Finally spotted one in the wild
Posted by 9abeFPV@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 68 comments
The only markings besides a half British half German flag on the side was INEOS on the back
Posted by 9abeFPV@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 68 comments
The only markings besides a half British half German flag on the side was INEOS on the back
Bandag5150@reddit
It’s a status symbol.
Dedward5@reddit
Made by a proud brit, who lives in Monaco and set the factory up in France.
MurphysRazor@reddit
Sounds kinda like Detroit.
YesIlBarone@reddit
A true patriot
9abeFPV@reddit (OP)
I believe it's a INEOS Grenadier
Basic-Art-9861@reddit
Perhaps Land Rover could take a hint & bring back the Defender 90 from the 1990s, not the currently neutered modern Defender.
MRDR1NL@reddit
Looks like a bronco haha
MurphysRazor@reddit
I was thinking International Scout stance. ...with an old Jeep Gladiator hood, lol. I can see Bronco too. ...but not II though.
L3sh1y@reddit
They can't, due to safety reasons. Pretty sure LR would cream their pants if they would be able to. Afaik Ineos is exempt from a lot of safety regulations as they run under a "exotic cars" rule with only a pretty small and limited number of registered cars per year in EU
Basic-Art-9861@reddit
What were the Land Rover safety reasons?
Also safety devices is the Ineos Grenadier missing?
L3sh1y@reddit
Oh, its got the usual stuff, brake assist, lane assist, speed warning, abs, esp, traction control and such. But due to low volume it's exempt from NCAP crash testing and being a heavy duty ladder frame truck, it would probably not rate high either. LR would have to crash their Def, and being structurally a 30 year old car, it would fail and be denied road legal registration.
Passive safety like pedestrian safety is not tested either, but required for "normal" volume manufacturers.
dopefish_lives@reddit
That defender was sold until 2016, just not in the US
heilhortler420@reddit
You are correct
Created because a very rich man wanted to keep making the old pattern Land Rover Discovery and JLR wouldn't give him the license
burgonies@reddit
I think it’s the Defender, not Discovery
mienyamiele@reddit
Richard Hammond did say that the new Defender is the best Discovery.
stq66@reddit
Indeed it is
9abeFPV@reddit (OP)
That's cool, thanks for the info!
andersaur@reddit
I keep seeing the weird ads. I guess this makes all the sorta-sense. I kinda like it. Trust? Nope, but I’m a 4-wheeler, so shit always starts out a little broken.
HairballTheory@reddit
Drink it up
CabanaFred@reddit
Yep, that’s one didn’t know about the dual flag tho it’s designed in the uk (as a knockoff of the Defender)& has a BMW I6 & is built in France!
Starchaser_WoF@reddit
So it's if Airbus made a car?
L3sh1y@reddit
Worse, its a smart made car! They are produced in the SMARTville Hambach, which was sold to Ineos after Mercedes decided to stop the production of the Smart fortwo
CabanaFred@reddit
Kinda, more like if Richard Branson built an airbus. It’s kind of a vanity project for the owner of Ineos chemical company: he loved the defender & since Land Rover wouldn’t sell it to him to keep it in production he had his own designed & built
Fine-Huckleberry4165@reddit
A lot of the engineering was contracted out to a German contractor.
CMDR_BitMedler@reddit
I thought these were some a dozen now - there's 3 on my street and a guy who I believe is now a dealer.
KedgereeEnjoyer@reddit
Dealers round my way mostly drive G Wagons
RecentRegal@reddit
It says Grenadier in big letters on the back :)
facepillownap@reddit
because it is.
thingamajig1987@reddit
Saw one in Costco today, I say in because it was the one they were selling lol
ecomodule@reddit
These are all over Boise. Saw the pickup version yesterday. Just another flex car to try and impress strangers.
Dr_Adequate@reddit
I saw one in Seattle a few months ago! I kinda liked it.
djscoots10@reddit
I may have seen one of these in NYC.
