Ineos reveals full specs for Grenadier range

Ineos has revealed the details and specification of its six-model Grenadier range of 4x4 wagons, which is set to go on sale in Australia later in 2022.

They include three models each of the five-seat Station Wagon and the two-seat Utility Wagon. All variants are offered with a choice of petrol or diesel BMW 3.0-litre turbocharged six-cylinder engines.

The models are the basic Grenadier, Grenadier Trialmaster Edition and Grenadier Fieldmaster edition. You might recognise the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster monikers as belonging to Belstaff jackets. Belstaff is an iconic English clothing brand best known for its waxed cotton outdoor jackets that were favoured by motorcyclists in years past.

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Grenadier five-seat base variant

They are more of a fashion brand now, although the products are still hard-wearing, making them an ideal partner for the Grenadier vehicles. It helps that Belstaff is also owned by Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe.

All Grenadier variants come with BMW six-cylinder engine, eight-speed automatic and full time four-wheel drive with a centre differential lock and high and low range. 17-inch steel wheels are standard, while alloys and BFGoodrich All Terrain tyres are optional.

A fully galvanised body rides on a box-section ladder frame over coil springs and live axles from Italian manufacturer Carraro. Front and rear Eaton E-locker differentials are also available as an option, or in the Rough pack which come standard on the Trialmaster Edition.

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Grenadier Fieldmaster Edition

Headlights and spot lamps are LED while underbody protection and roof rails come standard. Inside there are Recaro seats; wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto; a tyre pressure monitoring system; an overhead control console that includes provisions for auxiliary switches for accessories; options of carpet mats; heavy duty floor coverings with drain plugs or carpet; and an off-road navigation system.

The Safari windows over the front seat passengers are standard on the Fieldmaster edition, but are a $2465 option on other Grenadiers. They can pop open to let fresh air in and be completely removed for more of an open cab feeling.

Option packs include the Rough Pack, which gets you the front and rear differential lockers and the BFG KO2 All Terrain tyres; and the Smooth pack, which adds front park assist, power heated exterior mirrors and heated windscreen washer jets, a lockable central stowage box, auxiliary charge points and ambient door lighting and puddle lamps.

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Grenadier Trialmaster Edition

The Grenadier Trialmaster Edition is the model that is tailored for off-road use as it comes standard with both the Rough and Smooth option pack and adds a raised air intake snorkel, an auxiliary battery, interior utility rails, a roof access ladder on the rear door, high load auxiliary switch panel, and a compass with altimeter. The exterior utility belt runs along the doors and rear flanks and is basically an adjustable rail where you can attach accessories.

The Trialmaster Edition Grenadier also comes with a Belstaff Trialmaster Jacket.

It stands to reason that the Grenadier Fieldmaster Edition therefore comes with a Bellstaff Fieldmaster jacket but also adds heated front seats, the aforementioned Safari windows, alloy wheels and carpet floor mats. The Fieldmaster gets the Smooth option pack but not the Rough pack.

Bavarian power

The BMW six-cylinder engines offered in all grades are the B57 twin-turbo diesel and B58 turbo petrol units.

Long credited with engineering the best six-cylinder engines in the world, BMW’s petrol six produces 210kW of power and 450Nm of torque while the diesel makes a modest 183kW and 550Nm, so they are not highly strung power plants but well-suited to this application.

There is no difference in price between the petrol and diesel engine variants.

Ineos is quoting fuel consumption figures of 12.9L/100km to 15.1L/100km for the petrol engine and 10.1 to 11.7L/100km for the diesel engine. All Grenadiers come with a 90-litre fuel tank and the diesel utilises AdBlue exhaust aftertreatment.

It’s quite a heavy wagon at between 2644kg and 2740kg kerb mass and hardly built for performance, but Ineos quotes zero to 100km/h times of 8.6 seconds for the petrol engine and 9.9 for the diesel.

Built for off-road

The Grenadier is built solid to enable it to head off-road in any conditions. Offering locking differentials and a RED Winch from the factory shows how serious they are, and some clever features show that the engineers have listened to the needs of uses of such vehicles.

Things like an off-road button that when pressed disables the parking sensors, seat belt reminders and engine stop/start functions. The Wading Mode ensures the vehicle is optimally set up for wading, including monitoring engine temperature and disabling the engine fan when safe to do so. Wading depth is 800mm with or without the raised air intake.

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Grenadier Trialmaster 3Q rear

Other key off-road specs include:

• Ground clearance: 264mm
• Approach angle: 36.2˚
• Breakover angle: 28.2˚
• Departure angle:36.1˚
• Gradeability: 45°

Placing the wheels as close to the corners of the body as possible allows the engineers to achieve this. Each wheel is said to have 582mm of travel.

The Grenadier should also be good for hauling stuff. All variants have a 7050kg GCM and a 3500kg towing capacity. Payloads are not bad by wagon standards - between 810kg and 906kg, depending on the model. The two-seat utility model can accommodate a Euro pallet in its cargo area, while the load space has multiple tie-down points. GVM is rated at 3550kg.

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Grenadier Utility Wagon

The roof is rated to carry 420kg static and 150kg when travelling, and Ineos is using Rhino Racks as the official accessory rack along with the many and varied accessory mounts from Rhino to carry anything you need.

Another quality brand in the Ineos accessory range is the RED Winch. Look in the hardcore and competition off-road scenes and you’ll find RED Winches mounted to the front of many well-equipped rigs. The winch kit is a $4050 option and is designed to fit in the standard front bumper.

The accessories list also includes a ‘Roo bar’ side rails, rock sliders, raised air intake, HD seat covers and various cargo management devices, although we are yet to see any of these.

Ready for action

The Grenadier’s gestation period has been a relatively fast five years from concept to reality, and when it goes on sale in Australia later this year it will be available from 28 sales and service centres around the country.

It will be backed by a five year/unlimited kilometre warranty.

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An online vehicle configurator will go live on May 18, so you can get on there and build your own Grenadier, just how you like it. This is the same time as the order books are open with the first deliveries of production vehicles expected late in 2022.

Production builds are set to commence at the Hambach, France, plant in July, with Australia among the first countries to receive the vehicle.

2023 Ineos Grenadier prices