1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:07,040 Modern cars are faking boring. Every single sharp edge has been rounded and 2 00:00:05,359 --> 00:00:12,639 everything has been sacrificed for comfort and convenience until you get to 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:16,720 something like this. Meet the Indios Grenadier. This absolute beauty right 4 00:00:14,799 --> 00:00:20,720 here does not care if you want a push button start or for it to be comfortable 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,279 or anything like that. It just wants you to go from point A to point B and it'll 6 00:00:23,119 --> 00:00:29,039 do it. I freaking love this thing. Let's have a look. Looking at the Indios 7 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:35,200 Grenadier, it's pretty easy to tell that it is quite a rugged machine. But it 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,520 isn't just rugged. I think it is also 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:42,800 beautiful. Like this silver blue that they have it in. Wonderful. This little 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:47,920 LED halo around the headlights. Fantastic. And the overall look, even 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:52,640 though it is very, very rugged, is also very Land Rover Defender. That's exactly 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:57,600 what this thing is. Inos, if you don't know, is an absolutely massive chemical 13 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:01,520 company, and their CEO just simply decided that he wanted the old Land 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:07,119 Rover Defender, and the new one is too soft and way too comfortable. So, this 15 00:01:04,559 --> 00:01:12,960 is what we have got right here. Inside of it is a BMW 6cylinder, the B-58 to be 16 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:19,200 exact, which you'll find in the Supra, the Z4, and many other BMWs. It's been 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:24,960 proven to be an exceptional engine. If you look it up on YouTube, everyone says 18 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:27,520 it's BMW's best ever. And I tend to 19 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:32,320 agree. It is pretty silly driving around with this cuz it sounds very 20 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:37,439 turbocharged given the type of vehicle. But at the same time, it should be 21 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:41,520 pretty decent, even if it is very D-tuned compared to some of the other 22 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:45,920 models that it comes in. The whole thing's a bit of a mish mash. As you can 23 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:50,640 see from this little badge right here, it was designed in Britain. has a bunch 24 00:01:48,479 --> 00:01:56,159 of German parts and it's assembled in France, but the German part of France. 25 00:01:53,360 --> 00:02:00,960 Moving along the side, we have doors. Shocking, I know. But the surprising bit 26 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:05,520 is that they don't unlock themselves. For a modern car, you actually need to 27 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:10,000 go in here and unlock it just like that, which I would be sad about, except that 28 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:15,360 this thing doesn't want fancy stuff like that. And also, they're damn satisfying 29 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:19,920 doors to close. Along all of the side are these little pickup points so that 30 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,680 you can attach kind of whatever you want. Apparently, this is so if you have 31 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:27,599 a whole bunch of gear and it gets all wet or your gas or whatever, you can 32 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:31,920 attach it to the side of the car and you don't have to worry about it making all 33 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:38,319 of the interior stuff all messy. Also, we have BFG Goodrich Allterrain TA KO2s, 34 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:42,160 which are fantastic in my opinion because you can take them off-road, but 35 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:46,400 also they're not super duper loud on the highway. 36 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:50,720 This is a full gas vehicle and full all-wheel drive all the time. So, expect 37 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:54,560 to be opening this door up quite a bit. But, as you can see, it's really, really 38 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:58,959 large. And that's because in some other markets, you can get a diesel engine 39 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:04,319 from BMW. But in North America, we only get the gas. Around the rear, we have 40 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,000 this massive full-size spare as well as 41 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:09,920 a ladder. And as you might have suspected, that is a lot of weight on 42 00:03:08,239 --> 00:03:14,319 the back of your car. So, you're not going to be having a traditional lift 43 00:03:11,519 --> 00:03:20,640 gate. So instead, we get a door. And not just a door, but we get doors. 44 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:25,120 Ha. In the back, we have an absolutely 45 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:29,840 massive area for cargo. You don't have any of those fancy swooping backs or 46 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:34,720 anything trying to be aerodynamic. Nope. She's just a box, and you benefit 47 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:38,480 greatly in terms of space. Also, all of this is plastic, which is really good if 48 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:42,319 your stuff is wet and really bad if you want your stuff to stay in one place. 