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

Originally Posted by Tins

Ha. That's what I meant by "seeing the corners". I guess he can't.

I thought it was some odd take on that it was half behind a pole.

Clearly overthinking the comment and being unobservant on the photo 🥺

Tony

Worth a watch before you consider buying one. Happy with the Grenadier but not the company!

Five Reasons I am unhappy with Ineos. Why was my Grenadier towed away? - YouTube

$1200 for a replacement key ( it’s a low tech non proximity key)
$1100 for one steel wheel

Manuals and tech info as promised well before the launch still not available so DIY mechs are in the dark.

3 weeks plus to get parts from Europe.

I guess you can expect some logistical teething problems from what is essentially a startup, albeit a well funded one, but some of these, well, they need to be sorted PDQ if the Grenade is to be taken seriously.

The key! I wonder if Ineos have seen just how much people have to pay for the proximity type and thought " hey, if they can get away with it..". Back in 2009, before I bought my D2, I had a MK5 Golf that had a key pretty much identical to that one. Removing the blade and replacing it with a cut one is a trivial matter. I would have to wonder just what sort of "handshake" is required between the key and the car to justify that price. I suppose they are keeping the coding software as unavailable as the manuals seem to be.

I was truly hoping that Ineos might be a breath of fresh air in the ever more proprietary world of new cars. I guess not.

Originally Posted by Tins

I was truly hoping that Ineos might be a breath of fresh air in the ever more proprietary world of new cars. I guess not.

Huge job to produce a vehicle from scratch,yet alone have no issues.

He did mumble quite a few times that it would be benchmarked against Toyota.

Brave buyers as well,personally I wouldn’t go near one,just my two cents worth.
For the sort of money they are asking for them,for us,there are better options around,IMHO.

Originally Posted by spudfan

Wonder what the parts supply is like? Maybe it will be left to prove that it does not belong to the shopping trolley brigade.

Very poor I believe.

This chap is a local grenadier owner. He recounted the promises of freely available manuals, flying spanners, and a large dealer network. None of which has happened.

That alone would be a hard no for me.

I got my first FB add for Ineos offering 3.5k of accessories for free on new orders before the end of May. I remain convinced that once they have delivered the orders for existing cars which were taken at far lower prices - they are really going to struggle to get new orders. That they are discounting suggests that their pipe is running dry.

Some quick checking and a 70 series gxl wagon is like 85 otr. The base grenadier is 110, and the trialmaster 123. If I was in the market I would go the Toyota without a doubt.

IMHO they need to be 20k cheaper to achieve even niche sales in Aus.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Very poor I believe.

This chap is a local grenadier owner. He recounted the promises of freely available manuals, flying spanners, and a large dealer network. None of which has happened.

That alone would be a hard no for me.

No worse than a LR really.

Originally Posted by simonmelb

Worth a watch before you consider buying one. Happy with the Grenadier but not the company!

Five Reasons I am unhappy with Ineos. Why was my Grenadier towed away? - YouTube

$1200 for a replacement key ( it’s a low tech non proximity key)
$1100 for one steel wheel

Manuals and tech info as promised well before the launch still not available so DIY mechs are in the dark.

3 weeks plus to get parts from Europe.

And yet Melbourne is the parts center for the Oceania region.