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Grenadier Category: Vehicle Model Wikipedia: Ineos Grenadier Description: An SUV produced by Ineos beginning with the 2023 model year. Page Sections: History · Article Index |
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Ineos Grenadier page on 11 February 2025, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Ineos Grenadier is an off-road utility vehicle designed and produced by Ineos Automotive. It went into production in October 2022. The Grenadier was designed to be a modern replacement of the original Land Rover Defender, with boxy bodywork, a steel ladder chassis, beam axles with long-travel progressive-rate coil spring suspension (front and rear), and powered by a petrol BMW B58 or diesel BMW B57 inline six turbocharged engine.
Ineos Automotive Ltd was founded by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of the multinational chemicals company Ineos. Ratcliffe came up with the idea of building a replacement for his Land Rover Defender and approached Jaguar Land Rover to buy the tooling to continue production after the original model ceased at Solihull after 67 years in January 2016, but the firm declined. Ratcliffe later decided to initiate a project to design and build a similar vehicle under the codename Projekt Grenadier.
The vehicle is named after Ratcliffe's favourite pub, The Grenadier, in Belgravia, London, where the initial idea was considered, and where a promotional presentation was shown. Comparing this project to James Dyson's plan to build an electric car in Singapore, which was cancelled in October 2019, writing off £500 million of his own money, an industry insider commented "If JLR, which made the Defender for 70 years, is struggling, then that's an indicator of how tough it's going to be for a newcomer".
The vehicle was proposed to be manufactured in Wales, but later confirmed to be made in France. Production started in July 2022 at Ineos Automotive plant in Hambach, France. The first deliveries were made in December 2022.
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| 26 July 2024 | Ineos Automotive Americas, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Ineos Automotive Americas has determined that certain model year 2024 Ineos Automotive Grenadier light vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 110, Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 Pounds or Less. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Ineos Grenadier |