WEBVTT 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:05.000 Modern cars are frigging boring. Every single sharp edge has been rounded 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.920 and everything has been sacrificed for comfort and convenience 00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:13.280 until you get to something like this. Meet the Ineos Grenadier. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:17.520 This absolute beauty right here does not care if you want to push button start 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:22.720 or for it to be comfortable or anything like that. It just wants you to go from point A to point B 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:26.000 and it'll do it. I friggin' love this thing. Let's have a look. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:31.560 Looking at the Ineos Grenadier, it's pretty easy to tell that it is quite a rugged machine, 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:35.840 but it isn't just rugged. I think it is also beautiful. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.720 Like this silver blue that they have it in, wonderful. 00:00:39.720 --> 00:00:43.640 This little LED halo around the headlights, fantastic. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:47.360 And the overall look, even though it is very, very rugged, 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:51.720 is also very Land Rover Defender. That's exactly what this thing is. 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:56.240 Ineos, if you don't know, is an absolutely massive chemical company 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:00.200 and their CEO just simply decided that he wanted the old Land Rover Defender 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:06.560 and the new one is too soft and way too comfortable. So this is what we have got right here. 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:11.560 Inside of it is a BMW 6-cylinder, the B58 to be exact, 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.200 which you'll find in the Supra, the Z4, and many other BMWs. 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:20.200 It's been proven to be an exceptional engine. If you look it up on YouTube, 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.320 everyone says it's BMW's best ever. 00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:28.040 And I tend to agree. It is pretty silly driving around with this 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:32.240 because it sounds very turbo charged, given the type of vehicle. 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:35.840 But at the same time, it should be pretty decent, 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:41.140 even if it is very detuned compared to some of the other models that it comes in. 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:45.920 The whole thing's a bit of a mishmash. As you can see from this little badge right here, 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.480 it was designed in Britain. It has a bunch of German parts 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.360 and it's assembled in France, but the German part of France. 00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:57.400 Moving along the side, we have doors. Shocking, I know. 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.040 But the surprising bit is that they don't unlock themselves. 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:05.640 For a modern car, you actually need to go in here and unlock it just like that, 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:10.280 which I would be sad about, except that this thing doesn't want fancy stuff like that. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:14.160 And also, they're damn satisfying doors to close. 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:17.240 Along all of the side are these little pickup points 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.440 so that you can attach kind of whatever you want. 00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:25.560 Apparently this is so if you have a whole bunch of gear and it gets all wet or your gas or whatever, 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.760 you can attach it to the side of the car and you don't have to worry about it, 00:02:28.760 --> 00:02:35.840 making all of the interior stuff all messy. Also, we have BF Goodrich All Terrain TA KO2s, 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.360 which are fantastic in my opinion because you can take them off road, 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.880 but also they're not super duper loud on the highway. 00:02:43.880 --> 00:02:48.040 This is a full gas vehicle and full all-wheel drive all the time. 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:53.320 So expect to be opening this door up quite a bit. But as you can see, it's really, really large 00:02:53.320 --> 00:02:57.280 and that's because in some other markets, you can get a diesel engine from BMW, 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:03.720 but in North America, we only get the gas. Around the rear, we have this massive full-size spare, 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:09.320 as well as a ladder. And as you might have suspected, that is a lot of weight on the back of your car, 00:03:09.320 --> 00:03:15.280 so you're not going to be having a traditional lift gate. So instead, we get a door, not just a door, 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:20.740 but we get doors. Ha-ha! 00:03:20.740 --> 00:03:24.580 In the back, we have an absolutely massive area for cargo. 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:29.460 You don't have any of those fancy swooping backs or anything trying to be aerodynamic. 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:34.000 Nope, she's just a box and you benefit greatly in terms of space. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.620 Also, all of this is plastic, which is really good if your stuff is wet 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:40.700 and really bad if you want your stuff to stay in one place. 00:03:40.700 --> 00:03:46.260 Fortunately though, there's eight tie-down points back here, so it should be easy enough to make it not go 00:03:47.260 --> 00:03:51.500 too often. Also back here, if you happen to be stranded 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:55.460 on the side of the road, we have a couple of little safety vests. 