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.

 

[Commodore]

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.

Spot on.

 

[pmatusov]

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.

You're skipping a few things.
Should SJR have elected a GM V8 as a powerplant, it would have been exactly that 6.2. L33 production ended in 2007.
Speaking of shit under the rear seat - if you ever tried to swap out a battery in an LR3/LR4, you'd appreciate the under-seat option.

 

[Zimm]

You're skipping a few things.
Should SJR have elected a GM V8 as a powerplant, it would have been exactly that 6.2. L33 production ended in 2007.
Speaking of shit under the rear seat - if you ever tried to swap out a battery in an LR3/LR4, you'd appreciate the under-seat option.

I don't believe I am. The 5.3 l84 is in production and is 70hp more than the existing b58. I used an L33 "type" as its HP/fuel efficiency was closer to the b58, which is what the designers wanted. If Ineos calls GM for 30,000 motors/yr for a projected 10 year production run they aren't picking out of the hot rod crate motor catalog of gas hog 6.2's. They will get the configuration and tune they ask for. And with the compact nature of not having OHC's and only being 4.5 cylinders long, There's no need to put the battery's AND fuse boxes anywhere but the engine bay... and there's no LH floor hump. That engine bay was originally designed for a V8. I don't see where an LR4 with an OHC motor the size of a ford 5.0 is a coyote is a design limitation cross.

 

[Zimm]

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.

They had to determine the cause of the failure. Ya ever do any manufacturing?

 

[pmatusov]

I don't believe I am. The 5.3 l84 is in production and is 70hp more than the existing b58. I used an L33 "type" as its HP/fuel efficiency was closer to the b58, which is what the designers wanted. If Ineos calls GM for 30,000 motors/yr for a projected 10 year production run they aren't picking out of the hot rod crate motor catalog of gas hog 6.2's. They will get the configuration and tune they ask for. And with the compact nature of not having OHC's and only being 4.5 cylinders long, There's no need to put the battery's AND fuse boxes anywhere but the engine bay... and there's no LH floor hump. That engine bay was originally designed for a V8. I don't see where an LR4 with an OHC motor the size of a ford 5.0 is a coyote is a design limitation cross.

You pick what you want. For me, if there's a choice between a straight 6 and a V8, six wins hands down. You could argue why BMW's 6 and not MB or Toyota or Mazda or GM or Chrysler, but in 2017 the crop of sixes was narrower than today.

 

[LC0013]

They had to determine the cause of the failure. Ya ever do any manufacturing?

You ever design an SUV, build an automotive plant and then build, and sell, approximately 30,000 vehicles? If not, perhaps your criticism of Ineos is a delusion of grandeur.

 

[landmannnn]

 

[Zimm]

You ever design an SUV, build an automotive plant and then build, and sell, approximately 30,000 vehicles? If not, perhaps your criticism of Ineos is a delusion of grandeur.

So your answer is no.

I did run a machining plant 25 years ago. Unless the failure is a life safety issue where you cannot risk a single failure more, like an airbag, it's pointless to send out a recall until you can identify whats affected and why. When the 6.2 issues started, what were they supposed to do prior to identifying if it was a design error or a manufacturing process error? Just recall engines that don't need recalled, inconveniencing people and costing boatloads of cash for no reason? They had to figure out where the swarf was originating from, and create a process of identifying affected units and a remedy, before telling people to bring in units to fix. "Hi NHTSA we have an issue and recall, but we don't know what it is or how its remedied."

Duh.

 

[Zimm]

You pick what you want. For me, if there's a choice between a straight 6 and a V8, six wins hands down. You could argue why BMW's 6 and not MB or Toyota or Mazda or GM or Chrysler, but in 2017 the crop of sixes was narrower than today.

I don't really care if its a v8, I6, or a v4 if it can do the job. I'm not wedded to a particular configuration per se. If I can eliminate a turbo system tho, I'll take that. I'm just saying the compact packaging of a pushrod V8 makes sense for this truck as it would eliminate a few of the compromises without any real identifiable detriment.