Ianh
Member Since: 17 Sep 2018
Location: Essex
Posts: 2097
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Bowbearer wrote:My opinion,
They should build a v8 manual.
Sort out the suspension to make it more road biased and sell it as a cheaper alternative to the G Wagon.
If you look at the top end of the market it is a hell of a lot healthier than trying to compete with the Chinese when it is a niche vehicle. Not cheap enough to be a work vehicle but not exclusive enough to appeal to nobbers.
The waiting list for chunky 4x4s with daft engines and big price tags is healthy, Octa, G Wagon and nobbers seem to love driving this sort of vehicle around towns.
In Holt, Norfolk yesterday there were 3 G Wagons and 2 V8 Urban Defenders, highly polished, not a bit of mud. Not drug dealers but UFL bods.
I think a LOUD Gren would sell well to that market.
Like I say my opinion.
I really appreciate the original ethos behind the Grenadier and the thought that went into its engineering design and implementation. However because Ineos could not buy the rights to the iconic Defender they ended up with a non iconic looking vehicle that side on reminds me of a 20 year old Japanese Nissan Patrol, Isuzu Trooper or Toyota Land Cruiser, and front on looks ugly with that huge protruding bumper.
The top end G Wagon and urbanised classic Defenders with big v8s installed have that iconic look and history coupled to all the top end “enhancements”. This is what that small but lucrative market demands. Given the Grenadier is a new body design and has no history it can’t be iconic, and in my view never will be in the way the old defender and G Wagan are. So I really don’t see the Grenadier moving into the top end G wagon / urbanised V8 Defender market. |
26th Jan 2025 5:26pm |
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