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18th of Sept their CEO said: 'The gearbox will be automatic, though it might be available with a low-range manual - at the moment, it's too early to confirm.'

“quite pleased”. !!??!? you must be ecstatic!?

They are nice things those airboxes - seem to sit well in a series I think (if that’s a factor for you!?). I have one in my 80” and it doesn’t look out of place.

MTB fork springs ?

I think they are assuming no one modifies their car and they don’t trust a bloke with a tape measure ..

You could just avoid deep water !? 😊

Getting closer 👍🏻

Don’t worry - it’s not a Land Rover.

It’s is 2nd info Ralph - but it shaped my thinking, despite being the first negative things I’d heard about them ...

From past posting - I’d say he knows a lot more about the RV8 electrics than we could reasonably ask him to type out ... 😂

I’ve known them used very successfully for motorbike engine parts- they do though end up stained inside, so ...as Barry from Wales found out - best not try and sneak them into the house for a quick wash when your wife’s out.

I ‘red’ it as ‘rebuilt’. I’ve heard 2nd hand that the chap at Ditton Overland had 3(?) fail where they spat bits into the transfer box and caused extensive damage in there.

Just to get back to how disappointing the new Range Rover Defender is .... It would have been fab if they’d come up with something more like this :

Any pictures ?

The video includes chassis testing mules - I would guess that at this time there’s will still be a lot up in the air and that they will be testing all sorts of configurations of various kit. It does look promising though.

A couple of screen grabs from their video ..

I had a bit of that on a council car park - I wrote to them, they weren’t interested ... 😐

I don’t think we know any of that yet ....... just that it’s a separate chassis, alloy body, 3 diff locks, a plug in the cab floor so you can wash it out, flat bodywork you can rest a mug on, and Bluetooth... I think that’s it !?

From: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/suvs/ineos-grenadier-will-be-no-nonsense-british-4x4

From here: https://www.ineos.com/news/shared-news/ineos-automotives-uncompromising-4x4-to-be-built-in-wales-and-named-grenadier/

There are folk on the net saying there’s is no market for the Ineos... ...around where I live I see loads of businesses, small and large, who have held onto their last Defender; tree surgeons, ground investigation companies, environment agency, caravan parks, mountain rescue - and the list goes on - they’ve all kept a Defender working, where they would have replaced it if production hadn’t ceased or of there was a similar vehicle available today. They obviously see something in a functional vehicle and would seem a ready made market for a well made and affordable Ineos.

I was thinking about that - and thought he needs it to look sufficiently different to avoid copyright - but he also says it will be made with flat panels and will ‘be the spiritual successor to the Defender.’ Perhaps somewhere between a Land Rover and a G-Wagon would work. Sufficiently different whilst being sufficiently the same ?

Over to you Bowie !!

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/defender/96387/new-2020-ineos-projekt-grenadier-engines-and-specs-announced