Ineos Grenadier driven: Sir Jim Ratcliffe's £69,000 Defender 競争相手 is 指名するd after his favourite London pub - so is it fizzing with brilliance?

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'Strapped in?' I asked my 後部 乗客 as I 熟視する／熟考するd the 可能性のある 大虐殺 ahead.

I was at the wheel of the chunky new Ineos Grenadier 4X4 ? brainchild and dream of British 億万長者 entrepreneur Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who was so upset by Land Rover's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 捨てる the previous Defender that he decided to create his own 支援する-to-basics rugged 競争相手, much to their annoyance.?

It takes its 指名する from the Grenadier pub in London's Belgravia where in 2017 he conceived the idea over a pint.

But is this 4X4 十分な of fizz or a glass half empty offroader? We've put it to an extreme 実験（する）.

Out on a mud はう: The Ineos Grenadier SU V was conceived in Sir Jim Ratcliffe's favourite Belgravia pub that 耐えるs the same 指名する. The final 生産／産物 model is now ready to be 配達するd to 顧客s...but we had a go in it first!?

The Ineos Grenadier's 公式の／役人 全世界の 開始する，打ち上げる took the form of an 延長するd 探検隊／遠征隊 from the 王室の 城 of Mey 近づく John O'Groats in Caithness and across the Scottish Highlands, 含むing over remote 山地の 私的な 広い地所s not usually open to the public with more roaming stags than people.

I had already driven an 早期に pre-生産／産物 原型 around a quagmire-like off-road course 近づく the hi-tech factory in Hambach in フラン where the British-designed, German engineered 4x4 is built. But this was my first real 実験（する） of it on home 国／地域 on and off UK roads.

So here we were on the wintry shores of a 氷点の loch in the Scottish Highlands which we'd reached by descending 負かす／撃墜する a 法外な, and slippery off-road 跡をつける 特に designed to 実験（する） its mettle.

So far so good.?

Our man Ray took part in the 公式の／役人 全世界の 開始する，打ち上げる of the offroader from the 王室の 城 of Mey 近づく John O'Groats in Caithness and across the Scottish Highlands

The 実験（する） grounds 含むd remote 山地の 私的な 広い地所s not usually open to the public with more roaming stags than people

Ray drove an 早期に pre-生産／産物 原型 around a quagmire-like off-road course 近づく the hi-tech factory in Hambach in フラン where the British-designed 4x4 is built. But this was his first real 実験（する） of it on home 国／地域 on and off UK roads

However, the heavens then opened up and that vertiginous 跡をつける ? which we now needed to 上がる to reach the road and coffee-stop at the 最高の，を越す (where indeed Sir Jim himself was waiting) was now 似ているing the Somme First World War 戦場.

So much so that first one, and then a second 乗り物 became bogged 負かす／撃墜する, 封鎖するing the way for the 残り／休憩（する）.?

After something of a 延期する, they were 結局 救助（する）d and pulled out. And I was next in line.

決定するd not to make it a hat-trick, and pretty sure from watching those who went ahead that it was 欠如（する） of 'かかわり合い' by the drivers, rather than any 欠如（する） of mechanical or 業績／成果 prowess by the Grenadier that was the problem, I decided to go for broke.

What happened next is, in my mind at least, replayed in cinematic slow 動議. But 始める，決める in low 割合.?

With engine revving, all-four wheels engaged and spinning, and brown soup-like mud and dirt 飛行機で行くing in all directions, we roared, barrelled and slid 十分な pelt up that 法外な hill, through the ruts and water-filled 溝へはまらせる／不時着するs to the 最高の，を越す.

Designed both for work and 楽しみ, up の近くに, it really is a big and 課すing beast. Almost 軍の in its presence

At first ちらりと見ること you might mistake it for a previous 世代 Land Rover Defender - they 株 the same boxy exterior and are built around a 伝統的な ladder-でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる chassis

利用できる to buy now are two five-seater 駅／配置する wagon models 目的（とする）d at 私的な 買い手s, both 利用できる with 石油 or ディーゼル straight-six cylinder BMW engines linked to eight-速度(を上げる） gearboxes and 定価つきの from £69,000 on the road

I 明らかに 成し遂げるd what one 注目する，もくろむ-証言，証人／目撃する 述べるd as 'Tokyo drifting' through the clarty morass.?

But as the Grenadier 答える／応じるd 即時に to my intuitive and 直感的に turns of the wheel, the all-wheel 運動 traction took 持つ／拘留する, the wheels gripped, we dug in and pelted up that hill ? and reached the 最高の，を越す.

'Was that you?' asked the first of many の中で the laughing （人が）群がる at the 最高の，を越す.

Certainly was.

'I hope you got it on film', I asked of the camera, ビデオ and drone teams filming the event.

So during two 十分な days of off-road 運動ing through the beautiful wilds of the Scottish Highlands, I can 断言する I always had every 信用／信任 in the Grenadier's old-school off-roading ability.

And that 含むd 交渉するing some really hairy 狭くする 山地の 跡をつけるs in pitch dark with nothing but 空気／公表する, gravity, and a 祈り between me and the loch far below.

