Sir Jim Ratcliffe's off-roader DRIVEN: We 実験（する） the new Ineos Grenadier の近くに to the brand's French factory to see if the British 億万長者's 4X4 is better than a Land Rover Defender

The advice to 可能性のある 顧客s when they 結局 get their own chance to take the new '支援する to basics' Ineos Grenadier off-roader for a 実験（する） 運動 will be simple but instructive: 'Come 支援する muddy'.

井戸／弁護士席 there was every chance of that when we became one of the first online 出版（物）s in the world to take the rugged new 4X4 for a 実験（する） 運動 across a 田舎の off-road course that 似ているd the First World War 戦う／戦い fields of the Somme after a 特に ferocious pummelling by 大砲.

It was an exciting prospect as the new Grenadier - which is 始める，決める to start from £48,000 - is one of the most talked about recreational 乗り物s for years. Thought not without 論争...?

Ratcliffe's off-roader driven: During a 最近の visit to the Ineos 自動推進の factory in Hambach on the French-German 国境, Ray Massey took to the wheel of a pre-生産／産物 原型 4X4 to find out how it will 成し遂げる away from tarmac

Grenadier is the brainchild of canny British 億万長者 petro-化学製品 大君 Sir Jim Ratcliffe who, upset that Land Rover was ending 生産／産物 of the 初めの rufty-tufty Defender model (which harks 支援する to the 初めの Land Rover of 1948), decided to fill the vacuum for himself.?

にもかかわらず 開始する，打ち上げるing its own all-new and award winning 21st century Defender, the noses of Land Rover bosses have been put 厳しく out of 共同の by the Grenadier, 誘発するing a string of 合法的な 活動／戦闘s 主張するing - but failing to 証明する - 違反 of the 形態／調整 of their 初めの 4X4.

Ineos themselves are 毅然とした that, while the Grenadier may be '奮起させるd' by the Defender and even 証明する to be its spiritual 後継者, it's also 平等に 奮起させるd by the classic all-American Jeep and the hulking Mercedes-Benz G-Class, often known as the G-Wagon.?

All four protagonists 株 a generic boxy 4X4 形態／調整, driven as much by what the car does, as by 人工的な styling cues. Like its 競争相手s, Grenadier is a utilitarian 乗り物 for people who work hard and play hard.

Conceived in 2017 over a pint in a pub in London's smart Belgravia of the same 指名する, Ratcliffe had the 財政上の clout to create a 最高の，を越す team to design and engineer it, buy a factory to build it, and turn his dream into a reality.

And, after a visit to the impressive Hambach factory?to see first-手渡す how it is built, we were 招待するd to a muddy 田舎の landscape in the Alsace 地域 of フラン, just a short hop from the nearby German 国境, ready to see if the reality lived up to the British off-road icon.?

The 乗り物 we drove was a pre-生産／産物 実験（する） model. But Ineos were keen to show how things were 進歩ing ahead of 十分な-生産／産物 beginning in July and first 顧客 配達／演説／出産s in September.?

It's a tight timescale and you can sense the nervous 緊張 as we 運ぶ／漁獲高 ourselves into the driver's seat...

The 乗り物 we drove was a pre-生産／産物 実験（する） model. But Ineos were keen to show how things were 進歩ing ahead of 十分な-生産／産物 beginning in July and first 顧客 配達／演説／出産s in September

The 実験（する） 大勝する was pretty 徹底的な, with large 減少（する）s, big コースを変えるs lots of 穴を開けるs and not an インチ of tarmac in sight?

Ineos themselves are 毅然とした that, while the Grenadier may be '奮起させるd' by the Defender and even 証明する to be its spiritual 後継者, it's also 平等に 奮起させるd by the classic Jeep and the hulking Mercedes-Benz G-Class, often known as the G-Wagon

First impressions of the Ineos Grenadier in the 原型 flesh

This is a big beast. And looks it from the 相殺する.?Those with childhood memories of 'indestructible' Tonka toys will know すぐに what I mean.?

It's boxy with a real chunky 産業の feel about it. The 工学 is all out on show. For instance, the door hinges are deliberately 明白な on the outside to portray its utilitarian roots.

Open the door and climb up and into the roomy cabin, and you could mistake 存在 in the 操縦室 of a classic 軍の 航空機 like a 戦時 Dakota.?

同様に as a dashboard 器具 パネル盤, there are switches just above and 今後 of your 長，率いる in the roof 近づく the windscreen ? as a 操縦する would see. It's a clever touch. But practical too, when it comes to washing 負かす／撃墜する the cabin.

