WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.040 Modern cars are faking boring. Every single sharp edge has been rounded and 00:00:05.359 --> 00:00:12.639 everything has been sacrificed for comfort and convenience until you get to 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:16.720 something like this. Meet the Indios Grenadier. This absolute beauty right 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 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 00:00:23.119 --> 00:00:29.039 do it. I freaking love this thing. Let's have a look. Looking at the Indios 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:35.200 Grenadier, it's pretty easy to tell that it is quite a rugged machine. But it 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:37.520 isn't just rugged. I think it is also 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:42.800 beautiful. Like this silver blue that they have it in. Wonderful. This little 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:47.920 LED halo around the headlights. Fantastic. And the overall look, even 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.640 though it is very, very rugged, is also very Land Rover Defender. That's exactly 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:57.600 what this thing is. Inos, if you don't know, is an absolutely massive chemical 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:01.520 company, and their CEO just simply decided that he wanted the old Land 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:07.119 Rover Defender, and the new one is too soft and way too comfortable. So, this 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 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 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:24.960 proven to be an exceptional engine. If you look it up on YouTube, everyone says 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:27.520 it's BMW's best ever. And I tend to 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:32.320 agree. It is pretty silly driving around with this cuz it sounds very 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:37.439 turbocharged given the type of vehicle. But at the same time, it should be 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:41.520 pretty decent, even if it is very D-tuned compared to some of the other 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 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:50.640 see from this little badge right here, it was designed in Britain. has a bunch 00:01:48.479 --> 00:01:56.159 of German parts and it's assembled in France, but the German part of France. 00:01:53.360 --> 00:02:00.960 Moving along the side, we have doors. Shocking, I know. But the surprising bit 00:01:58.399 --> 00:02:05.520 is that they don't unlock themselves. For a modern car, you actually need to 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 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:15.360 this thing doesn't want fancy stuff like that. And also, they're damn satisfying 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:19.920 doors to close. Along all of the side are these little pickup points so that 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:23.680 you can attach kind of whatever you want. Apparently, this is so if you have 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 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 00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:38.319 of the interior stuff all messy. Also, we have BFG Goodrich Allterrain TA KO2s, 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:42.160 which are fantastic in my opinion because you can take them off-road, but 00:02:40.480 --> 00:02:46.400 also they're not super duper loud on the highway. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:50.720 This is a full gas vehicle and full all-wheel drive all the time. So, expect 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 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:58.959 large. And that's because in some other markets, you can get a diesel engine 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:04.319 from BMW. But in North America, we only get the gas. Around the rear, we have 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.000 this massive full-size spare as well as 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:09.920 a ladder. And as you might have suspected, that is a lot of weight on 00:03:08.239 --> 00:03:14.319 the back of your car. So, you're not going to be having a traditional lift 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:20.640 gate. So instead, we get a door. And not just a door, but we get doors. 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:25.120 Ha. In the back, we have an absolutely 00:03:22.959 --> 00:03:29.840 massive area for cargo. You don't have any of those fancy swooping backs or 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:34.720 anything trying to be aerodynamic. Nope. She's just a box, and you benefit 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:38.480 greatly in terms of space. Also, all of this is plastic, which is really good if 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. 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:47.680 Fortunately though, there's eight tie down points back here, so it should be 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:50.400 easy enough to make it not go 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, 00:03:52.799 --> 00:03:59.920 we have a couple of little safety vests. How fashionable. And also in here, we 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 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:11.519 intro of this video, the roof up here is actually loadbearing. So, you can put 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 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:21.759 tents or anything that you would like. Also, the safari Windows that are up 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:23.919 here are actually removable. So, if you 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:28.280 want to get into the passenger seat, you can do so just like this. 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:38.000 But once in here, we find our first really big problem. The wife approval 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:43.199 factor of this car is basically zero because there is nothing right here. Not 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:47.840 a single mirror. I went downtown to have a nice dinner with the misses. And when 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:52.880 she flipped this thing down and saw just nothing there, man, banned. Not allowed 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:59.520 to have this vehicle ever. Cannot do it. Indios, very, very pleased. Put a mirror 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:01.759 here. You will sell more. Moving around 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:07.440 to the back, there's pretty decent room. It isn't 00:05:04.320 --> 00:05:09.360 luxuriously large, but if you're tall, 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:13.120 you are not going to have any issues. And also, as long as the passenger or 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 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 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:28.000 about all that you get for comfort, but at least the seats feel pretty good. One 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:33.520 party trick for this seat in particular is it vibrates a lot. And that's because 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:38.240 if you option the subwoofer, it's right under your ars. This right here is just 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. 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.840 And it delivers a surprising amount of bass. Not just to this person in 00:05:44.080 --> 00:05:50.240 particular, but it puts a lot of vibration through the chassis. So even 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. 