INEOS Automotive is partnering with the Mars Badminton Horse Trials as its Official Vehicle Supplier until 2026. The three-year partnership will see a fleet of Grenadier 4X4s provide support for the event, which has been held at the world-famous Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire for 75 years. Visitors to the 2024 event, being held from Wednesday 8 until Sunday 12 May, will have the opportunity … [Read more...]
Ineos Fusilier joins the ranks of electric 4x4s
Ineos Automotive has unveiled a third model in their series after the Grenadier station wagon and Quartermaster pick-up, the smaller Fusilier. It will go on sale in 2027 with a choice of all-electric powertrain said to be good for nearly 250 miles on a full charge and as a range extending model with a near 170 miles range on electric power alone. It has also developed a fuel-cell powertrain ready … [Read more...]
Grenadier Quartermaster delivers next month
The first series production Grenadier Quartermaster double cab pick-ups have started rolling off INEOS Automotive’s production line in Hambach, France. Customer deliveries in Europe are due to start in December 2023, with shipments to Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East following soon after. North American sales of the Quartermaster are scheduled to begin in early 2024. Aptly … [Read more...]
First drive weekend roadtest: Grenadier on parade
Inch by inch, metre by metre and after just a few miles the Ineos Grenadier impresses. Conceived to replace the outgoing Land Rover Defender at the time, the Grenadier is the product of a multi-million pound investment by chemical firm Ineos and its owner, one of the richest men and motoring enthusiasts in Britain, Sir Jim Radcliffe, who named the vehicle after a pub he frequented in … [Read more...]
11th generation Toyota Land Cruiser revealed
Toyota has revealed the newest Land Cruiser, a model that draws directly on the original qualities that have made the Land Cruiser name synonymous with strength and reliability for more than 70 years. The legendary Land Cruiser DNA has been combined with new technologies to deliver higher levels of performance both off-road and in everyday use in this 11th generation model. It utilises a … [Read more...]
Newcomers 24 May
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced the UK vehicle specifications and pricing for the new Amarok. The premium pick-up is available in a choice of four trims – Life, Style, PanAmericana and Aventura – from £33,000 plus VAT with sales beginning on 14 June and deliveries commencing late summer and rising to £47,000 plus VAT. Munro Vehicles all-electric 4x4s and Scotland’s only volume … [Read more...]
Racing to the front line
Trustees of Castle Combe Racing Trust enlisted to support the Ukrainian Appeal. In January a motor racing themed initiative was launched by Stuart Rolt, former racing driver, entrant, and owner of the unique Ferguson P99 Climax 4x4 F1 car. Stuart, supported by his friend Nick Adams (above) from Bath, decided to supply/deliver a 4X4 pick-up truck as part of a convoy to Ukraine where 4X4s are … [Read more...]
Suzuki’s expresso single shot model
It's what you might call the ultimate expresso of 4x4 living, the Suzuki Jimny Beans. The bespoke, one-off conversion is a fully operational mobile coffee bar used for Suzuki media and promotional events across all divisions of the company of Car, Motorcycle, ATV and Marine products. Based on a Jimny LCV and finished in Chiffon Ivory Pearl metallic with Bluish Black roof, the conversion was … [Read more...]
First drive: Suzuki S Cross Full Hybrid
Suzuki has passed another milestone on its road to future mobility with the arrival in UK showrooms of the latest Full Hybrid S Cross SUV. Using the same powertrain from its Vitara stablemate, the S Cross Full Hybrid is a logical development of the mild-hybrid S Cross introduced at the end of 2021. That has been a runaway success for Suzuki despite constraints imposed by this year’s … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Audi RS3 Sportback
The latest Audi RS3 is really a supercar, for sensible money. There has been a long line of highly acclaimed Audi RS3 models, higher performance versions of the popular A3 series which launched in 1996 and included the S derivatives three years later before the original Audi RS3 appeared in dealerships in 2011. The revised RS then ran from 2015 until 2020 and in late 2021 we saw the current third … [Read more...]