49 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:47,680 Fortunately though, there's eight tie down points back here, so it should be 50 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:50,400 easy enough to make it not go 51 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:55,599 too often. Also back here, if you happen to be stranded on the side of the road, 52 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:59,920 we have a couple of little safety vests. How fashionable. And also in here, we 53 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:06,560 have first aid supplies, which will be really good if you have a bit of a tumble. As you probably guessed from the 54 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:11,519 intro of this video, the roof up here is actually loadbearing. So, you can put 55 00:04:08,799 --> 00:04:16,400 yourself up here or more likely you can put all of your supplies up on top or 56 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:21,759 tents or anything that you would like. Also, the safari Windows that are up 57 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:23,919 here are actually removable. So, if you 58 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:28,280 want to get into the passenger seat, you can do so just like this. 59 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:38,000 But once in here, we find our first really big problem. The wife approval 60 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:43,199 factor of this car is basically zero because there is nothing right here. Not 61 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:47,840 a single mirror. I went downtown to have a nice dinner with the misses. And when 62 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:52,880 she flipped this thing down and saw just nothing there, man, banned. Not allowed 63 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:59,520 to have this vehicle ever. Cannot do it. Indios, very, very pleased. Put a mirror 64 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:01,759 here. You will sell more. Moving around 65 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:07,440 to the back, there's pretty decent room. It isn't 66 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:09,360 luxuriously large, but if you're tall, 67 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:13,120 you are not going to have any issues. And also, as long as the passenger or 68 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:17,680 driver isn't all the way back, you're going to have plenty of leg room. Back 69 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:23,280 here, we also have USBC and type A for charging and some vents. And uh that's 70 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:28,000 about all that you get for comfort, but at least the seats feel pretty good. One 71 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:33,520 party trick for this seat in particular is it vibrates a lot. And that's because 72 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:38,240 if you option the subwoofer, it's right under your ars. This right here is just 73 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:42,400 a JBL sub. It's a tiny little powered guy that you can buy off of Crutchfield. 74 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,840 And it delivers a surprising amount of bass. Not just to this person in 75 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:50,240 particular, but it puts a lot of vibration through the chassis. So even 76 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:56,000 though it doesn't go super low, you can feel the bass and it's pretty enjoyable. 77 00:05:54,240 --> 00:06:00,800 Hopping into the driver's seat, this is a very comfortable spot to be. The seats 78 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:04,720 are Ricaros. You can just buy them and put them into any car. So, they decided 79 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:09,120 to buy them and put them into this. And they are fully manual. You don't get any 80 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:14,319 power seats, no massages or anything like that, which for the price you might 81 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:19,919 want, but for the design goals of this, you do not. This is clearly a nononsense 82 00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:24,479 vehicle, as you can tell by every single switch. You can kind of appreciate why a 83 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,919 lot of manufacturers might be taking many of the functions of a car and 84 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:31,440 putting them into a touchscreen. When you see what happens when you take all 85 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:36,240 the functions of a car and turn them into buttons. So there's your standard 86 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:40,560 stuff like your climate control, which you expect. These are incredibly 87 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:45,759 satisfying buttons. Like give give this a listen. 88 00:06:43,039 --> 00:06:50,160 They are all incredibly satisfying to play with. We have auxiliary power right 89 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:54,800 here that you can turn on and get all the functions of the vehicle without the 90 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:59,919 engine being turned on. Again, incredibly satisfying. And also, we have 91 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:04,080 pre-wired auxiliary circuits. So, if you want to put lights on the roof or an air 92 00:07:01,919 --> 00:07:07,400 compressor around the back, you can do just that. 93 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:14,400 But unfortunately, we don't have some of the more fun options, which would give 94 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:18,319 us even more switches up here. in particular. If I was optioning one, I 95 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:22,319 would make sure to get a winch and some lockers for the differentials. But that 96 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:27,759 said, this is still an incredibly capable machine without them. We have 97 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:31,759 solid front axles. We have fulltime all the time all-wheel drive. And also, we 98 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:36,720 have four low if you need to get out of somewhere really nasty. 99 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:42,160 That's a satisfying onto. My favorite button though in a car with all of the 100 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:49,520 best buttons has to be this one right here. So, we have our typical horn, 101 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:50,960 loud, unpleasant, but also we have toot, 102 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:55,520 which is really nice if you just want to get someone's attention, but you don't 103 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,360 feel like actually. It's more like, hey, really, the only 104 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:04,720 thing in here that doesn't feel rugged or premium is this little bit of piano 105 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:08,479 black that's on the door, but I really don't think that will prevent you from 106 00:08:06,479 --> 00:08:12,400 getting to your location. But once you're there, maybe you need a phone 107 00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:16,560 plan, which is why I'm segueing to our sponsor, Sy. A bunch of you probably 108 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:20,160 have vacation coming up right around the corner. First of all, lucky. But you 109 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:24,560 should really make sure to stay connected to the world. Sel's affordable 110 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:28,319 eim plans are available for over 200 destinations. All you need to do is load 111 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:31,520 it up before you take off and you'll have access to all of your apps as you 112 00:08:29,919 --> 00:08:34,800 need as soon as you land. 