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Grenadier Ordered
That is great news. I use it alot everyday in my work truck commuting Kirkland to Marysville in dark/rain and I have grown to embrace it.
Certain on that? I did not think that was one of the features. Lane Departure Warning is there but I did not think blind spot warning was in the cards.
Great point, I was thinking the lane departure would include blind spot warning.
Absolutely wild to me that I never put any money down/reservation fee and Ineos/EBA are both saying being built in Q1 2024. I really really thought I would be seeing a 2025 model year based on my late to the party commitment.
I spent a good bit of time messing with the picnic table both on the East Coast PTO2 tour and one of the IA employee's demo vehicle that has one; I think I'll be ordering it as an accessory after the fact, or having a good friend make a version of it (good chance he'll be making other steel parts for my vehicle as well, including winch mount/sliders/underbody protection).
As of May there were 8kish reservations. They announced pricing after that. With the exposure the brand had gotten before pricing, my guess is that all the serious customers had their money down already. Late ordering customers didn't have as much competition for build slots since orders slowed down after the first 8k and some of those 8k jumped ship. Once they are on the road is when you'll either see another wave of orders, or if not they'll just remain a niche brand.
73 Grenadiers on this vessel.
Yeah it’ll be really interesting to see what the true demand is for this vehicle. Outside of the “core” guys I know nobody really knows of this vehicle. I’m curious if it’ll be like g wagon/ Land Cruiser levels or defender #’s. i am an auctioneer for the wholesale auction houses and for sure we will get one of them in the next week or two from a ”flipper“. I’ll make sure to let you all know what it does or doesn’t do! Very excited for mine 8-11 months from now.
Well with the caps on small manufacturers it'll be more like G wagen numbers. Mercedes sells about 7-8k per year in the US. Toyota was selling about 3-4k LCs per year before they pulled the rug out. I think Ineos settles somewhere in the middle, depending on the economy and the availability of Grenadiers. It's going to be hard to get a new Land cruiser or 4runner for a while and that might attract people to the showroom if Ineos has trucks ready to go.
Evening Bruce,
I am on the Morning Chant, due at Tacoma on 11/11. I figure it will take a while for them to prep it for delivery so probably delivery in early to mid December. Not far off what they've been telling me. I did tell a couple of their employees today that I found the ship tracking information for my car and they looked confused. Maybe because they didn't have the information themselves yet, or because we aren't supposed to know.