Open the door and climb up and into the roomy cabin, and you could mistake 存在 in the 操縦室 of a classic 軍の 航空機 like a 戦時 Dakota

Left:?Some of the 支配（する）／統制するs are 機動力のある in a パネル盤 on the roof. This 妨げるs them from getting wet if owners choose to 靴下／だます 負かす／撃墜する the 内部の. 権利: The 支配（する）／統制する buttons all have a 軍の-grade feel. They're chunky and 強健な

As 明らかにする／漏らす d by This is Money last year, the red button on the steering wheel is a 献身的な horn for 警報ing cyclists - a feature 可決する・採択するd from the Grenadier support 乗り物s used by the プロの／賛成の cycling team under the same 指名する that's 基金d by Sir Jim

The 内部の is designed to be easily wiped 負かす／撃墜する ? though not やめる 靴下／だますd 負かす／撃墜する - which is just 同様に given the 量 of muddy clarts I dragged into it on my own boots.

As 明らかにする／漏らすd by This is Money last year, the red button on the steering wheel is a 献身的な horn for 警報ing cyclists - a feature 可決する・採択するd from the Grenadier support 乗り物s used by the プロの／賛成の cycling team under the same 指名する that's 基金d by Sir Jim.

From the vantage of the comfortable driver's seat, it has a very high and 命令（する）ing 運動ing position.?

手渡すs on the wheel and a few プロの／賛成のd of the main 支配（する）／統制するs and everything feels exceptionally solid. Not surprising really when it's built in a former Mercedes-Benz factory using its 1,000-strong 全労働人口. Specialists Magna Steyer from Austria also lend a 手渡す with all the 工学.

And when I 解雇する／砲火／射撃d it up from the start button, the 3.0-litre, 249 horsepower, straight-six, twin-turbocharged BMW-made ディーゼル 不平（をいう）s into life.

All that's left is to try out the challenging quagmire in which the 乗り物 is waiting to take on.

Ray Massey says that, from the vantage of the comfortable driver's seat, it has a very high and 命令（する）ing 運動ing position

Ray Massey put the Ineos Grenadier through a 簡潔な／要約する - but pretty 広範囲にわたる - 実験（する） of the 4X4's off-roading abilities - as seen in this image

The example we drove was 力／強力にするd by a 3.0-litre, 249 horsepower, straight-six, twin-turbocharged BMW-made ディーゼル engine. BMW is also 供給（する）ing the 3.0-litre V6 turbo 石油 部隊s for the 事業／計画（する）

Given that many Grenadiers will be 商業の 乗り物s for 農業者s and 植林学 folk, it has all the 信任状 they would want - and in spades

How does the Ineos Grenadier 取り組む 堅い 地形??

The Grenadier 証明するd gruntingly and reas suringly 農業の in its ability to climb 法外な and slippery inclines and 深い 跡をつけるs of mud.?

No wonder 田舎の tractor showrooms will be one of the bases for sales in the UK. And we didn't mess around, giving it plenty of welly where possible. It 答える／応じるd 井戸／弁護士席, we can 確認する.

These 4x4s are not just for fun. There'll be 商業の 乗り物 見解／翻訳／版s for 農業者s and 植林学 folk who value good old fashioned no-nonsense 汚職，収賄 from their off-roaders. And boy does this have it in spades.

The Grenadier 証明するd gruntingly and reassuringly 農業の in its ability to climb 法外な and slippery inclines and 深い 跡をつけるs of mud

The big wheels dug and spun 独立して as the four wheel 運動 did its thing to get us out of one 穴を開ける and into another ? and out again

The five-door, five seater Grenadier is built on a 伝統的な 'ladder でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる' chassis, like the Defender it is designed to 取って代わる on farms and other off-road 義務s

We didn't mess around during our short 実験（する） 運動, giving it plenty of welly where possible. It 答える／応じるd 井戸／弁護士席, we can 確認する

The big wheels dug and spun 独立して as the four wheel 運動 did its thing to get us out of one 穴を開ける and into another ? and out again. 率直に the photographs will give better impression than any words.??

The five-door, five seater Grenadier is built on a 伝統的な 'ladder でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる' chassis, like the Defender it is designed to 取って代わる on farms and other off-road 義務s.

Its 移転 事例／患者 has two 速度(を上げる）s - high and low 範囲 ? and it was I the latter I used mostly for my off-roading endeavours 近づく the factory.

It has a 牽引するing capacity: of 3.5 tonnes, which should 満足させる 需要・要求する for most trailers and?a ground 通関手続き／一掃 of 264mm and a wading depth 800mm, though there was no water in which to try this out.