00:03:55.460 --> 00:03:59.540 How fashionable. And also in here, we have first aid supplies, 00:03:59.540 --> 00:04:05.020 which will be really good if you have a bit of a tumble. As you probably guessed from the intro of this video, 00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:10.020 the roof up here is actually load-bearing, so you can put yourself up here, 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:13.460 or more likely, you can put all of your supplies up on top 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:19.060 or tents or anything that you would like. Also, the safari Windows that are up here 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:23.700 are actually removable, so if you want to get into the passenger seat, 00:04:23.700 --> 00:04:25.980 you can do so just like this. 00:04:30.580 --> 00:04:34.380 But once in here, we find our first really big problem. 00:04:34.380 --> 00:04:38.020 The wife approval factor of this car is basically zero 00:04:38.020 --> 00:04:41.860 because there is nothing right here, not a single mirror. 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:45.060 I went downtown to have a nice dinner with the Mrs. 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:50.060 And when she flipped this thing down and saw just nothing there, man, banned, 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:55.620 not allowed to have this vehicle ever, cannot do it. Ineos, very, very please. 00:04:55.620 --> 00:05:03.420 Put a mirror here, you will sell more. Moving around to the back, there's pretty decent room. 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:09.260 It isn't luxuriously large, but if you're tall, you are not going to have any issues. 00:05:09.260 --> 00:05:12.940 And also as long as the passenger or driver isn't all the way back, 00:05:12.940 --> 00:05:18.300 you're going to have plenty of leg room. Back here, we also have USB-C and Type A for charging 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:22.860 and some vents and that's about all that you get for comforts, 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:28.060 but at least the seats feel pretty good. One party trick for this seat in particular 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:32.980 is it vibrates a lot. And that's because if you option the subwoofer, 00:05:32.980 --> 00:05:36.900 it's right under your arse. This right here is just a JBL sub. 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:40.140 It's a tiny little powered guy that you can buy off of Crutchfield. 00:05:40.140 --> 00:05:44.740 And it delivers a surprising amount of bass, not just to this person in particular, 00:05:44.740 --> 00:05:49.900 but it puts a lot of vibration through the chassis. So even though it doesn't go super low, 00:05:49.900 --> 00:05:52.220 you can feel the bass and it's pretty enjoyable. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:58.060 Hopping into the driver's seat, this is a very comfortable spot to be. 00:05:58.060 --> 00:06:01.780 The seats are racharros. You can just buy them and put them into any car. 00:06:01.780 --> 00:06:06.020 So they decided to buy them and put them into this. And they are fully manual. 00:06:06.020 --> 00:06:12.100 You don't get any power seats, no massages or anything like that, which for the price you might want, 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:15.300 but for the design goals of this, you do not. 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:20.780 This is clearly a no-nonsense vehicle, as you can tell by every single switch. 00:06:20.780 --> 00:06:26.020 You can kind of appreciate why a lot of manufacturers might be taking many of the functions of a car 00:06:26.020 --> 00:06:29.860 and putting them into a touchscreen when you see what happens when you take all the functions 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:32.860 of a car and turn them into buttons. 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:35.980 So there's your standard stuff like your climate control 00:06:35.980 --> 00:06:39.740 which you expect. These are incredibly satisfying buttons. 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:40.980 Like give this a listen. 00:06:42.980 --> 00:06:46.660 They are all incredibly satisfying to play with. 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:51.340 We have auxiliary power right here that you can turn on and get all the functions of the vehicle 00:06:51.340 --> 00:06:56.380 without the engine being turned on. Again, incredibly satisfying. 00:06:56.380 --> 00:06:59.420 And also we have pre-wired auxiliary circuits. 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:04.900 So if you want to put lights on the roof or an air compressor around the back, you can do just that. 00:07:06.140 --> 00:07:11.300 Oh. But unfortunately, we don't have some of the more fun options 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:16.180 which would give us even more switches up here. In particular, if I was optioning one, 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:20.220 I would make sure to get a winch and some lockers for the differentials. 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:24.220 But that said, this is still an incredibly capable machine without them. 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:29.220 We have solid front axles. We have full time, all the time, all wheel drive. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:33.980 And also we have four low if you need to get out of somewhere really nasty. 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:37.460 That's what's satisfying Tom too. My favorite button though, 00:07:37.460 --> 00:07:42.620 in a car with all of the best buttons has to be this one right here. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:48.300 So we have our typical horn. Loud, unpleasant, but also we have toot. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:54.060 Which is really nice if you just want to get someone's attention but you don't feel like actually, 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:58.060 ah, I'm like, hey. Really the only thing in here 00:07:58.060 --> 00:08:03.860 that doesn't feel rugged or premium is this little bit of piano black that's on the door. 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:07.820 But I really don't think that will prevent you from getting to your location. 00:08:07.820 --> 00:08:12.900 Now on WISAC in EOS in Vancouver reached out to us asking what type of a press vehicle we wanted. 