The Ineos Grenadier off-roader is as soon as once more rolling off its manufacturing line in France, following a four-month manufacturing hiatus brought on by the temporary demise of an automotive icon.
Manufacturing was suspended in September 2024 after seat provider Recaro filed for insolvency in Germany two months earlier, impacting all examples of the Ineos Grenadier that solely employs the model’s entrance seats.
Whereas Recaro’s Japanese and North American automotive divisions – in addition to its non-automotive ventures – carried on unaffected, the German arm paused operations.
Ineos Automotive introduced in November that it will resume manufacturing this month, earlier than Recaro was taken over by Italian automotive manufacturing agency Proma Group – which itself makes car seats and structural components – in December.
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It’s understood that Grenadier automobiles will proceed to come back with Recaro entrance seats, although Ineos has solely mentioned: “The decision of a crucial scarcity of seats after provider insolvency on the finish of final yr sees the manufacturing line restart on-time.”
The primary cargo of 2025 Ineos Grenadiers departed the Hambach manufacturing unit in France this week.
“We’re very grateful for the endurance of our prospects, suppliers and manufacturing groups as we labored by way of a tough scenario,” mentioned Philippe Steyer, President of Ineos Automotive SAS in a media assertion.
“We’re very happy with our Hambach facility, it’s testomony to the grit and rigour that underpins INEOS, reopening the doorways able to construct on the stable foundations laid final yr.”
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Grenadier 1924
The resumption of manufacturing means the brand new Grenadier 1924 flagship can lastly be delivered to prospects – regardless of being a yr late for its commemoration of the a centesimal anniversary of clothes firm Belstaff, an official associate of Ineos.
Solely 1924 examples shall be made obtainable globally, all of them fitted with unique leather-based trim, gloss black diamond-cut 17-inch two-tone alloy wheels and Belstaff centenary badging. Costs begin from $123,600 earlier than on-road prices in Australia, and it’s solely obtainable in Station Wagon guise.
The Ineos Grenadier can even be produced with a brand new Satan Purple exterior paint color for the Station Wagon and Quartermaster physique types, although it’s but to be particularly locked in for Australia.
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Ineos Fusilier
Exterior of resuming Grenadier manufacturing, Ineos Automotive has motive to be happy with its Hambach manufacturing unit, by which additional house has now elevated manufacturing capability.
The ability was in-built 1994 by Mercedes-Benz and Swatch to construct Sensible-branded automobiles, which solely wrapped up in 2024.
Ineos has now eliminated the Sensible ForTwo’s outdated manufacturing line “to open additional house for future Ineos product developments”.
The Ineos Fusulier, a smaller electrical SUV anticipated to fit underneath the Grenadier, was initially because of launch in 2027, however was placed on ice final yr because of “reluctant client uptake of EVs, and trade uncertainty round tariffs, timings and taxation”, Ineos mentioned in July.