We are one of the first online 出版（物）s in the world to take the rugged new 4X4 for a 実験（する） 運動 across a 田舎の off road course

Ray Massey said the 実験（する） 場所／位置 似ているd the First World War 戦う／戦い fields of the Somme after a 特に ferocious pummelling by 大砲

Order 調書をとる／予約するs 公式に open for the Ineos 自動推進の Grenadier in April, with 生産／産物 beginning in July and first 配達／演説／出産s 予定 to arrive in September?

The 乗り物s used for the pre-生産／産物 実験（する） are 原型 4X4s built at the Hambach factory to 確実にする 議会 can go ahead 一団となって／一緒に without 問題／発行する from the summer

Is it better than a classic Land Rover Defender??

As a reality check, there are plenty of 制限s to what this off-road-only 実験（する） can truly 明らかにする／漏らす.?

And for this 推論する／理由, it is impossible to say if it's better than the Defender - old and new - without trying them 支援する-to-支援する. But it's a pretty decent を刺す. Traditionalists will be delighted.

What's more, we didn't get the chance to take it out on the road ? so how it 扱うs on a 主要道路 will have to wait for another day.?

Is it better than the Land Rover Defender? Ray Massey says it is too 早期に to tell, 特に as we didn't get to try the Grenadier on road

At 開始する，打ち上げる, the new Grenadier will be 力／強力にするd by BMW engines - both three-litre 石油 and ディーゼル - linked to eight-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 ZF gearboxes

Grenadier will be 申し込む／申し出d as a two or five-seat 商業の 乗り物 (免除された 付加価値税) 同様に as the five-seater, five-door 乗客 見解／翻訳／版 starting from £48,000

Ineos 自動推進の 約束s 工学 to 打ち勝つ all 条件s, with best-in-class off-road 能力, durability, and reliability, to those who depend on a 乗り物 as a working 道具, wherever they are in the world

Balancing the 需要・要求するs of a good off-road 能力 with 慰安, ride and 扱うing on tarmac is a 広大な／多数の／重要な challenge. And the all-new Land Rover Defender ?which we have driven extensively both on and off-road ? 始める，決めるs a pretty high 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and is a class 行為／法令／行動する.

But there's nothing like a bit of 競争 to keep 基準s high ? and prices keen - all-一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

Ineos has already 始める，決める itself a high 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 ? 約束ing that the new Grenadier will be a truly uncompromising 4X4 built from the ground up, engineered to 打ち勝つ all 条件s, with best-in-class off-road 能力, durability, and reliability, to those who depend on a 乗り物 as a working 道具, wherever they are in the world.

Will it fit in my garage? Ineos 自動推進の Grenadier?

Price: from around £48,000 (tbc)

保留（地）／予約s: more than 15,000

Order 調書をとる／予約するs open 公式に: April

十分な 生産／産物 begins: July

First 顧客 配達／演説／出産s: September

Built:?Hambach, Alsace 地域 of フラン

Length:?4927mm / 193.9 インチs (含むing spare wheel)?

Width: 1930mm / 76 インチs (除外するing mirrors)

Heig ht: 2033mm / 80 インチs

Wheelbase: 2922mm / 115 インチs

負わせる: TBC

Chassis: 団体／死体 on でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる ('ladder でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる')

Doors: 5 Seats: 5

Engines:?BMW 3.0-litre?249 horsepower twin-turbo straight-six ディーゼル;?BMW 3.0-litre 285 horsepower twin-turbo straight-six 石油

In the pipeline: Hydrogen 燃料-独房 electric, and 殴打／砲列-electric 原型s

Drivetrain: 永久の four-wheel 運動

伝達／伝染: ZF 8-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 with 手動式の 無視／無効

移転 事例／患者: Two 速度(を上げる） (High and Low)

Wheels: Bridgestone 17 インチ and 19 インチ steel and alloy wheels

Tyres: Choice of: bespoke Bridgestone All-地形 /BF Goodrich All 地形 (both Three-頂点（に達する） Mountain Snowflake certified

牽引するing capacity: 3,500kg

Unbraked 牽引するing capacity: 750kg

中断: Solid beam axles, coil springs, wheel articulation (9 degrees 前線, 12 degrees 後部)

Ground 通関手続き／一掃: 264mm

Wading depth: 800mm??

What's 始める，決める to come from the Ineos Grenadier??

At 開始する，打ち上げる, the new Grenadier will be 力／強力にするd by BMW engines - both three-litre 石油 and ディーゼル - linked to eight-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 ZF gearboxes, and will also be 申し込む／申し出d as a two or five-seat 商業の 乗り物 (免除された 付加価値税) 同様に as the five-seater, five-door 乗客 見解／翻訳／版 starting from £48,000.

A 殴打／砲列 electric 見解／翻訳／版 will also be trialled later this year. But Ineos' longer 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 sights are 始める，決める on hydrogen 燃料 独房 科学（工学）技術.?

