Als Jim Ratcliffe 2016 ankündigte, eine Neuauflage des Land Rover Defenders bauen zu wollen, wurden viele Menschen hellhörig. "This is a decision that they don't want to invest in the UK - there's nothing more to it in my opinion," he told BBC Radio Cymru.

Und holte sich dafür prominente Unterstützung: Laut "Automotive News Europe" trat der ehemalige Ford-Designchef James C. Mays im Verfahren als Gutachter für JLR auf. A UK government spokesman said: "Today's news from Ineos is disappointing but we will continue to work alongside the Welsh Government to support the automotive industry in south Wales.". Und ergänzt: "Deutsche Fans werden auf Defender-Nachbau wohl lange warten müssen.". VideoTrump and Biden face voters' questions, Portugal's radical decision to decriminalise all drugs. Bridgend Member of the Senedd Carwyn Jones, the former first minister of Wales, said: "I don't accept for one minute that this had anything to do with covid. The INEOS Grenadiers News. I think the Grenadier sits very naturally among these 4x4 icons, and if others agree, then we’ve achieved our design objective.”.

“Experience centres will be a high priority,” said Tennant. A no-frills, utilitarian working tool that is capable, durable and reliable. INEOS Grenadier will go into production in 2021 in a new purpose-built manufacturing facility in Bridgend, Wales.

Leanne Rowlands said the town was "struggling". "We want to keep the product offering simple - there won't be long options lists, although we will look at accessory packs that group lots of options together," he said. Es hielt die Formen, die geschützt werden sollten, für nicht "unterscheidungskräftig" – oder verständlicher formuliert: spezifisch – genug. image caption The news 4x4 Grenadier design was only revealed at the start of July Plans to build a new 4x4 vehicle plant in Wales have been put on hold by the firm Ineos.


It is unclear how much demand there has been for the Ineos Grenadier. “We made a list of qualities we wanted to achieve: assured, robust, faithful, dependable and purposeful.

The Wales plant would have been built next to the current Ford engine plant at Bridgend, which is to shut this autumn with the loss of 1,700 jobs. Oktober 2020 als PDF. WELCOME TO THE INEOS GRENADIERS. It’s comfortable to be around, not too clever. And it will be comfortable, too, because owners will spend many hours in their machines.”. Tennant and Heilmann say the project is running only a few weeks behind, despite Covid-19, and they’re looking now at ways of getting that time back.

Klassischer Defender wird zum Beach Cruiser. It had been hoped that some of the workers losing their jobs at the nearby Ford plant could find work at Ineos.

Heilmann said that although the Grenadier’s performance will make off-roading a priority, its on-road ability will be “fine for anyone who’s used to driving, say, a Jeep Wrangler”.
Good job your not a car designer. Ineos said it made the location "ideally suited" to the Grenadier.

The target weight is around 2400kg, but today’s initial prototypes are 80kg too heavy, so weight must be reduced to improve the Grenadier’s all-important off-road performance. Nach dem Urteil des britischen Gerichtes dürfen die Newcomer ihren Geländewagen also im geplanten Design bauen. Popularity of new 4x4, showcasing singular utilitarian focus with modern tech and powerful BMW engines, revealed, Haymarket Media Group, publishers of Autocar takes your privacy seriously.

Tailgates can make vehicles hard to load or unload, said Ecuyer, and the swing-out spare wheel carrier would have been “a nightmare”.

"Gleichwohl überwiegen meines Erachtens die Gemeinsamkeiten, was entscheidungserheblich sein würde. We were very interested in vehicles that had both proven themselves in the field and found their way into people’s hearts.

The leader of Bridgend council Huw David said the decision was "disappointing".

He said: “We had Jeeps, Land Rovers, Toyota Hiluxes, a Toyota FJ40 [Land Cruiser], Nissan Patrols, Ford Broncos. Named after Ratcliffe’s favourite pub in Belgravia, London, the Grenadier is being unveiled now, 18 months before its expected on-sale date, because its creators believe they will find it easier to complete a tightly planned million-mile global test programme if they can drive it “in plain sight”. I haven’t done all this on my own.”. Land Rover bringt neue Motorenoptionen für den Defender. Ineos treibt sein Grenadier-Projekt – gestärkt durch die britische Gerichtsentscheidung – dennoch wie geplant voran. "It's very sad.". VideoCovid-19: Is Sweden getting it right?

How we build out a network of physical sales points is also at the planning stage, although I think you could read a lot into how we have approached the rest of the project with partners. Ecuyer said very gentle curvature confers a modern sophistication on the design it otherwise wouldn’t have. Ein Corvette-V8 ist im E.C.D.-Paket enthalten - das Surfboard jedoch nicht.

Work on another site in Portugal has also been suspended. Wie der Designer Toby Ecuyer es ausdrückt: „Die Zielvorgabe war ganz klar.

At the Concours of Elegance the Grenadier was parked up next to the collection of historic off-roaders that make up Ineos' own private fleet, including an original Mercedes G-Wagen, a Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40, a Willys Jeep and the earliest known production example of the original Land Series I. Ineos designer Toby Ecuyer said: “At the outset of the Grenadier project, we brought some of the great 4x4s of the past into the studio to look closely at what made them so enduring.