IT HAS taken us a while to get behind the wheel of the Ineos Grenadier but it has been worth the wait.
The car came about after one of Britain's richest men, Jim Ratcliffe, tried to buy the tooling for the original Land Rover Defender when it went out of production so he could build a replacement for his own Defender.
But JLR refused to sell it to him.
So, Ratcliffe-owner of Ineos, one of the world's largest chemical producers decided to develop, build and sell a rugged 4x4 vehicle of his own.
The result is the Grenadier, a back to basics off-road vehicle powered by BMW petrol or diesel powertrains and developed by Austrian engineering automotive Magna Steyr.
giant We're driving a Grenadier Trialmaster, one of two trim levels available for the station wagon body.
style of the Grenadier (a Quartermaster pick-up is also available), which is powered by BMW's 3.0litre diesel engine.
This seems a logical choice of plant, but the petrol version outsells the diesel two to one.
This story is from the April 13, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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