In November 2020, Ratcliffe cannily 調印するd a 目印 を取り引きする Korean car 巨大（な） Hyundai 許すing him to produce green 無-放出／発行s hydrogen 燃料-独房 見解／翻訳／版s of the Grenadier 4X4 - 同様に as to produce hydrogen. He already produces 300,000 トンs of hydrogen a year, おもに as a by-製品 from its 化学製品 製造業の 操作／手術s.

More than 15,000 可能性のある 顧客s have already made 保留（地）／予約s for the new Grenadier as it 完全にするs its 移行 to become fully 操作の for series 生産／産物 in July and first UK 顧客 配達／演説／出産s around September.

十分な pricing and specifications will be 発表するd in April when order 調書をとる／予約するs open 公式に and when those with 存在するing 保留（地）／予約s will have 優先 to receive the first 十分な 生産／産物 models off the line.?

A 殴打／砲列 electric 見解／翻訳／版 will also be trialled later this year. But Ineos' longer 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 sights are 始める，決める on hydrogen 燃料 独房 科学（工学）技術

In November 2020, Ratcliffe cannily 調印するd a 目印 を取り引きする Korean car 巨大（な） Hyundai 許すing him to produce green 無-放出／発行s hydrogen 燃料-独房 見解／翻訳／版s of the Grenadier 4X4 - 同様に as to produ ce hydrogen

More than 15,000 可能性のある 顧客s have already made 保留（地）／予約s for the new Grenadier as it 完全にするs its 移行 to become fully 操作の for series 生産／産物 in the summer

Dirk Heilmann, the no-nonsense CEO of Ineos 自動推進の 認める to This is Money that it was a 'stressful time' so の近くに to 開始する，打ち上げる after a frantic 18 months: 'We are getting の近くに but there's still a mountain to climb.'

Was he swimming serenely like a swan but paddling furiously beneath? 'Flapping more like,' he joked.

But he said: 'This is the next step for us to become a serious car 製造業者.

'We 相続するd a 広大な／多数の／重要な 施設. Mercedes-Benz 投資するd a トン of money. And now WE have it.'

Cheekily, Heilmann's own mud-splattered 原型 Grenadier, parked outside the factory during our visit, which he uses for personal evaluation, has what one (n)役員／(a)執行力のある called a '非，不，無-基準 adaptation' - すなわち a 'Defender' sticker on its 後部. It's certainly a salute to their litigious Land Rover 競争相手s. But just how many fingers?

And 製造業の 経営者／支配人 Stephen Wilkinson from Coventry, who worked 20 years for Land Rover and latterly setting up Sir James Dyson's abortive electric car factory in Singapore said: 'We're 投資するing in the 権利 things to get the 質 権利.'

十分な pricing and specifications will be 発表するd in April when order 調書をとる／予約するs open 公式に and when those with 存在するing 保留（地）／予約s will have 優先 to receive the first 十分な 生産／産物 models off the line

顧客s will also have 接近 to 数字表示式の 3D 指示／教授／教育 手動式のs so that owners who like 'tinkering' and 修正するing ? as it believes many of its 買い手s do - can also do their own thing

全体にわたる, Ineos is 的ing 200 sales and service points, with 100 調印するd up so far. 顧客s will be given the choice of buying online, 直面する-to-直面する, or a blend of the two

Ineos' 網状組織 for sales, support and servicing ? 含むing an 機関 を取り引きする German specialists Bosch ? will 申し込む／申し出 transparent pricing, 'hassle-解放する／自由な' shopping, and practical 小売 出口s ? 含むing with 非，不，無-伝統的な retailers such as 田舎の tractor 会社／堅いs. There will also be a '飛行機で行くing spanner' service to get parts and 修理 teams to 顧客s in even remoter 場所s.

顧客s will also have 接近 to 数字表示式の 3D 指示／教授／教育 手動式のs so that owners who like 'tinkering' and 修正するing ? as it believes many of its 買い手s do - can also do their own thing.

全体にわたる, Ineos is 的ing 200 sales and service points, with 100 調印するd up so far. 顧客s will be given the choice of buying online, 直面する-to-直面する, or a blend of the two.

There is, however, one 抱擁する downside to the Grenadier. If you do use it as nature and Ineos boss Sir Jim ーするつもりであるs, you are going to spend an awful lot to time 靴下／だますing it 負かす／撃墜する and きれいにする it after your off-roading adventures.

Unless of course, you just leave all the mud and dirt caked on as a badge of honour.?

Ray says there is one thing he can 保証（人） to Ineos 自動推進の 顧客s:?you are going to spend an awful lot to time 靴下／だますing it 負かす／撃墜する and きれいにする it after your off-roading adventures