First Ineos Grenadier rolls out of the factory
► Most buyers must wait until at least next yearThe much-anticipated Ineos Grenadier has finally gone into production, with the first customer car leaving the new automotive brand’s factory at Hambach in France on 17 October.
He added: ‘Those supply-chain issues in particular aren’t done with. So we’re going to be ramping up very gently, to make sure we don’t create problems for ourselves in lots of line stops if things don’t turn up in the volumes we expect, because it continues to be a frustration. We won’t actually start delivering volume until early December – that’s when things will start to ramp up, when we can see some light at the end of the tunnel.
He said customers had been understanding. ‘We have got some very patient, very enthusiastic customers. We are absolutely thrilled with the level of engagement. They are very understanding. They are seeing the big picture on the wider industry. So to some extent it’s assumed that there will be the odd delay.
‘There’s been quite high uptake around the world on the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster Belstaff editions with the higher spec. The Trialmaster is the more 4×4 focused, with the three diff locks. The Fieldmaster’s a little bit more comfy. Generally quite a high uptake on those. It varies around the world – more utilitarian in Australia, for example.’
There will also be a twin-cab pick-up version, which has a longer wheelbase – likely to pave the way for a seven-seat Station Wagon. This isn’t available to order yet, but you can register interest on the website.The Defender-rivalling Grenadier being built by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Automotive is now available to order and is scheduled to start production in July 2022.
After the Schöckl test, Ineos Automotive chief executive Dirk Heilmann said: ‘Reaching this important development milestone is a great step forward for the project. We only have one opportunity to get this right and our quality and performance targets for the Grenadier remain paramount. We won’t cut corners. After today’s very positive results we are on track to reach our targets and to allow the start of production in July next year at the latest.
‘It’s a vehicle designed first and foremost to be a working tool. Not everybody is going to work it as hard as some of the really exacting requirements some of our customers will have, but it’s got to be capable of that. Transmissions are from ZF, axles from tractor-makers Carraro, and a lot of the development work has been done by Magna, the same people who make the G-Class for Mercedes.
‘What we’re doing is developing a new line of vehicles and developing a new vehicle company, a new OEM, from scratch. They’re both big investments. Ineos doesn’t do things by halves. Ineos Automotive will end up being a lot more than the Grenadier.’Ecuyer explains how his team went about the job: ‘Our starting point was to collate our top utility vehicles. Also ones that had really proved themselves over the years. There was an honesty about them.
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