00:08:12.900 --> 00:08:17.060 I said that I did not care at all as long as it came with the safari Windows 00:08:17.060 --> 00:08:21.260 because these things are sick. First of all, you can just open them up 00:08:21.260 --> 00:08:26.180 super easy like that. But also if you push this little clip up and out, 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:29.260 you can lift the entire thing 00:08:29.260 --> 00:08:33.260 and then just bring down the whole little sunroof bit. 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:37.460 This gives you a bunch of fresh air and also I don't know where to put these 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:40.700 once I have it like this. I've just been throwing them in the back, it's kind of weird. 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:43.940 One thing that I don't like about the Grenadier though is turning it on. 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:47.580 You have to use a physical key which honestly I am totally okay with 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:51.540 but this key itself with its little flippadoodle do here 00:08:51.540 --> 00:08:57.020 does not feel satisfying in the slightest to turn. It feels like it was really meant to only be in your pocket. 00:08:57.020 --> 00:09:03.260 But that said, once it's on, she's a beauty drive. 00:09:03.260 --> 00:09:08.980 Throwing the Grenadier in drive and using the actual handbrake we're able to set off 00:09:08.980 --> 00:09:12.620 and it is at home back in the woods like this. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:16.660 We haven't been doing any particularly difficult off-roading 00:09:16.660 --> 00:09:19.660 but like that right there was one hell of a bump 00:09:19.660 --> 00:09:26.460 and this thing could not care less. On dirt roads like this, the handling is really great. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:31.780 Like I am not pushing it but on these bumpy dirty back roads, 00:09:31.780 --> 00:09:38.500 it absolutely loves it. This thing is a dream if you wanna do overlanding 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:42.020 or camping or stuff like that. And like let's be honest, 00:09:42.020 --> 00:09:45.060 unless you're intentionally trying to get into trouble, 00:09:45.060 --> 00:09:52.020 most of what you're doing if you're going overlanding is ripping along forest roads like this one. 00:09:52.020 --> 00:09:57.580 All right, I wanna do a little bit of a launch. Here we go, all the whole thing moves when you're revving. 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:01.220 Oh, there we go. This thing has 282 horsepower, 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:05.180 332 foot pounds of torque delivered to the ground 00:10:05.180 --> 00:10:11.340 through an eight speed ZF transmission. This thing right here also does zero to 60 in eight seconds 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:16.300 which I will not be doing cause that'll be pretty scary on a dirt road like this one. 00:10:16.300 --> 00:10:21.420 But that said though, the handling back on these dirt roads is fantastic. 00:10:21.420 --> 00:10:25.460 All of the suspension and all of their decisions make so much sense 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:28.540 and it feels so good going around the corners 00:10:28.540 --> 00:10:33.780 and stuff like that on the dirt. It is an absolute dream. 00:10:33.780 --> 00:10:37.420 On pavement though, things aren't quite as good 00:10:37.420 --> 00:10:42.200 and a lot of that comes down to the caster. Now the caster is basically the angle 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:48.220 that your suspension steers through and the effect that has is it very slightly lifts 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:51.600 the front of your car when you turn the steering wheel. 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:54.860 Now most cars have four to five degrees of caster. 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:58.560 The ones that are handling legends have more like seven. 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:02.840 This right here has two. And from the forums that I have seen, 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:07.840 a lot of them come with more like one and a half or 1.5 degrees. 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:13.560 Now the problem that that has is it does not want to center itself very much. 00:11:13.560 --> 00:11:17.560 So when you're going around a corner, you kind of, you know, you turn your wheel 00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:21.000 but then you physically have to turn it back 00:11:21.040 --> 00:11:24.560 which is not the greatest. 00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:27.360 Also, when you're going around corners on pavement, 00:11:28.520 --> 00:11:34.800 I don't do it particularly fast. Up here on the visor, it says that it has a tip over risk 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:40.180 and I believe them. I really think on most roads at highway speeds, 00:11:40.180 --> 00:11:45.180 if you really wanted to, you could flip this thing no problem. 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:50.560 Winging done though, overall, given its capabilities, 00:11:50.680 --> 00:11:53.800 this is a really nice car to drive around. 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:59.360 If you're just ripping through the city, it does have the problem that the turning radius 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:03.800 is an abomination but that can very simply be solved 00:12:03.800 --> 00:12:07.940 by ignoring curves, which this thing loves to do. 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:11.480 Overall, it's quite a comfortable spot to be 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.480 and it's shockingly quiet given the size of those tires. 00:12:16.520 --> 00:12:19.600 And as a bonus, the sound system rocks pretty good. 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:25.400 Play Crab Rave on Apple Music. In here, we have five speakers and I believe 00:12:25.400 --> 00:12:30.520 that they have coaxials in the doors here because they do sound quite good. 00:12:30.520 --> 00:12:34.600 I get nice highs, plenty of bass from that little sub. 