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spudfan



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I am sure Ineos were full of good intentions...then the accountants got involved! 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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Post #1041495 31st Jul 2024 4:12pm
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lightning



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LR Nuts wrote:
lightning wrote:


The original plan was a selling price of "under £40,000" but the vehicle has gone upmarket, with the cheapest five seat model over £70,000



In the very early days of New Defender design, the selling price was projected to start at £45-50,000.

Now, you will be lucky to get a 3-4yr old for that money.



lndeed it was!

When l ordered my Commercial it was £47,000 and that was with £3,000 of extras.

However, specification changes and price rises meant it was £54,500 by the time l took delivery

Now, the cheapest one is £57,000 without any options.
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Zed



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familymad wrote:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-corporate/sports-seat-manufacturer-recaro-files-bankruptcy

Looks like a new seat option is required


I saw that. BBS wheels have filed as well. I’m sure both will be revived but it’s not great news. WARNING.
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Post #1041563 1st Aug 2024 11:17am
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familymad



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 2016 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...-grenadier

Oh dear 1951 80" S1 2.0
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Post #1041634 2nd Aug 2024 8:57am
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familymad



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 2016 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black
Defo needs to be more expensive 1951 80" S1 2.0
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Post #1041635 2nd Aug 2024 8:57am
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Oswiperus



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Perhaps they are starting to realise that LR made the right decision when they produced the new Defender.

I still commend them for producing the Grenadier but it was always going to be a niche vehicle and difficult to make a profit from. 110 D300 SE Tasman blue
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familymad



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 2016 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black
I’m thinking of grabbing a 130 outbound instead. Not sure how long they might stay in the UK market now. 1951 80" S1 2.0
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Post #1041639 2nd Aug 2024 9:47am
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piechipsandpeas



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https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...-grenadier

Oh dear

"The main feedback from dealers is that the Grenadier is too cheap – it needs to be more expensive" Rolling with laughter

I don't remember saying that when I went to look at one.
Post #1041649 2nd Aug 2024 10:56am
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Chicken Drumstick



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Oswiperus wrote:
Perhaps they are starting to realise that LR made the right decision when they produced the new Defender.

I still commend them for producing the Grenadier but it was always going to be a niche vehicle and difficult to make a profit from.

In the U.K. and anti car EU yes very limited scope.

Will be interesting to see how Oz, N America and SA sales fair. Much more car friendly places on the whole and much bigger markets for the sort of vehicle the Grenadier is.

As for LR making the right decision. Personally still not so sure. They have no halo model and literally no presence in certain market segments in places such as the USA or Australia. Jeep/Ford sell 400,000 - 500,000 Wranglers/Broncos combined a year in N America alone. Even a tiny slice of that action would be large volume for JLR. But they aren’t even in the game and don’t compete with either of these vehicles.

What JLR did was build a very stylised Discovery model and simply market it as a Defender. This takes nothing from the vehicle. It is a good vehicle in its own right and a I like and have owned Discovery’s. They built a general purpose SUV that fitted the market well, just look at how successful the D3 and D4 models had been.

And the new Defender has sold well. But if you look at the sales data. It has been at the expensive of a good proportion of Range Rover Sport sales and has massacre Discovery 5 sales to the point that JLR want to drop the model. So, I’d suggest that the success of the new Defender is somewhat unclear in the wider picture. And we haven’t even mentioned LR having no model with any heritage any longer. While Jeep, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes, Suzuki and others have all managed to retain this.

A Rose by any other name may still smell as sweet. But calling an onion a rose won’t make it smell like one.
Post #1041657 2nd Aug 2024 11:45am
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Ianh



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I think Ineos are now painted into a corner.

If they were able to purchase the rights to the 316 defender from LR then they could have made an incredibly well engineered and constructed vehicle with iconic looks and history. This would have given them the opportunity to go for a volume market, in the way the new mini and the new fiat 500 did, and leave them room to produce the ultimate top end version of the vehicle in the way Mercedes have done with the G wagon.
That’s probably why JLR did not sell those rights.

However what they have produced is a well engineered and constructed ugly vehicle with no nods to anything iconic and zero history.

