Ineos Automotive has opened orders for its two-seater Grenadier Commercial, priced from £51,931 (excl. VAT and OTR costs).
The customised VAT-reclaimable version of the hardy 4×4 replaces the rear seats of the regular model with a full-length flat floor, providing a robust floor-to-roof cargo barrier behind the two front seats.
Aimed at those who need a 4×4 for professional use, it delivers a braked 3.5-tonne towing capacity, more than 2,000 litres of load space – able to carry a standard 1,200mm x 800mm Euro pallet – and 5.5 tonnes of winching power.
It ensures VAT exemption by replacing the rear passenger windows with aluminium panels and adding blacked-out glazing on the 30:70 split rear doors and permanently disabled chassis mounting points to prevent a second row of seats being added.
It’s built on a full box-section ladder frame chassis, with heavy-duty solid beam axles, a two-speed transfer case and up to three locking differentials.
Power comes from a BMW-sourced 3.0-litre turbocharged inline six-cylinder petrol or diesel engine, specifically calibrated for this application.
George Ratcliffe, commercial director, Ineos Automotive, said: “Customers in the UK have been asking for this addition to our model line-up since we launched in 2022, so we’re pleased to make this available so quickly. The versatility of the Grenadier platform allows this level of modification without any compromise to the driving dynamics or off-road capabilities.”
The Grenadier Commercial replaces the two-seat Utility Wagon in the UK Grenadier line-up and will be built in Hambach, France, at the manufacturing facility Ineos Automotive acquired from Mercedes-Benz in January 2021, with conversion undertaken in the UK by Pontypool-based engineering specialists EDC.