JaapieTech@reddit
Heard on the grapevine that they bought a Defender 110, parked it in a room and hired a bunch of designers to "describe this without using the words Land, Rover, Defender, or any similes or nouns that make it sound like a Defender". The output of this exercise was then taken to a different room, containing different designers, and were told to design a car that fit that brief.
This is how the NotAFender was born.
GunsandDinosaurs@reddit
I’ve seen quite a few in deltas beach Florida.
BonezOz@reddit
Wouldn't exactly consider it "Weird Wheels" as it's really just a modernised take on the LR Defender before their redesign.
You want weird wheels? Check out the Kia Tasman ute/pick-up
Saint_The_Stig@reddit
Lol, it looks like it was designed by either Homer or AI.
9abeFPV@reddit (OP)
First time seeing one for me
Worried-Opinion1157@reddit
It's so weird that I like it. I'd like it even more if it has a manual.
stq66@reddit
What’s weird with a Grenadier?
Saint_The_Stig@reddit
Didn't notice what sub I was on. Neat, but not weird.
Ajinho@reddit
Absolutely nothing, this does not belong here in the slightest.
Independent-Crab-914@reddit
I honestly see kind of alot of these lol
weirdassmillet@reddit
I've been seeing one every day for a year or two now, since a person in my building owns one.
Admiral_Pantsless@reddit
I see at least one a day in Texas.
LifeWithAdd@reddit
Same there’s at least three at Trader Joe’s at all times. Plus a whole display of them in my local mall.
Csharp27@reddit
I’m in Dallas and probably see one every couple days. Richers gonna rich.
Stratoblaster1969@reddit
Yeah I’m seeing them on the regular now. Costco even had one in the store.
Kakairo@reddit
Yeah, almost as popular as the new Defender.
rytecno1@reddit
I see them almost daily here in California. Very popular.
ScissorNightRam@reddit
I randomly saw one on the street in Brisbane, Australia … it was on Netherlands plates!
AuthorUnique5542@reddit
I see (relatively) loads of them here in the southern suburbs of Melb
knarfolled@reddit
I have been seeing these lately, one in New Jersey and one in Pennsylvania
HATECELL@reddit
Considering they were once a cycling team this is quite a glow-up
RecentRegal@reddit
Ineos just sponsored a cycle team. The ineos group is a chemical company with 68 billion $ turnover. This car was just a play thing for their owner, Jim Ratcliffe.
HATECELL@reddit
I know. I just think it is funny that they were also called the grenadiers
tigole@reddit
I saw one in Taipei, TW.
peteschirmer@reddit
There’s literally a dealership for these in my town. Not that weird.
9abeFPV@reddit (OP)
Everyone isn't in your town
peteschirmer@reddit
No I checked. They are.
CaryTriviaDude@reddit
If it came with a stick... and I were rich I'd absolutely buy one. til that happens I'll keep driving my 94 passport
PM_ME_YER_MUDFLAPS@reddit
I have a manual Jeep 2 door, and would love one of these if they came with a manual. I still remember wanting an original Discovery when they had a manual option but I was broke at the time.
JackTasticSAM@reddit
Lack of manual transmission and a fuck ton of money are also holding me back from purchasing, for the time being.
stq66@reddit
This is the station wagon. And then there is the open bed / pickup type Quartermaster.
Big__Meme@reddit
There are heaps of the ute here in Australia, farmers love them
DirtyRatLicker@reddit
Ineos makes more of a Land Rover than Land Rover
Biggestturtleever@reddit
I saw one of these today too and I said “I wonder why they bought that”
Anonymous5791@reddit
There’s also a pickup truck version where the rear cargo area is an open bed.
Terrible mileage and rides like a truck, but super capable off road, reliable German engineering for the power train, and loads of fun.
Neighbor down the street has the local dealer franchise.
WhiskeyMikeMike@reddit
Someone a few neighborhoods down from me has a matte grey one. I like the airplane cockpit inspired switches but their long term reliability isn’t known yet