Ineos Grenadier: Did The REAL New Defender Just Get Released? But Just NOT From Land Rover.

It looks a lot like a mix of Wrangler, Defender, G-Class and Jimny, not to mention the all-new Ford Bronco.

The styling has a level of butchness not strictly required by the ‘form over function’ ethos. It’s very boxy, with prominent wheelarches, low-ish bonnet, near-flat glass, external door hinges, rubbing strip/utility rail along the sides, asymmetrical rear doors, a ladder to the roof, exposed tie bars, tow hooks front and rear, bash plates and steel wheels.

‘We looked at other 4x4s, we looked at tractors, helicopters, all sorts of different really hard-working vehicles, and took inspiration. Then we started designing this very honest, uncomplicated vehicle.’

There are two engines, a petrol and a diesel, both 3.0-litre straight-sixes from BMW.

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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/1/2020 10:06:50 PM

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It's a whole bunch of money to create a car company just to hopefully make 25,000 of a truck one day. They say it won't be pricey like a G-Wagon, but... I can't see it being cheap either. How doe you pay for the investment that created the firm in the first place? Or is it just one giant write off for INEOS?

PUGPROUD - 7/2/2020 6:00:31 AM

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The old axiom is "If you want to make a fortune in the car business, start with a bigger fortune!"

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/2/2020 9:01:30 AM

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@PUG- Correct!

Car4life1 - 7/1/2020 10:14:43 PM

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Land Rover, Now THIS, this is what your defender should have looked like. Not a cutesy evolution of a Honda Element.

I’d put a deposit down for this just to spite LR for the disappointment.

Dexter1 - 7/1/2020 11:13:19 PM

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Chinese knock-off?

carloslassiter - 7/2/2020 8:52:45 AM

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Real Defender?

Did the author of this article not notice that this is a dead on copy of a G-Wagon?