Thread: The defender may live on with fresh interest

pardon my ignorance but what is INEOS?

no build information on any modern defender will come from anywhere other than JLR..... and JLR are NOT releasing information about ANY modern defender.

btw all 4wd vehicles coming out of Thailand are being developed with smaller , more powerful , torquier engines.....not V8's.

INEOS is a chemical company. The Chairman is worth GBP5 billion. He loves his Rovers.

The Article suggested reverse engineering. After all the defender technology is ancient in motoring terms. INEOS comments took the view that any technology LRJ owns in respect of the defender is now past the usual protections. Reading the article my impression was that it would be old school rugidness, better reliability and safety features to meet the US market. MLD

Sounds like an opportunity to put the 'executive email carpet bomb' to use for good, rather than evil.

It worked for Triumph so could work for LR.

Sent from my K4000_PRO using AULRO mobile app

I'm pretty sure even the Santana had rack & pinion steering, and the modified the firewall to fit a more modern dash. So re-engineering is possible. For some reason they stayed with s3 type spring set up.

More on the Ineos option:

Ineos' Land Rover Defender rival could be built at Ford plant

I had hopes but I think the Ineos project has gone off the rails.
"Projekt Grenadier"


The Projekt Grenadier Website | Building An Uncompromising 4x4


IMO Ratcliffe should get onboard with Bollinger,
If he dosen't get his act into gear he will miss the boat like JLR have done long ago.

Sadly, I am starting to think that the new Deefer will be a no-show. I think JLR will use the VW-inspired monkey murders to declare that "no-one wants a "real" 4wd with a diesel engine anymore, so we'll just concentrate on the yuppie market. Thanks for your loyalty, would you mind joining the hairdresser queue? "
Sad, isn't it?