They really are kidding themselves if they think they will take market share from the G wagon, new defender, Range Rover etc markets by increasing the price of the Grenadier.

It’s a real shame as I applaud their initial aspiration and price point. However the quality engineering at low volume has a high price point and the stying at the front is terrible, as are the rear lights. This has left Ineos in no mans land with no where to go.

If JLR fancied getting back into the old defender market they could wait for Ineos to go bust, which I think they will. Then buy them at a fire sale price, modify the styling to match the iconic 316 defender and relaunch. A fantasy that will never come true, but I live in hope. Very Happy
Post #1041661 2nd Aug 2024 11:52am
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Moo



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I'm looking at a Grenadier next week. I like my Defender, but hate the small boot and side opening rear door.

Having had Discovery 3 & 4s since 2005, the Defender is not their replacement from a functionality and usability perspective, the alternative of the D5 is worse though. How they got that so wrong is beyond me. Rolling Eyes

The Grenadier may or may not be an improvement, but I need to tick it off my list. I still have a deposit on a Landcruiser but it's only a four pot.

One of my concerns with the Grenadier is longevity and depreciation. There are some really low mileage, 6 month old cars on the market now at really good prices. This doesn't suggest to me that moving up market is the solution. I certainly won't be telling the dealer it's too cheap! Eiger Grey MY23 D250 SE with bits. Known as Noddy.
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey
Now this I like a lot!


Click image to enlarge


(Grenadier with portal axle conversion, from the article at https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...-grenadier )

More here:
Post #1041677 2nd Aug 2024 1:37pm
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Chicken Drumstick



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Ianh wrote:
I think Ineos are now painted into a corner.

If they were able to purchase the rights to the 316 defender from LR then they could have made an incredibly well engineered and constructed vehicle with iconic looks and history. This would have given them the opportunity to go for a volume market, in the way the new mini and the new fiat 500 did, and leave them room to produce the ultimate top end version of the vehicle in the way Mercedes have done with the G wagon.
That’s probably why JLR did not sell those rights.

However what they have produced is a well engineered and constructed ugly vehicle with no nods to anything iconic and zero history.

They really are kidding themselves if they think they will take market share from the G wagon, new defender, Range Rover etc markets by increasing the price of the Grenadier.

It’s a real shame as I applaud their initial aspiration and price point. However the quality engineering at low volume has a high price point and the stying at the front is terrible, as are the rear lights. This has left Ineos in no mans land with no where to go.

If JLR fancied getting back into the old defender market they could wait for Ineos to go bust, which I think they will. Then buy them at a fire sale price, modify the styling to match the iconic 316 defender and relaunch. A fantasy that will never come true, but I live in hope. Very Happy

Personally like how they look. Don’t have a single issue with the visuals. One of the best looking cars on sale today anywhere IMO and lots of clear influence in the design, so I’m not sure how you can say no nods to anything. As a brand new car maker clearly they will have no history of their own. But we also don’t need Sherlock Holmes to figure this out either. It is rather obvious.

I do agree that the market they were aiming at is not the same any longer in the U.K. This it will force a rethink. But I highly doubt they ever went into this venture planning on global domination and top selling mass market offerings.

As for G-Wagon. Well looking at some stats Merc only sells 7000-10,000 a year of them in the USA and in Europe around 6000-8000 a year. Not exactly huge numbers. If Ineos could hit 20-25% of the G-Wagon sales that would probably be quite a success given the markup on such a model.
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Jerry



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blackwolf wrote:
Now this I like a lot!


Click image to enlarge


(Grenadier with portal axle conversion, from the article at https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...-grenadier )

More here:


Yes I agree. Looks great. I hope it becomes available in the UK (& road legal) at a reasonable price- unlikely I suspect. But I would be tempted if it was.
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spudfan



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Looks to have very good ground clearance. I think I would rather take something like this off road than something built without a separate chassis and depending on electronics to control wheel spin etc. Ground clearance and wheel travel would be a deciding factor for me. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
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Post #1041710 2nd Aug 2024 8:11pm
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