With the debut of a new generation of Land Rover Defenders, I think the mood of the old-school Land Rover Defender fans has also fallen to the bottom. That’s right, now this Land Rover Defender, which takes fashion as its own responsibility, adopts a load-bearing body structure and independent front and rear suspension, it is really not what the old Land Rover Defender used to look like, or, apart from the name of the car, the two have nothing. have in common.
The British have always had an elusive obsession with old-fashioned things, so after the old Land Rover Defender was officially discontinued, British billionaire James Arthur Ratcliffe proposed to buy the old Defender’s patents and production lines, so that This car can go on and on.
However, when this plan failed, James Arthur Ratcliffe re-established a company called Ineos, and developed a new product, Ineos Grenadier, in the style of the old guard. After years of research and development, Ineos Grenadier also officially released the first round of official pictures.
From the appearance point of view, the new Ineos Grenadier reproduces the shape of the old Land Rover Defender in the overall image, and provides two body forms of long-axle hard top and pickup version. Compared with the old Land Rover Defender, the platform size of the Ineos Grenadier has increased to a certain extent, which also makes the Ineos Grenadier’s body width and length larger than the old Land Rover Defender. The wider body and flatter front also make its overall shape different from the tall image of the old Land Rover Defender.
In the design of details, the new Ineos Grenadier also re-adjusted the design of the body shape with modern design techniques. The rough image on the old Land Rover Defender has been significantly changed on the new car. And this retro style has indeed refined some postmodernist styles on the fashionable road. In fact, this is what a new generation of Land Rover Defenders should look like.
From the product point of view, Ineos is very persistent in the re-enactment of the Land Rover Defender, which is completely from the perspective of a practical off-road vehicle. As a result, we also see a barn-style tailgate that includes an offset. The small door can be used to access small-sized items, and when both doors are open, the Ineos Grenadier’s trunk opening is sized to fit a standard European forklift pallet.
At the level of design and production, Ineos Grenadier has also cooperated with Magna Steyr in an all-round way, and the latter is completely responsible for design, development and production. The Mercedes-Benz G-Class was produced.
According to the plan, the Ineos Grenadier will be officially released at the end of this year, so the question is, will it be the biggest competitor of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class?