Out on the 主要道路 it has real grunt and punchy acceleration, and is a 比較して comfortable ride for such a brutish off-roader

Its powerful BMW 3.0-litre 286 horsepower straight six-cylinder 石油 engine 力／強力にするs the 3.5 tonne leviathan from 残り／休憩（する） to 62mph in 8.6 seconds and up to a more than 適する and ありそうもない to be 実験（する）d 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 99mph

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says: 'The idea behind the Grenadier is t develop a 4X4 that will be an uncompromising, no frills, no fuss 乗り物 that 供給するs the best-in class off-road 能力, durability and 公共事業（料金）／有用性'

劇の episodes aside, what's the Grenadier like in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する?

Designed both for work and 楽しみ, up の近くに, it really is a big and 課すing beast. Almost 軍の in its presence.?

And yes, at first ちらりと見ること you might mistake it for a previous 世代 Land Rover Defender.?

Next Ineos will be a small 4X4 EV...?

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has 確認するd that the second Ineos 自動推進の 乗り物 will be a compact electric model

A compact all-electric 4X4 will be the next off-roader to 耐える the Ineos badge, the company's 億万長者 boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe 明らかにする／漏らすd while 開始する，打ち上げるing the new Grenadier.

It will be 開始する，打ち上げるd in showrooms in 2026 to form the second model line-up in an 拡大するd 範囲 for the Ineos 自動推進の brand.

And hinting that he had 効果的に 調印するd off, he said: 'It looks pretty good'.

Sir Jim said the smaller 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd 無-放出／発行s 4X4 is about the size of a Toyota RAV4 and will have a 範囲 of 400km (248 mile) ? which is more than that's enough 'to get you from London to Manchester.'?

A number of variants of the electric 4x4 are planned.

He also teased that they had already decid ed on a 'clever 指名する' ? not a number- for the new electric off-roader, but 拒絶する／低下するd to 株 it.

The electric 4x4 is 存在 developed in 合同 with Ineos's 工学 partner, Austrian specialists Magna Steyr.

He said it will be a serious off-roader:' It's a bit smaller than Grenadier. If it's an off-road 乗り物 it has to be rugged.'

This year Ineos 自動推進の will also put a 原型 hydrogen 燃料-独房 electric Grenadier on the road ahead of going into showrooms by the end of the １０年間, he 追加するd.

However, he thinks 普及した hydrogen use is still 'a long way away' because of the 欠如（する） of a hydrogen re-fuelling 組織／基盤／下部構造.

> Read our 報告（する）／憶測 on the 未来 if hydrogen filling 駅／配置するs in the UK

Both 株 the same boxy exterior and are built around a 伝統的な ladder-でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる chassis. However, a string of 合法的な challenges by Land Rover to scupper Grenadier's 進歩 have failed - as 法廷，裁判所s みなすd that the squared-off 'look' of the classic 4x4 is generic as form follows 機能（する）／行事.?

And in any 事例／患者, in what may 証明する a 高くつく／犠牲の大きい oversight, Land Rover had failed to 適切に 保護する their 初めの 乗り物's design.

All around and inside the new Grenadier there's 広大な／多数の／重要な attention to 詳細（に述べる）.?

Its 産業の nature of is celebrated and not hidden away. That means the chunky door hinges are exposed and made an explicit feature.

You'll get fit and 改善する your abs getting in and out. It's やめる a jump up from the ground into the driver and 乗客 seats. And not everyone's got tall Sir Jim's long 脚s.

Once inside and 熟視する／熟考するing the solidly 機能の dashboard with its 12.3-インチ touchscreen and plenty of analogue buttons and chunky dials, what 即時に 得る，とらえるs your attention is the 航空機-style 支配（する）／統制する and switch パネル盤 above your 長，率いる. It makes the 命令（する）ing 前線 of the 乗り物 feel like a real 航空 操縦室.

利用できる to buy now are two five-seater 駅／配置する wagon models 目的（とする）d at 私的な 買い手s, both 利用できる with 石油 or ディーゼル straight-six cylinder BMW engines linked to eight-速度(を上げる） gearboxes and 定価つきの from £69,000 on the road: the Fieldmaster is 目的（とする）d more at lifestyle 顧客s, while the Trialmaster (完全にする with snorkel) is for more hard-核心 off-roading fans.

They are called 'Belstaff 版s', after the motorsport-奮起させるd 着せる／賦与するing brand which Ratcliffe's Ineos also owns.

In 新規加入 there are two more 見解／翻訳／版s classed as 'light 商業の' 乗り物s: a two-seater 公共事業（料金）／有用性 Wagon 定価つきの from £ 55,000 and a five-seater 駅／配置する Wagon from £58,000.

Out on the 主要道路 it has real grunt and punchy acceleration, and is a 比較して comfortable ride for such a brutish off-roader, though the steering on tarmac is not always as pin-sharp 正確な as I'd have wished.

Its powerful BMW 3.0-litre 286 horsepower straight six-cylinder 石油 engine 力／強力にするs the 3.5 tonne leviathan from 残り／休憩（する） to 62mph in 8.6 seconds and up to a more than 適する and ありそうもない to be 実験（する）d 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 99mph.