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I've just been 122 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:17,680 throwing them in the back. It's kind of weird. One thing that I don't like about the Grenadier, though, is turning it on. 123 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:22,080 You have to use a physical key, which honestly I am totally okay with. But 124 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,800 this key itself with its little flippadoodle do here does not feel 125 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:32,880 satisfying in the slightest to turn. It feels like it was really meant to only 126 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:35,519 be in your pocket. But that said, 127 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:40,480 once it's on, she's a beauty to drive. Throwing the Grenadier in drive and 128 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:43,760 using the actual handbrake, we're able 129 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:45,839 to set off and it is at home back in the 130 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:51,440 woods like this. We haven't been doing any particularly difficult off-roading, 131 00:09:48,959 --> 00:09:56,800 but like that right there was one hell of a bump and this thing could not care 132 00:09:53,680 --> 00:10:00,160 less. On dirt roads like this, the 133 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:03,200 handling is really great. Like I am not 134 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:07,040 pushing it, but on these bumpy, dirty 135 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:09,519 back roads, it absolutely loves it. This 136 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:14,640 thing is a dream if you want to do overlanding or camping or stuff like 137 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:18,640 that. And like, let's be honest, unless you're intentionally trying to get into 138 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:23,200 trouble, most of what you're doing if you're going over landing is 139 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:28,000 ripping along forest roads like this one. All right, I want to do a little 140 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:32,640 bit of a launch. Here we go. Oh, the whole thing moves when you rev it. Oh, 141 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:37,839 there we go. This thing has 282 horsepower, 332 foot-lbs of torque 142 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:43,200 delivered to the ground through an 8-speed setup transmission. This thing 143 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:46,880 right here also does 0 to 60 in eight seconds, which I will not be doing 144 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:51,760 because that'll be pretty scary on a dirt road like this one. But that said 145 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:56,240 though, the handling back on these dirt roads is fantastic. All of the 146 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:01,440 suspension and all of their decisions make so much sense and it feels so good 147 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:06,079 going around the corners and stuff like that on the dirt. It is an absolute 148 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:11,200 dream. On pavement though, things aren't quite 149 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:16,160 as good. And a lot of that comes down to the caster. Now, the caster is basically 150 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:21,200 the angle that your suspension steers through. And the effect that has is it 151 00:11:18,959 --> 00:11:26,160 very slightly lifts the front of your car when you turn the steering wheel. 152 00:11:23,839 --> 00:11:31,360 Now, most cars have four to five degrees of caster. The ones that are handling 153 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:36,320 Legends have more like seven. This right here has two. And from the forums that I 154 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:42,320 have seen, a lot of them come with more like 1 and a half or 1.5°. 155 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Now, the problem that that has is it does not want to center itself very 156 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:51,360 much. So, when you're going around a corner, you kind of, you know, you turn 157 00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:58,160 your wheel, but then you physically have to turn it back, which is uh not the 158 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:04,640 greatest. Also, when you're going around corners on pavement, uh I don't do it 159 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:07,120 particularly fast. Up here on the visor, 160 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:12,800 it says that uh it has a tipover risk, and I believe them. I really think on 161 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:19,839 most roads at highway speeds, if you really wanted to, you could flip this 162 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:23,279 thing no problem. Winging done though, 163 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:26,240 overall given its capabilities, this is 164 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:30,720 a really nice car to drive around if you're just ripping through the city. It 165 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:36,800 does have the problem that the uh turning radius is an abomination, 166 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:39,120 but that can very simply be solved by 167 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:46,240 ignoring curbs, which this thing loves to do. Overall, it's quite a comfortable 168 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:49,200 spot to be, and it's shockingly quiet 169 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:54,639 given the size of those tires. And as a bonus, the sound system rocks pretty 170 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:57,200 good. Play Crab Rave on Apple Music. In 171 00:12:54,639 --> 00:13:02,720 here, we have five speakers. And I believe that they have coaxials in the 172 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:05,760 doors here cuz they do sound quite good. 173 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:08,000 I get nice highs, plenty of bass from 174 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:12,000 that little sub. Even if it doesn't go super low, it gets a lot of vibrations 175 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:18,040 in your ars, which is a whole load of fun. And I think it sounds pretty darn 176 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,040 good. 177 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:27,839 That said, it is not perfect because all of the speakers are down in the doors. 