The primary Ineos Grenadier SUVs for the U.S. marketplace have began rolling off the manufacturing line, Ineos Car introduced on Friday.

The automobile department of British chemical massive Ineos stated the primary U.S.-bound Grenadier—a Belstaff Fieldmaster grade completed in Scottish White—cleared the standard inspection house on the corporate’s manufacturing facility in Hambach, France, prior to now week. The manufacturing facility, which as soon as produced Good vehicles, was once bought from Mercedes-Benz in early 2021 and has been generating Grenadiers for different markets since past due 2022.

Ineos claims to have greater than 7,000 orders for the Grenadier within the U.S., making it the corporate’s biggest marketplace. U.S. buyer deliveries are scheduled to begin in November. Canadian deliveries will practice in January. Ineos will even quickly announce its first workforce of North American sellers, a part of a deliberate retail and repair community to be overseen from a North American headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Grenadier is being introduced for the U.S. in 3 grades, with costs set at $71,500 for the bottom fashion and $79,190 for the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster grades. Ineos in the past stated the Trialmaster was once geared toward skilled off-roaders, whilst the Fieldmaster caters to extra occasional off-road drivers. Each names come from the fad emblem Belstaff, which may be owned by means of the Ineos chemical corporate, and is understood for rugged clothes like water resistant waxed cotton jackets.

Ineos Grenadier begins manufacturing for U.S. – September 2023

Trialmaster fashions get options like digital locking entrance and rear differentials, a raised air consumption, an auxiliary battery, and BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A K02 tires. The Fieldmaster has equivalent mechanical upgrades, but additionally will get convenience options like leather-based upholstery, carpeted ground mats, and heated seats.

The only to be had powertrain is a three.0-liter turbo-6 sourced from BMW. The engine produces 282 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque, and is coupled to a ZF 8-speed computerized transmission and four-wheel-drive gadget with a 2-speed switch case.

The Grenadier is in response to a body-on-frame platform that was once advanced with lend a hand from Magna Steyr, the similar corporate that manufactures the Mercedes-Benz G-Magnificence—one of the vital inspirations for the Grenadier.

Ineos is best making the Grenadier as a five-door SUV at the moment, however the corporate has printed a pickup truck model known as the Quartermaster. Ineos has additionally showed plans to begin manufacturing of an electrical 4×4 smaller than the Grenadier in 2026.