INEOS Grenadier 4×4 full review – Defender rival driven On AND Off-road. The Ineos Grenadier is a hardcore 4×4 utility vehicle dreamt up by Britain’s wealthiest man (and staunch old school Land Rover Defender fan) Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Named after the London pub in which the vehicle’s concept was conceived, the Grenadier combines proven older tech separate ladder chassis and galvanised steel bodyshell with modern BMW drivetrains, heavy duty beam axles and locking diffs with a ‘utility belt’ equipment attachment system, huge luggage capacity and a waterproof interior. Hardcore adventurers walk this way, luxury SUV warriors look away!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:40 Exterior design
2:20 DIMENSIONS
4:05 Wheels and tyres
6:30 WADING
7:40 OFFROADING
13:26 Rear design
13:58 Boot load space
15:00 Waterproof fusebox
15:39 Towing capability
15:58 REAR SEATS
17:17 FRONT SEATS
18:12 Overhead console
19:15 ROAD DRIVING
23:18 Ride quality
26:13 UGLY but useful?
26:40 New Land Rover hater?
27:07 Full throttle
27:42 Steering
27:55 110 Old Defender comparison
28:10 PRICING
28:56 Handling
30:05 Hydrogen version
30:22 New EV Ineos model coming
32:11 VERDICT
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At last…. been waiting about 3 years for jonny to get his hands on one
Cool truck. I'd never have one, I disagree with the owner of Ineos intensely.
Great car, pray to get it some time
Brilliant honest and open review. Hopefully Sir Jim will watch ( and look at comments) and take note of those internal driving comfort issues you mentioned – which would probably get annoying on a long journey. Otherwise, he has done what he set out to do and well done to him.
Most of the farmers round here went from LR Defenders to Toyota double cab pickups (with the enclosure over the bed).
Interesting vehicle. Just read the Pistonshead review and the fuel economy is horrendous for both diesel and petrol. Just as well it has a lot of additional external storage. Going to need it for jerry cans…
This car is such a flex – imagine building a better Landrover than Landrover.
I expect a lot of Kensington and Chelsea 1 year old Defenders will be traded in soon… The urban posh loved the old agri' Defenders, they'll love this modernised Grenadier to go to parties and shopping.
Love it but the lack of a manual box puts me off.
Time will tell, just have to see if The Red Cross and/or UN pick them up over Land Cruisers, and I kinda want to see a military version, as the old landies can't have much time left as utility trucks.
Range rover and land rover have lost the plot. Such terrible cars. Lost there heritage.
Great car Jonny.
I rate this vehicle, and given that much of the hardware is from the home of the G-Wagen, likely to be long lived.
As a G-Wagen fan (having had several over the years), this is in the same vein, and slow steering racks do not phase me at all, as this is needed off-road.
I do go off-road quite a bit, frequently in pretty wild places where ample ability makes the difference of a long walk to find recovery.
I wouldn't ever buy a Land Rover product due to the woeful reliability, not helped by crazy layers of tech….one of the attractions of the Ineos is the multiple analogue controls/functions, great waterproofing and cheap to replace 'knock-off items. Pre-wireing for accessories too – Genius Ineos!
This vehicle has been designed by people who know what they are talking about.
Cheap compared to a diesel G-Wagen too. Bravo Jim Ratcliffe.
Do the skylights have shades?
I just wish someone would do a 4×4 commercial vehicle like the old 110 utility. Soooo many people I know what something like that for work.
Too much ads in single video…
Auto buttons all over it's just not a defender it's more like a range rover that looks like a defender
Meh. I'm not sold on the external styling. Can't believe they're bringing a car to market in 2023 with no EV option. The owner's a bit Brexity. I think the new Defender is actually better looking and I've a hunch it's more capable off-road. Defender would definitely be more livable day-to-day. I like they've tried to make it more of an overlanding/adventure vehicle with the options, but it's not luxurious enough compared to a Defender to win that battle. It's just not "enough" in any of the categories it's competing in… looks like a fail to me.
I’m bitter, but Radcliffe prematurely announced that these were being made in South Wales! This prominent lying Brexiteer won’t won’t be getting any of my custom. Simple as that!
It is amazing vehicle. Big THANKS to Sir Jim for building this. The only reason for me not to buy is the power to weight ratio, too heavy for 285 hp.
Really want of these. I'm not the target market financially as it's double/triple what I normally go for but I am forever in love with hard wearing, utility vehicles. Ultimately, if we are to become more responsible vehicle owners in the changing climate, we need to move away from this PCP cycle brought on by disposable consumerism ( I blame phones for making it popular) and move to 5-10 year vehicle cycles per user.
Development is in a technical arms race and as a result had a significant amount of disposability about it. We can't sustain that surely?
Against a lot of advice to the contrary, a good friend of mine bought a Defender here in Australia when they first came out. 48,000kms and 1 year later of relatively easy driving with some off-road and it required a full drivetrain replacement, including engine, gearbox, suspension. He had to wait around 8 months for it to be fixed and was told that he would only get 12 months warranty for the new bits – original warranty was 5 years.
LR have been a nightmare to deal with – zero updates, no offers to compensate, not returning calls etc. – and refuse to budge on warranty. Others here in Oz have had the same problem – several with far fewer kms – and now their replacement engines have failed. As it stands, my friend is not willing to take the car back until he gets some compensation for depreciation losses while the car was unavailable to him and a warranty on the replacement engine that shows the company will back their brand. If he took it back now, he would inherit a huge potential liability.
Meanwhile, I'm enjoying endless trouble-free on and off-roading, some quite rough in my '07 utilitarian Nissan and am planning to replace it with a Grenadier in the next 2 years. Landrover? Not on your life. Thanks for the great review.
Did I miss the part when fuel economy was mentioned?
Hope you enjoyed Central Bedfordshire, Jonny.
Personally I think LR went from being a good utility vehicle to what has now become a rich-mans/womans trinket and posh school run I have more money than you kind of vehicle. I admire those like Mr Mr Ratcliffe that stick the fingers up at those that think they have a monopoly on something, but don't.