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

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 4th November 2025, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Hoges

I refer to mine as "the poor man's G wagon "

Probably that is a more realistic take on it rather than "the spiritual successor to the defender"

I really love this take on it. Maybe this should have been the Grenadier. Of course... given Magna Steyr who build the G-Wagen also had a big part of the design of the Grenadier I doubt they had much motivation.

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**loanrangie** · 5th November 2025, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

There was a lot I was nodding to in this video. One of those things.. the grenadier "is not a spiritual successor to the Defender.. it's too expensive".

I agree with that 100%

Neither is an L663 and it isn't any cheaper and no tray back version.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 5th November 2025, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Neither is an L663 and it isn't any cheaper and no tray back version.

The new defender is a modern interpration of the old defender designed and optimised for on road use. Preferably within a few hours drive (tow truck) of a dealer.

**Tombie** · 7th November 2025, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

The new defender is a modern interpration of the old defender designed and optimised for on road use. Preferably within a few hours drive (tow truck) of a dealer.

Nah…. They said that when the TD5 was introduced too.

There are several hard working current model defenders around this part of Aus, no dealers for hundreds of kilometres.

I speak to several of the owners regularly, they’re doing big trips in deserts, regular beach work, towing heavy, all the usual things.

Have they had a few niggles, sure.

One has owned from new a County, All the TDI models, a TD5, the Puma version and now the new one. Guess which one has caused the least grief! And it’s gotten well into the +100k odometer zone

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 7th November 2025, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

Nah…. They said that when the TD5 was introduced too.

There are several hard working current model defenders around this part of Aus, no dealers for hundreds of kilometres.

I speak to several of the owners regularly, they’re doing big trips in deserts, regular beach work, towing heavy, all the usual things.

Have they had a few niggles, sure.

One has owned from new a County, All the TDI models, a TD5, the Puma version and now the new one. Guess which one has caused the least grief! And it’s gotten well into the +100k odometer zone

The oldest one is barely five. I've no doubt when everything is new a remote trip would be worth a roll.

I'm quite confident time will prove me right. I'm not alone on this.

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