Model Year 2026 (MY26) – Confirmed & Speculated Changes

[FlyersFan76]

I retrofitted what may well be “knock-off” Nolden LED headlights to my ‘97 Defender, and there is a ton of visual ‘artifacts’ in the illumination.

JW Speaker? They are really nice lights. The comparable Nolden's I think were over $500 each.

 

[Tenac]

Hi all,

Surprised that there is such little talk about the next model year, while it’s right around the corner.

Starting this thread to collect everything known about the MY26 Grenadier — confirmed updates, observed differences, or dealer info.

I can make the start of what I’ve been told by dealers so far.

Steering & Drive

• Updated, progressive steering: lighter around centre, slightly smaller turning circle.
• Lane-Departure Assist: brake-based correction through ESP, not active steering.
• No confirmed CV-joint/driveshaft redesign yet — did anybody hear something?

Exterior / Lighting

• Headlights now with twin light-pipe signature (mostly cosmetic).

Electronics

• Heard about a new split of the infotainment display with no further details being provided.

Any additional information / news that you have come across, please share.

Talked with my dealer and only thing got mentioned was headlight update due to supply constraints. No other known changes compared to your list., they said no information on steering or anything else.

 

[Zimm]

Sure they could.
Then you and the rest of the whiners would complain about undersized rod bearings and oil pressure and whether GM recall applied to this particular flavor of an LS.

You mean the engine architecture that has over 100,000,000 units in circulation? They had a 6.2 manufacturing issue. It's recalled. (It's kinda neat when a manufacturer actually does that instead of you know, letting people cook or freeze, or blow out drive shafts) That's like saying all Porsche engines suck because Porsche M96 and M97 blocks can have bore scoring. A 5.3 l33 type LS would have opened up many doors for power, packaging, durability, reliability, fuel economy and no detriment to dressed weight. When it comes to utilizing the Gren in a true panel van version, all that shit under the rear seat is a pain in the dick.

 

[LC0013]

.... (It's kinda neat when a manufacturer actually does that instead of you know, letting people cook or freeze, or blow out drive shafts) .

Bold statement knowing that it took over 28,000 failed engines before GM did anything and that the latest count is over 1,000,00 affected by the recall.