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:38.720 Even if it doesn't go super low, it gets a lot of vibrations in your arse 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:43.200 which is a whole load of fun and I think it sounds pretty darn good. 00:12:44.040 --> 00:12:49.760 That said, it is not perfect 00:12:49.760 --> 00:12:52.880 because all of the speakers are down in the doors. 00:12:52.880 --> 00:12:59.240 You can hear it being down in the doors. Instead of having a sound stage that is up and around you, 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:03.040 it's more down below you unless you get it loud enough 00:13:03.040 --> 00:13:07.440 for it to just sort of spray sound all over the place. 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.760 And also because they have just a JBL subwoofer in the back, 00:13:11.760 --> 00:13:15.080 it doesn't perfectly integrate into the front. 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:19.360 If you have a really, really good sound system, the sound of your subwoofer will join up 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:23.040 with your door speakers and tweeters and it all sounds like it's coming 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:26.640 from one coherent place where in this you can kind of tell 00:13:26.640 --> 00:13:32.360 they just threw a sub in the back. Overall though, very enjoyable sound system. 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:36.240 As for the infotainment itself, it is perfectly fine. 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:41.680 You get Android Auto or Apple CarPlay so you'll probably just end up using that most of the time 00:13:41.680 --> 00:13:46.520 but it is a little bit disappointing that the important things that you normally have on your dash 00:13:46.520 --> 00:13:49.640 are located over in this area. 00:13:49.640 --> 00:13:54.120 As for the dash itself, you just get a whole shitload of warning lights 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.680 and nothing else. Even just adding a speedometer right in front of you 00:13:58.680 --> 00:14:02.760 would be a game changer. I would love it if they had that right there 00:14:02.760 --> 00:14:06.760 and then I wouldn't even care that the fuel and the temp and stuff is all over here. 00:14:06.760 --> 00:14:09.880 That said though, if you're actually off-roading, 00:14:09.880 --> 00:14:15.920 they have a bunch of really nice stats, just like tire pressures, temperatures of your gearbox, 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:22.040 transfer case, all of that sort of stuff. Also, if you want, you can look at your elevation gain 00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:26.800 so you can see that we actually did go up into the hills quite a bit there. 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:30.040 Once our max, we hit 820 feet above elevation, 00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:36.640 not too bad. We can also see that it's not the most fuel efficient. 00:14:36.640 --> 00:14:40.360 Our drive, even though I have been kind of bashing on it, 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.920 so far is 27.4 liters per 100 miles. 00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:51.720 Oh, that's per 100 miles, what the fuck is that? So we have kilometers per hour, liters, feet and miles, sure. 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:57.720 Either way, these screens are really cool and fun to look at. One thing I do wish that was specced 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:02.200 is you can get a compass and a temperature gauge instead of the Grenadier logo right here, 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:08.440 but also whatever, this is fine. As for other assists, there aren't any. 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:11.520 The cruise control is just straight up cruise. 00:15:11.520 --> 00:15:15.520 You don't get any fancy adaptive stuff, which does make this a little bit more fatiguing 00:15:15.520 --> 00:15:18.720 on the highway, but also, oh well. 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:23.960 Also, you don't get any sort of lane centering or assists like that, it just gets mad at you 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:29.800 if you start to depart your lane. And otherwise, you drive the car, you're in control, 00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:35.520 which honestly, I kind of appreciate after how poorly so many manufacturers 00:15:35.520 --> 00:15:41.760 have done assists in some of the other cars. It's just incredibly refreshing to get into something 00:15:41.760 --> 00:15:45.040 that kind of just treats you like an adult 00:15:45.040 --> 00:15:50.400 speed warning is aside. You want to change the temperature, fricking, turn a dial. 00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:55.000 You want to go faster, use your foot. You want to not hurt the person in front of you, 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.920 use your foot, but on the other pedal. That's all there is and I friggin' love it. 00:15:59.920 --> 00:16:04.440 This thing right here is very far from a perfect vehicle, 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:09.000 but also, it's interesting and I adore that. 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:13.820 If you're not a vehicle enthusiast, I do not think that you should get this. 00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:17.000 This right here is a vehicle that is made for a purpose 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.480 and makes sacrifices in order to fill its goals. 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.600 So, if all that you want is a comfy thing 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.560 for going and getting groceries or looking fricking sick 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.200 around town, okay, well, maybe you still want to get it, 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.480 but it's not the best car for that job. 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.960 But if you want something that is durable, will last a long time, probably, 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:43.040 we'll see how their support actually is. This is the car for you. 00:16:43.040 --> 00:16:47.640 Man, I cannot believe that this was made in 2025. 00:16:47.640 --> 00:16:51.880 Just like I can't believe that you watched this video in 2025, so huge thanks for watching. 00:16:51.880 --> 00:16:55.600 Hit like, get subscribed and have a great old day. I'll see you later.