RE: Behold the new Ineos Grenadier pickup

RE: Behold the new Ineos Grenadier pickup

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Robertb

549 posts

226 months

Friday 17th March
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Lotobear said:
spikyone said:
robemcdonald said:
Behold. Another ph article exclaiming behold!
Was just going to say the same thing. There’s a headline like that virtually every week. Ripping off Jeremy Clarkson circa 2006 wasn’t imaginative the first time…
I think you're missing the point - PH have obviously picked up on the thread the other week and are doing it deliberately to wind up/for reasons of irony which is actually quite funny
Yes, I think we are being trolled!

Bill

50,001 posts

243 months

Friday 17th March
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Mammasaid said:
What's the payload? if it's as heavy as the station wagon, it won't have the 1000kg payload to be classed as a commercial.
Presumably the longer wheelbase makes it even heavier! eek

wpa1975

5,530 posts

102 months

Friday 17th March
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Good to see them put a lot of effort in the rear end and lights laugh

Mark_Blanchard

554 posts

243 months

Friday 17th March
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It looks like an iron curtain vehicle from the 1980s that's been face-lifted.

Tony Del Monte

68 posts

33 months

Friday 17th March
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Mark_Blanchard said:
It looks like an iron curtain vehicle from the 1980s that's been face-lifted.
Perfect analogy. That rear end is awful.

fantheman80

933 posts

37 months

Friday 17th March
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Please, please buy man utd and make a mess of it like you have done with this 80's looking communist wagon

spikyone

1,155 posts

88 months

Friday 17th March
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Robertb said:
Lotobear said:
spikyone said:
robemcdonald said:
Behold. Another ph article exclaiming behold!
Was just going to say the same thing. There’s a headline like that virtually every week. Ripping off Jeremy Clarkson circa 2006 wasn’t imaginative the first time…
I think you're missing the point - PH have obviously picked up on the thread the other week and are doing it deliberately to wind up/for reasons of irony which is actually quite funny
Yes, I think we are being trolled!
Must've missed the thread, do you have a link?

It's been going on near-weekly for bloody ages though, and I'm sure I commented on it months ago. If they really are trolling now, doing so by caricaturing their own lack of originality strikes me as "a bit crap" rather than "ironic and funny". Let's not forget Clarkson used the proclamation ironically in the first place.

carlo996

1,278 posts

9 months

Friday 17th March
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Looks even worse as a pickup rofl

honda_exige

4,865 posts

194 months

Friday 17th March
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Wadeski said:
Ooof....looks rough from the rear. Lights off a bus!

Double cabs sell well though, they should get this to the US ASAP...
Why would any one over there buy one over the Wrangler pick up?

Quhet

2,188 posts

134 months

Friday 17th March
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Oddly proportioned and pretty hideous tbh. I'm sure it's nicely functional though for the 3 people who need one wink

drpep

1,740 posts

156 months

Friday 17th March
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It better be good off-road because it ain't gonna sell on looks unless you love ungainly, visually top-heavy pastiche versions of previous land rovers.

Bet it has all that tacky James Bond style switchgear inside like the SUV too.

sosidge

619 posts

203 months

Friday 17th March
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All well and good showing off a new derivative but how are owners getting along with their station wagons? I thought they were being delivered to customers at the end of last month? Haven't seen any users posting about their new Grenadier yet.

Davie

4,489 posts

203 months

Friday 17th March
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It's a crewcab pick up... and I'm guessing this is the sort of thing that'll appeal to utility companies, the farm boys etc etc so really who cares about the styling. Whining about the lack of imagination shown at the back of this is like whining about the lack of imagination shown about the back end of a Transit tipper.

NomduJour

16,750 posts

247 months

Friday 17th March
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What about the lack of imagination shown at the front, and the bits in between?

alscar

2,230 posts

201 months

Friday 17th March
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Alpenus said:
I think it’s a bit gopping and leaves me cold, not much want for one of these, I’ll take a defender with steel wheels

This
Are LR building a new version or do you mean the old “ classic “ ?

Mezzanine

8,198 posts

207 months

Friday 17th March
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sosidge said:
All well and good showing off a new derivative but how are owners getting along with their station wagons? I thought they were being delivered to customers at the end of last month? Haven't seen any users posting about their new Grenadier yet.
They are all too busy hosing out their footwells or something.


NIgt3

561 posts

162 months

Friday 17th March
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Ball and dung spring to mind

Sixpackpert

4,402 posts

202 months

Friday 17th March
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Noticed this morning that we have a local dealer. They have taken over the Seat dealership in Gloucester.

Might have a mooch if I’m bored one day.

NGK210

2,237 posts

133 months

Friday 17th March
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Is the driver's footwell still only suitable for contortionists and/or method actors who repeatedly portray Long John Silver?

smilo996

2,270 posts

158 months

Friday 17th March
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It's a pastiche of a cliche and perfect banner for brexit. Ineos boss now lives in Monaco, the vehicles are all designed and built by foreign..in foreign.
Yet brexit types (men, certain age with sunglasses in avatar) queuing up to try and talk it up.
The new Defender is more British than this and better and when the original would have ened up if it had been developed in parallel with other JLR platforms.