00:05:54.240 --> 00:06:00.800 Hopping into the driver's seat, this is a very comfortable spot to be. The seats 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:04.720 are Ricaros. You can just buy them and put them into any car. So, they decided 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 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:14.319 power seats, no massages or anything like that, which for the price you might 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:19.919 want, but for the design goals of this, you do not. This is clearly a nononsense 00:06:17.039 --> 00:06:24.479 vehicle, as you can tell by every single switch. You can kind of appreciate why a 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:27.919 lot of manufacturers might be taking many of the functions of a car and 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:31.440 putting them into a touchscreen. When you see what happens when you take all 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:36.240 the functions of a car and turn them into buttons. So there's your standard 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:40.560 stuff like your climate control, which you expect. These are incredibly 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:45.759 satisfying buttons. Like give give this a listen. 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:50.160 They are all incredibly satisfying to play with. We have auxiliary power right 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:54.800 here that you can turn on and get all the functions of the vehicle without the 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:59.919 engine being turned on. Again, incredibly satisfying. And also, we have 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 00:07:01.919 --> 00:07:07.400 compressor around the back, you can do just that. 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:14.400 But unfortunately, we don't have some of the more fun options, which would give 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:18.319 us even more switches up here. in particular. If I was optioning one, I 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:22.319 would make sure to get a winch and some lockers for the differentials. But that 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:27.759 said, this is still an incredibly capable machine without them. We have 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:31.759 solid front axles. We have fulltime all the time all-wheel drive. And also, we 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:36.720 have four low if you need to get out of somewhere really nasty. 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:42.160 That's a satisfying onto. My favorite button though in a car with all of the 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:49.520 best buttons has to be this one right here. So, we have our typical horn, 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:50.960 loud, unpleasant, but also we have toot, 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 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:59.360 feel like actually. It's more like, hey, really, the only 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:04.720 thing in here that doesn't feel rugged or premium is this little bit of piano 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 00:08:06.479 --> 00:08:12.400 getting to your location. But once you're there, maybe you need a phone 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:16.560 plan, which is why I'm segueing to our sponsor, Sy. A bunch of you probably 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:20.160 have vacation coming up right around the corner. First of all, lucky. But you 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:24.560 should really make sure to stay connected to the world. 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But also, if you push this little clip up and out, you can 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:05.600 lift the entire thing and then just 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:09.680 bring down the whole little sunroof bit. This gives you a bunch of fresh air. And 00:09:07.839 --> 00:09:12.160 also, I don't know where to put these once I have it like this. I've just been 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. 00:09:16.160 --> 00:09:22.080 You have to use a physical key, which honestly I am totally okay with. But 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:26.800 this key itself with its little flippadoodle do here does not feel 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:32.880 satisfying in the slightest to turn. It feels like it was really meant to only 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:35.519 be in your pocket. But that said, 00:09:32.880 --> 00:09:40.480 once it's on, she's a beauty to drive. Throwing the Grenadier in drive and 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:43.760 using the actual handbrake, we're able 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:45.839 to set off and it is at home back in the 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:51.440 woods like this. We haven't been doing any particularly difficult off-roading, 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 00:09:53.680 --> 00:10:00.160 less. On dirt roads like this, the 00:09:56.800 --> 00:10:03.200 handling is really great. Like I am not 00:10:00.160 --> 00:10:07.040 pushing it, but on these bumpy, dirty 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:09.519 back roads, it absolutely loves it. This 00:10:07.040 --> 00:10:14.640 thing is a dream if you want to do overlanding or camping or stuff like 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:18.640 that. And like, let's be honest, unless you're intentionally trying to get into 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:23.200 trouble, most of what you're doing if you're going over landing is 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:28.000 ripping along forest roads like this one. All right, I want to do a little 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, 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:37.839 there we go. This thing has 282 horsepower, 332 foot-lbs of torque 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:43.200 delivered to the ground through an 8-speed setup transmission. This thing 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:46.880 right here also does 0 to 60 in eight seconds, which I will not be doing 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:51.760 because that'll be pretty scary on a dirt road like this one. But that said 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:56.240 though, the handling back on these dirt roads is fantastic. All of the 00:10:54.240 --> 00:11:01.440 suspension and all of their decisions make so much sense and it feels so good 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:06.079 going around the corners and stuff like that on the dirt. It is an absolute 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:11.200 dream. On pavement though, things aren't quite 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 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:21.200 the angle that your suspension steers through. And the effect that has is it 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:26.160 very slightly lifts the front of your car when you turn the steering wheel. 00:11:23.839 --> 00:11:31.360 Now, most cars have four to five degrees of caster. The ones that are handling 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:36.320 Legends have more like seven. This right here has two. And from the forums that I 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°. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:47.200 Now, the problem that that has is it does not want to center itself very 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:51.360 much. So, when you're going around a corner, you kind of, you know, you turn 00:11:48.959 --> 00:11:58.160 your wheel, but then you physically have to turn it back, which is uh not the 00:11:55.760 --> 00:12:04.640 greatest. Also, when you're going around corners on pavement, uh I don't do it 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:07.120 particularly fast. Up here on the visor, 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 00:12:09.920 --> 00:12:19.839 most roads at highway speeds, if you really wanted to, you could flip this 00:12:15.040 --> 00:12:23.279 thing no problem. Winging done though, 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:26.240 overall given its capabilities, this is 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:30.720 a really nice car to drive around if you're just ripping through the city. It 00:12:28.560 --> 00:12:36.800 does have the problem that the uh turning radius is an abomination, 00:12:33.680 --> 00:12:39.120 but that can very simply be solved by 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:46.240 ignoring curbs, which this thing loves to do. Overall, it's quite a comfortable 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:49.200 spot to be, and it's shockingly quiet 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:54.639 given the size of those tires. And as a bonus, the sound system rocks pretty 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:57.200 good. Play Crab Rave on Apple Music. In 00:12:54.639 --> 00:13:02.720 here, we have five speakers. And I believe that they have coaxials in the 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:05.760 doors here cuz they do sound quite good. 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:08.000 I get nice highs, plenty of bass from 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 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 00:13:15.040 --> 00:13:18.040 good. 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:27.839 That said, it is not perfect because all of the speakers are down in the doors. 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 00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:35.440 up and around you, it's more down below 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 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:46.639 the place. And also, because they have just a JBL subwoofer in the back, it 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:50.160 doesn't perfectly integrate into the front. If you have a really, really good 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:54.639 sound system, the sound of your subwoofer will join up with your door 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:58.480 speakers and tweeters, and it all sounds like it's coming from one coherent 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 00:13:59.839 --> 00:14:05.760 the back. Overall though, very enjoyable 00:14:03.040 --> 00:14:11.680 sound system. As for the infotainment itself, it is perfectly fine. You get 00:14:08.880 --> 00:14:14.959 Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, so you'll probably just end up using that most of 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:19.199 the time, but it is a little bit disappointing that the important things 00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:25.519 that you normally have on your dash are located over in this area. As for the 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:30.320 dash itself, you just get a whole load of warning lights and nothing else. Even 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:35.120 just adding a speedometer right in front of you would be a gamecher. I would love 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 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:42.079 and the temp and stuff is all over here. That said though, if you're actually 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:46.800 off-roading, they have a bunch of really nice stats 00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:52.240 just like tire pressures, temperatures of your gear box, transfer case, all of 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:56.880 that sort of stuff. Also, if you want, you can look at your elevation gain. So, 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 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:04.320 our max? We hit 820 ft above elevation. 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:09.839 Not too bad. We can also see that uh it's not the 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:16.320 most fuel efficient. Our drive, even though I have been kind of bashing on 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:18.800 it, so far is 27.4 L per 100 miles. Oh, 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:26.079 that's per 100 miles. What the is that? So, we have kilome/ hour, liters, 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:27.760 feet, and miles. Sure. Either way, these 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 00:15:30.079 --> 00:15:36.320 you can get a compass and a temperature gauge instead of the Grenadier logo 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:42.800 right here, but also whatever. This is fine. As for other assists, uh there 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:44.399 aren't any. The cruise control is just 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:48.079 straight up cruise. You don't get any fancy adaptive stuff, which does make 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:54.160 this a little bit more fatiguing on the highway, but also, oh well. Also, you 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 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:03.680 you if you start to depart your lane. And otherwise, you drive the car. You're 00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:09.360 you're in control, which honestly, I kind of appreciate after how poorly so 00:16:06.880 --> 00:16:13.600 many manufacturers have done assists in some of the other cars. It's just 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:19.680 incredibly refreshing to get into something that kind of just treats you 00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:21.519 like an adult. Speed warnings aside, you 00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:25.920 want to change the temperature, freaking turn a dial. You want to go faster, use 00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:30.320 your foot. You want to not hurt the person in front of you, use your foot, 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. 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:38.320 This thing right here is very far from a 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:44.560 perfect vehicle, but also it's interesting. and I adore that. If you're 00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:48.800 not a vehicle enthusiast, I do not think that you should get this. This right 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:54.800 here is a vehicle that is made for a purpose and makes sacrifices in order to 00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:56.800 fill its goals. So, if all that you want 00:16:54.800 --> 00:17:02.560 is a comfy thing for going and getting groceries or looking freaking sick 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 00:17:05.679 --> 00:17:11.839 car for that job. But if you want something that is durable, will last a 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:16.880 long time, probably. We'll see how their support actually is, 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:20.720 this is the car for you. Man, I cannot believe that this was made in 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:24.959 2025. Just look, I can't believe that you watched this video in 2025. So, huge 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:29.520 thanks for watching. Hit like, get subscribed, and have a great old day. 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.520 See you later.