Lots of help off-road too with off-road and wading 方式s and downhill 補助装置.

But it's predictably thirsty 普通の／平均（する）ing a gas-guzzling 18.9 to 19.6mpg - making the 90 litre 燃料 戦車／タンク an expensive necessity at 現在／一般に around £135 per fill-up (assuming £1.50 per litre) - with CO2 放出／発行s likely to turn 環境の 選挙運動者s green of between 325-336g/km.

For going through water it has a wading depth of 800mm.

The wintry shores of a 氷点の loch in the Scottish Highlands 供給するd plenty a 法外な, and slippery off-road 実験（する） of the 4X4's mettle

it's predictably thirsty 普通の／平均（する）ing a gas-guzzling 18.9 to 19.6mpg - making the 90 litre 燃料 戦車／タンク an expensive necessity at 現在／一般に around £135 per fill-up (assuming £1.50 per litre)

The Grenadier's CO2 放出／発行s?of between 325-336g/km are likely to turn 環境の 選挙運動者s green with sickness

選択s aren't cheap?

Riding on 18-インチ alloy wheels, my car as driven with leather 削減する and 平易な to clean rubber 床に打ち倒すing cost £79,390 thanks to £10,390 of 選択s and 従犯者s 含むing: an 統合するd 激しい 義務 winch (£3,345); 'Donny Grey' paint (£925); 保護の 激しく揺する sliders (£883); heat reflective privacy glass (£430) and a 'Rough Pack' 含むing differential locks 前線 and 後部 and BF Goodrich Tyres (£1,765).

In 新規加入 to the 基準 centre locking differential in the two-速度(を上げる） 移転 事例／患者, hardcore 顧客s can 選ぶ for 前線 and 後部 electronically-actuated diff-locks.

I also drove a pretty 有能な Trialmaster 定価つきの at £72,041 (含むing £3,041 of extras) with a 249 horsepower 3.0 straight six-cylinder BMW ディーゼル engine and 負担s of pulling 力／強力にする 有能な of hitting 62mph from 残り／休憩（する） in 9,9 seconds and with a 類似の 99mph 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）.

The Grenadier also 陳列する，発揮するs a sense of humour まっただ中に the practicality and 選択s to personalise.

A special red 'Toot Button' on the steering wheel 申し込む／申し出s cyclists a softer more friendly 警告 of hour presence in place of a blaring horn.

Ray says the Grenadier 答える／応じるs 即時に to turns of the wheel on 堅い 地形 and the all-wheel 運動 traction can 運ぶ／漁獲高 you through the slipperiest of surfaces

Ray says the first Ineos 自動推進の model is so go that he 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs 億万長者 Sir Jim Ratcliffe is toasting its 開始する，打ち上げる success in the Grenadier pub

With paint 指名するs, 'Scottish White' 反映するs the 脚s of Ineos 創立者 Sir Jim's Scottish friends.

'Donny Grey' honours Ineos co-創立者 Andy Currie who あられ／賞賛するs from Doncaster 'where the skies are invariably grey.' '魔法 Mushroom' you can work out for yourself.

First Grenadier 配達／演説／出産s are 進行中で now, order 調書をとる／予約するs stretch to six months, there are 24 sales and service centres in the UK out of 200 globally, and at 頂点（に達する） his pristine factory in Hambach, フラン, will produce between 25,000 and 30,000 Grenadiers a year, of which a third will go to the USA.

The parent Ineos Group now 雇うs 26,000 people across 36 商売／仕事s in 29 countries and with annua l sales of around £45billion.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says: 'The idea behind the Grenadier is t develop a 4X4 that will be an uncompromising, no frills, no fuss 乗り物 that 供給するs the best-in class off-road 能力, durability and 公共事業（料金）／有用性.

'It will support those who depend on a 乗り物 as a working 道具, wherever they are in the world.'

I 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う if he'll be toasting his 開始する，打ち上げる success in the Grenadier pub.

Will it fit in my garage? Ineos Grenadier: Fieldmaster

Price from: £69,000

Price as driven: £79,390

Length (inc spare wheel): 4,895mm/Length (without spare wheel): 4,683mm

Width: (with mirrors): 2,146mm/< span class="mol-style-bold">Width (mirrors 倍のd):?1,930mm?

最大限 高さ: 2,050mm

Wheelbase: 2,922mm

甚だしい／１２ダース 負わせる: 3.5tonnes/Unladen 負わせる: 2.669 to 2.736 tonnes

Engine: BMW 3.0 litre straight six-cylinder 24v 石油

力／強力にする: 286 horsepower (183kW)

伝達／伝染: ZF 8-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃

0-62mph acceleration: 8.6 seconds

最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 99mph

燃料 economy: 18.9-19.6mpg

CO2 放出／発行s: 325-336g/km

燃料 戦車／タンク capacity: 90 litres

Wheels: 18 インチ alloy

Tyres: BF Goodrich KO2 (in 'Rough Pack')

Wading depth: 800mm

Loadspace: Up to 2,025 litres