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Im attending a "first mile" event to drive the upcoming Ineos Grenadier this week north of Los Angeles. They are hosting off road driving events similar to the short lived early reservation holder Rivian off road events. I missed the cut on those so I'm pretty stoked. I placed a reservation for "the wife". She's looking to replace her 10 year old JK Jeep Wrangler. Originally we wanted to replace it with a Bronco but after 2 plus years of waiting Ford has yet to pick ours to build. Reserved both the Bronco and the R1T around the same time. Funny that a start up can deliver my vehicle years before a 100 plus year old company that literally invented mass production. Taking the R1T, if the park is open I might get some off roading in with it as well.
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That thing looks cool. I don't really do any off-roading but it still looks cool.
I agree, shockingly my wife found the vehicle. I was totally unaware it existed. We were looking at the new LR defenders and she like the older ones.
 

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Having seen these in person, very cool.. but in my opinion a missed opportunity not going EV
 
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Having seen these in person, very cool.. but in my opinion a missed opportunity not going EV
I think they have a smaller Ev platform in the works. But agree EV would be a better long term play.
 

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I don’t think I’ve seen a bad review of the new defender.
 

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Very cool vehicle. That event will be a blast!
 
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Very cool vehicle. That event will be a blast!
I'll post some pics and feedback after. Should be very interesting with all the rain we have had recently. Funny, when Rivian hosted their off road event near LA they had to cancel dates and shut it down early due to the mud/rain.
 

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I'll post some pics and feedback after. Should be very interesting with all the rain we have had recently. Funny, when Rivian hosted their off road event near LA they had to cancel dates and shut it down early due to the mud/rain.
I’m sure many here would love to see that! I know there are others who have Ineos pre-orders as well.
 

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I have an early order; yes it may have been better as an EV but it does demonstrate what is possible when you use a lot of off-the-shelf parts, extant knowledge about off roading, and a time-tested look. I can't wait for my drive event!
 

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Just got back from the drive event. I gotta say I'm very impressed by the Grenadier. The thing that keeps coming back to me is the feeling of how solid it is. You get the impression it's over engineered and designed to last. The team was very knowledgeable and helpfull. I had a great time and got to drive my R1T off-road as a bonus. The location was pretty spectacular. I'll definitely be moving forward with my purchase when they call my name. I listed the good and bad below about the vehicle. Keep in mind I only got to drive off road and these were prototypes. If you have any questions let me know. Those of you with reservations won't be disappointed.

Good
Very comfortable cabin, well laid out dash/controls
Good build quality, solid feel to everything/uniform panel gaps
Comfortable Suspension, even off road it soaked up all bumps nicely
Quiet cabin, no rattles or Suspension sounds
Easy to accessorize, they have built in points for winches, lights, racks, snorkles, ect
Ease of maintenance, parts direct to consumer

Bad
Not much to say here, only things I can think of are the unknowns.
Price?
Dealer network
Sound quality of audio system
Infotainment system
Mpg

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Just got back from the drive event. I gotta say I'm very impressed by the Grenadier. The thing that keeps coming back to me is the feeling of how solid it is. You get the impression it's over engineered and designed to last. The team was very knowledgeable and helpfull. I had a great time and got to drive my R1T off-road as a bonus. The location was pretty spectacular. I'll definitely be moving forward with my purchase when they call my name. I listed the good and bad below about the vehicle. Keep in mind I only got to drive off road and these were prototypes. If you have any questions let me know. Those of you with reservations won't be disappointed.

Good
Very comfortable cabin, well laid out dash/controls
Good build quality, solid feel to everything/uniform panel gaps
Comfortable Suspension, even off road it soaked up all bumps nicely
Quiet cabin, no rattles or Suspension sounds
Easy to accessorize, they have built in points for winches, lights, racks, snorkles, ect
Ease of maintenance, parts direct to consumer

Bad
Not much to say here, only things I can think of are the unknowns.
Price?
Dealer network
Sound quality of audio system
Infotainment system
Mpg

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Unrelated, but curious about your front license plate positioning, does it get in the way of the top down camera view or sensors?
 
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Unrelated, but curious about your front license plate positioning, does it get in the way of the top down camera view or sensors?
It did at first, I had to move it over to the right a bit. It was triggering the parking sensors.
 

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