On the Grenadier Fence in Brisbane

[DaveB]

My dealer told me last week, that January 2025 was the best month ever, for that dealership.

I was in the Perth dealer last month and he said they were going fantastic.
Brisbane dealer said earlier this year they were delivering 30 a month.

 

[DenisM]

I was in the Perth dealer last month and he said they were going fantastic.
Brisbane dealer said earlier this year they were delivering 30 a month.

Not surprised they needed to find expanded premises for their Service Dept!! The new premises at Banyo are literally across the street from "The Repair Hub", a reputable and professional automotive body repair business...

 

[TheDocAUS]

I was in the Perth dealer last month and he said they were going fantastic.
Brisbane dealer said earlier this year they were delivering 30 a month.

I suspect the better dealers are doing better, for obvious reasons.

 

[DaveB]

I have noticed that there has been a lot of posts recently on Ineos Grenadier Facebook pages, warning not to buy a Grenadier, as there are lots for sale due to unhappy customers.
Often when you look at the profile pages of these posters and commentor's, they don't have a single picture, or post, about their Grenadier.
I have been looking at how many are listed for sale in Australia on the main sales sites, and find many are repeats on multiple sites, but carsales.com.au seem to have the most.
So

• 75 in total listed for sale.
• 29 New for order online or dealer stock
• 46 Used or demo 16 Demo and 30 listed as used
  • I have to question how "used" a vehicle with 14 kms on it really is.
• There are only 10 vehicles listed with over 10,000 kms on them.
  • To me these are genuine used vehicles for sale, however if you go to over 5,000 kms you get 22 vehicles
  • There are 6 that have done more than 20,000 kms and only 1 that has done over 40,000 kms. (47,000 kms)
• Of the 30 Used 7 are 2024 models and only 2 have more than 50 kms on them.

Considering there were 1,100 sold and delivered by February 2024 I would guess there have now been over 2,000 sold.
I have been told that several wagons were traded on the Quartermaster hence dealer used vehicles.

So do we consider this to be "a lot" of vehicles for sale??

 

[Nocrays]

Nice summary Dave.

I don’t think that there are a “lot” of Grenadiers for sale.

I think there are 2 camps.

1. Those who knew what to expect. Ex Defender owners and keen off road enthusiasts.

2. Those who have only known a 4x4 (SUV) with IFS and decent around town manners.

You’ll find camp 1 are happy as Larry (as I am), whereas camp 2 are struggling withe the steering and turning circle doing the school run.

It’s even come to the point where my 2001 Defender goes on the market next week.

 

[DaveB]

Nice summary Dave.

I don’t think that there are a “lot” of Grenadiers for sale.

I think there are 2 camps.

1. Those who knew what to expect. Ex Defender owners and keen off road enthusiasts.

2. Those who have only known a 4x4 (SUV) with IFS and decent around town manners.

You’ll find camp 1 are happy as Larry (as I am), whereas camp 2 are struggling withe the steering and turning circle doing the school run.

It’s even come to the point where my 2001 Defender goes on the market next week.

Yes, each to their own......but when someone starts complaining about the quality of the subwoofer or the font on the Grenadier logo my eyes start to glaze over.

 

[RYAustralia]

l had a feeling that in Australia or the USA those distances l quoted may be seen as negligible!

I remember touring California and regularly driving 400 miles between destinations.
Not seeing another vehicle for an hour. It was amazing, the sense of space.

Indeed. A short drive for me in North Queensland Australia is anything under 5 hours. A reasonable drive is 10-12 hours. A medium drive would be 4 or 5 days. A long drive would be 7+ days. Don’t know about others but that’s how I do the mental maths of driving.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Yes, each to their own......but when someone starts complaining about the quality of the subwoofer or the font on the Grenadier logo my eyes start to glaze over.

It’s good to know some of you can whine like an American and are not all ranchers or deep sea demolitions experts.

 

[DaveB]

It’s good to know some of you can whine like an American and are not all ranchers or deep sea demolitions experts.

I found out about 15 years ago that my children and friends thought I was an assassin if that counts.
This movie came out at the time and I used to train in karate, abseiled, scuba dived, owned handguns, worked from home, flew around the world and Australia very often and had no obvious means of making money.
I worked from home for myself at the time.
So not a cattle rancher or deep seas demolitions expert but.....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzmSkmFFbjA

 

[beefs]

...I have to question how "used" a vehicle with 14 kms on it really is....
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I have wondered if these are actually Dealer cars and due to dealership structure or Ineos commercial agreements they are only allowed to offer them at a "discounted" rate if they advertise them as second hand?

Also that Mushroom vehicle listed at $77,800 is an odd one. He initially advertised it at around $72k, I messaged him and didn't get a good vibe. He then raised the price a couple of times before lowering it to $77,800 where it has sat for a little while now. Very odd.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I found out about 15 years ago that my children and friends thought I was an assassin if that counts.
This movie came out at the time and I used to train in karate, abseiled, scuba dived, owned handguns, worked from home, flew around the world and Australia very often and had no obvious means of making money.
I worked from home for myself at the time.
So not a cattle rancher or deep seas demolitions expert but.....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzmSkmFFbjA

OK - so imagine THAT, but now with frequent letters to the editor of the local paper, negative Google Maps and Yelp reviews, and frequent complaints to city council. You’ve really got to work at it to nail the American thing.

View: https://youtu.be/szGmZAPsILQ?si=jBGw1-W7gCJgdnOO