (17/5/22) on his recent drive in the pre-production Grenadier when it came to WA. He has some good things to say.

What is INEOS GRENADIER'S BIGGEST SHORTCOMING? PAYLOAD or RANGE? My first impressions | 4xOverland - YouTube

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

I know some people don't like him (for valid reasons!) but here is Andrew SP White's vid (17/5/22) on his recent drive in the pre-production Grenadier when it came to WA. He has some good things to say.

What is INEOS GRENADIER'S BIGGEST SHORTCOMING? PAYLOAD or RANGE? My first impressions | 4xOverland - YouTube

He's still a tool (IMO)

I had an email conversation with him several years ago to offer some specific advice (that 'Drivesafe' on here mentioned) on how he was setting up one of his vehicle builds. I got roasted (toasty on both sides) in a long return email. Move along a few months and surprise, surprise, after a shakedown trip, he had to rejig the vehicle. Each to their own I guess.

Yep. Had similarly aggressive comments from him when offering some suggestions.

Also got abused when pointing out (to him) during some of his product reviews, he doesn’t use the product as designed and then belittles it when it’s his technical ineptitude that caused the problems experienced.

Last I checked I was firmly banned/blocked from all his social media platforms.

I have met him in person, he’s the kinda person you really cannot spend more than 30 seconds with before wanting to slap them.