178 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:33,279 You can hear it being down in the doors. Instead of having a sound stage that is 179 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:35,440 up and around you, it's more down below 180 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:41,040 you, unless you get it loud enough for it to just sort of spray sound all over 181 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:46,639 the place. And also, because they have just a JBL subwoofer in the back, it 182 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:50,160 doesn't perfectly integrate into the front. If you have a really, really good 183 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:54,639 sound system, the sound of your subwoofer will join up with your door 184 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:58,480 speakers and tweeters, and it all sounds like it's coming from one coherent 185 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:03,040 place. where in this you can you can kind of tell they just threw a sub in 186 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:05,760 the back. Overall though, very enjoyable 187 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:11,680 sound system. As for the infotainment itself, it is perfectly fine. You get 188 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:14,959 Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, so you'll probably just end up using that most of 189 00:14:13,199 --> 00:14:19,199 the time, but it is a little bit disappointing that the important things 190 00:14:17,199 --> 00:14:25,519 that you normally have on your dash are located over in this area. As for the 191 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:30,320 dash itself, you just get a whole load of warning lights and nothing else. Even 192 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:35,120 just adding a speedometer right in front of you would be a gamecher. I would love 193 00:14:33,519 --> 00:14:38,959 it if they had that right there. And then I wouldn't even care that the fuel 194 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,079 and the temp and stuff is all over here. That said though, if you're actually 195 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:46,800 off-roading, they have a bunch of really nice stats 196 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:52,240 just like tire pressures, temperatures of your gear box, transfer case, all of 197 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:56,880 that sort of stuff. Also, if you want, you can look at your elevation gain. So, 198 00:14:54,560 --> 00:15:02,320 you can see that we actually did go up into the hills quite a bit there. What's 199 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:04,320 our max? We hit 820 ft above elevation. 200 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:09,839 Not too bad. We can also see that uh it's not the 201 00:15:07,519 --> 00:15:16,320 most fuel efficient. Our drive, even though I have been kind of bashing on 202 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:18,800 it, so far is 27.4 L per 100 miles. Oh, 203 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:26,079 that's per 100 miles. What the is that? So, we have kilome/ hour, liters, 204 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:27,760 feet, and miles. Sure. Either way, these 205 00:15:26,079 --> 00:15:31,760 screens are really cool and fun to look at. One thing I do wish that was spec is 206 00:15:30,079 --> 00:15:36,320 you can get a compass and a temperature gauge instead of the Grenadier logo 207 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:42,800 right here, but also whatever. This is fine. As for other assists, uh there 208 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:44,399 aren't any. The cruise control is just 209 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:48,079 straight up cruise. You don't get any fancy adaptive stuff, which does make 210 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:54,160 this a little bit more fatiguing on the highway, but also, oh well. Also, you 211 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:58,240 don't get any sort of lane centering or assists like that. It just gets mad at 212 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:03,680 you if you start to depart your lane. And otherwise, you drive the car. You're 213 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:09,360 you're in control, which honestly, I kind of appreciate after how poorly so 214 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:13,600 many manufacturers have done assists in some of the other cars. It's just 215 00:16:11,759 --> 00:16:19,680 incredibly refreshing to get into something that kind of just treats you 216 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:21,519 like an adult. Speed warnings aside, you 217 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:25,920 want to change the temperature, freaking turn a dial. You want to go faster, use 218 00:16:24,079 --> 00:16:30,320 your foot. You want to not hurt the person in front of you, use your foot, 219 00:16:27,759 --> 00:16:35,519 but on the other pedal. That's that's all there is. And I freaking love it. 220 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:38,320 This thing right here is very far from a 221 00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:44,560 perfect vehicle, but also it's interesting. and I adore that. If you're 222 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:48,800 not a vehicle enthusiast, I do not think that you should get this. This right 223 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:54,800 here is a vehicle that is made for a purpose and makes sacrifices in order to 224 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,800 fill its goals. So, if all that you want 225 00:16:54,800 --> 00:17:02,560 is a comfy thing for going and getting groceries or looking freaking sick 226 00:16:59,839 --> 00:17:07,360 around town, okay, well, maybe you still want to get it, but it's not the best 227 00:17:05,679 --> 00:17:11,839 car for that job. But if you want something that is durable, will last a 228 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:16,880 long time, probably. We'll see how their support actually is, 229 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:20,720 this is the car for you. Man, I cannot believe that this was made in 230 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:24,959 2025. Just look, I can't believe that you watched this video in 2025. So, huge 231 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:29,520 thanks for watching. Hit like, get subscribed, and have a great old day. 232 00:17:27,039 --> 00:17:29,520 See you later.