Ineos already has two vehicles based on its rugged ladder-frame chassis, but the company claims there’s “huge scope” for more configurations in the future. The fledging off-road specialist brand already offers the Grenadier wagon in two- and five-seat configurations, as well as the 30cm-longer Grenadier Quartermaster ute in both pickup and cab-chassis body styles. Speaking with CarExpert, Ineos Automotive head of APAC region Justin Hocevar said the platform underpinning the Grenadier is great to work on.
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“I think that there’s still huge scope for us to really round out the full capability of our Grenadier platform,” said Mr Hocevar. “It’s a great platform to work on. We want to stay in our lane be a specialist 4×4 manufacturer, and I think there’s still huge scope for us to do all manner of different configurations on top of this platform.
” At the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year Ineos did reveal a wide array of concept vehicles based on the Grenadier and Grenadier Quartermaster. Examples included a V8-powered wagon, a so-called ‘Shortermaster’ pickup, a portal axle-equipped Quartermaster, a FIA-compliant rally raid racer, and a Grenadier Safari vehicle. It also revealed a hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) Grenadier wagon demonstrator a month earlier.
At this stage it’s still unclear whether any of these concepts wil.