New Ineos Grenadier (2021) Off-Roader Spied


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Our spy photographers have caught the new Ineos Grenadier on camera for the first time. Austrian vehicle development company Magna Steyr is pushing the off-roader through the final stages of its development programme, ahead of its expected UK launch date in 2021.

When the project was first announced, Ineos Automotive said it would produce a spiritual successor for the previous-generation Land Rover Defender – and, judging by these spy shots, the company has remained true to its word.

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This Grenadier mule shares the same boxy proportions as the old Defender, with similarly angular doors and window glass. It also shares the Land Rover’s slatted radiator grille, flat bonnet, round headlamps and upright windscreen – and, under the front bumper, there’s a thick sump guard.

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Dirk Heilmann, CEO of Ineos Automotive has previously said that the Grenadier’s shell will be all-new – although it’ll have a retro design language with surfaces “flat enough to rest a mug on.” Like the old Defender, it will come in a range of body styles, including a traditional station wagon and a pick-up variant.

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Heilmann also confirmed the Grenadier will mirror the original Defender’s platform closely, stating the SUV will have a body-on-frame construction with a steel ladder chassis and an aluminium body. He also said that the finished product would be “fairly light,” with a towing capacity of 3.5 tonnes and a one-tonne payload.

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neos has signed a partnership with BMW, who will provide its 3.0-litre straight-six TwinPower turbo petrol and diesel engines for the Grenadier project. Both units will feed their power to a permanent all-wheel-drive system via an eight-speed automatic transmission only – with no manual option available.

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New 2022 Ineos Grenadier 4x4 revealed to take on the Land Rover Defender

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This is the Ineos Grenadier – an all-new car from an all-new company, but one with a distinctly familiar look.

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Just three years ago, in 2017, Ineos Chairman and car fan Sir Jim Radcliffe decided to do something other car makers seemed to be shying away from: produce a vehicle with off-road ability at its heart, a utilitarian car where form followed function.

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This is the result, the first model from Ineos Automotive, and a car that takes its name from the pub where the idea was first formed. Auto Express was invited to Ineos HQ to take a look at the Grenadier and meet some of the team behind it.

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New 2022 Ineos Grenadier: prices, specs and launch date


This is the Ineos Grenadier. It’s the first car from the newly formed automotive division of the British chemical company, Ineos – and it’s been designed as a spiritual successor to the previous-generation Land Rover Defender.

The Grenadier takes its name from a pub in Belgravia, London where, just three years ago, Ineos Chairman Sir Jim Radcliffe conceived the project – and from the beginning, his vision was to build a no-compromise, rugged off-roader whose form followed function.

So, the Grenadier shares the same boxy proportions as the old Defender, with similarly angular doors and window glass. It also shares the Land Rover’s slatted radiator grille, flat bonnet, round headlamps and upright windscreen – and, under the front bumper, there’s a thick sump guard.

There are some elements of the Mercedes G-Class mixed into the Grenadier’s design, too, which is no surprise considering Ineos’s partnership with the Austrian engineering company, Magna Steyr. The firm has handled the production of the G-Wagen since 2018 and will also help Ineos piece together the Grenadier.

At the helm of the company is Dirk Heilmann. He’s been an Ineos employee for the last two decades but, like the company’s design chief, Toby Ecuyer, he has no previous experience in the car industry – other than being a self-confessed petrolhead. So, is that a problem or a benefit for someone leading a new car company?

Heilmann told us: “A bit of both, really. We’ve got a very talented bunch of automotive designers and engineers we’re working very closely with, which is massively beneficial and helpful. But equally, I think, being from a different industry and thinking about things in a slightly different way, I think that’s also helped a lot as well.”

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The Grenadier was designed by Toby Ecuyer, who started his career as an architect and recently moved into designing super yachts. The Grenadier was his first car, but he doesn’t see his lack of experience in the automotive world as a problem.

Ecuyer said: “If you can design one thing, you can design another. So, if you can design a toaster well, I think you can design a car really well, too. I think it’s more to do with your designing principles than anything else. But I think it does have benefits.”

So, to make sure he was on the right track, Ecuyer studied a broad range of off-roaders for inspiration. “We were looking at all sorts of different vehicles,” he explained. “From Unimogs to military vehicles, to aircraft, to lorries and vans. The Willys Jeep, obviously, and Land Rover, the Land Cruiser, Nissan Patrol, Ford Bronco – literally everything. They’re all very uncomplicated and very honest. We thought that was a good place to try to aim for.”

Like most of the cars in that list, the Grenadier will feature a body-on-frame construction with a steel ladder-frame chassis. The company’s CEO, Dirk Heilmann, has also previously said that the finished product will be “fairly light,” with a towing capacity of 3.5 tonnes and a one-tonne payload.

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