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

Hoges

Thanks for your detailled response - much appreciated.

Have to get some side steps as well - thinking about the new Trigg Side Steps / sliders which seem to be reasonably priced, Trigg seem to have a good reputation for making good stuff.

Got the Kaon mirror mount antenna mounting point & Hold my Phone mounting points for phone & mike.

I like the look of the Bison rear storage cages that fit just below the rear windows.

I am finding storage compartments a bit lacking compared to Defender.

Thanks again

I followed a Grenadier for a good few k's on the Cunningham highway last night from Warrilview to Amberley. They have very distinctive tail lights, I knew what it was immediately, even in the dark.

Greetings AULROVIANS,

We spent all of May in the UK on a road-trip, travelling top to bottom and doing about 2,500km. This is a BIG distance on that small island. We enjoyed glorious weather (driest Spring on record) and no traffic jams!

We only saw TWO Grenadiers out and about on the entire trip! I was surprised...

To round out the report, we saw many, many newish Range Rover Sports, a lot of new Defenders, a few older Discovery 4's, and a reasonable number of old Defenders still running around, especially out in rural areas. There were a few old D2's fully kitted for mud-runs etc, driven by young guys. (Half their luck!)

In summary, from what we saw, the INEOS Grenadier does NOT appear to have taken off in the UK.

PS: went to the Royal Windsor Horse Show and met King Charles. He was in a Range Rover of course!

King Charles.jpg


Safe travels, Jeff

What I immediately noticed when I sat in a Grenadier last year was the intrusion into the left side of the drivers footwell - apparently it's part of the exhaust. It's genuinely staggering that a clean-sheet design has a flaw like that and were I in the market to replace my D4 it'd be an immediate deal-killer: did they mainly design it for LHD markets? Which leaves me curious - are owners in Australia ignoring it or not finding it an issue? Or is it that for anyone coming from an old Defender even a bump in the footwell is better than the terrible ergononics of the old Defender?

Originally Posted by Arapiles

What I immediately noticed when I sat in a Grenadier last year was the intrusion into the left side of the drivers footwell - apparently it's part of the exhaust. It's genuinely staggering that a clean-sheet design has a flaw like that and were I in the market to replace my D4 it'd be an immediate deal-killer: did they mainly design it for LHD markets? Which leaves me curious - are owners in Australia ignoring it or not finding it an issue? Or is it that for anyone coming from an old Defender even a bump in the footwell is better than the terrible ergononics of the old Defender?

I was talking to a mate who just replaced his Defender (one of the last of the last) with an Ineos and he finds the Ineos a nicer vehicle. I did pose the question to him re: the footwell intrusion and he said it was not an issue. He's not a small lad, either. I've yet to be offered a drive, but I'm working on it.

From what i have heard some people can live with the footwell intrusion and some cannot. I suspect there may also be a bit of selective commentating by those who purchased before being able to test drive - it would be difficult to accept a major flaw in a $120k or so vehicle that you had just purchased. Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

From what i have heard some people can live with the footwell intrusion and some cannot. I suspect there may also be a bit of selective commentating by those who purchased before being able to test drive - it would be difficult to accept a major flaw in a $120k or so vehicle that you had just purchased. Cheers

......and " the tongue always turns to the aching tooth!"

If it wasn’t done as an “intrusion” and the entire tunnel had been pushed outboard that distance it would have gone unnoticed by many.

I have much more trouble with Hilux manuals, Cruiser 70 series etc when it comes to space for feet.