Ineos Automotive follows up. Now that the Grenadier is being delivered, if rather bumpily, customers can order the pick-up version, which goes by the name Quartermaster.
The order books for the Grenadier have been open for a while. Now the Quartermaster pick-up can be ordered too. Because the delivery of the Grenadier has been dogged by many problems, customers are hoping for a smooth process with the Quartermaster. But that’s another matter. Here we’re more interested in the figures that matter for pick-ups, and whether the Grenadier will more likely be found on the building site, on remote roads and tracks, or in city centres.
What does the Quartermaster pick-up offer?
Anyone who has taken delivery of their Grenadier after a long and patient wait, and can live with the many small and large software issues and the sometimes very variable build quality, has only good things to report. It drives well on road and off and keeps its owners satisfied so far. While Ineos is still fine-tuning the processes for the Grenadier, the next model, eagerly awaited, is already on offer: the Quartermaster pick-up.
The Quartermaster arrives as a full-size double-cab pick-up with five seats and carries the bold, striking look of the Grenadier through very successfully. It doesn’t look like a different model, but simply like a Grenadier with a load bed. And it is quite a bit longer. Where the Grenadier is already 4,895 mm long, the Quartermaster comes in at 5,440 mm, and the wheelbase grows from 2,922 mm to 3,227 mm. That points to plenty of room at the rear. But is it allowed to carry a decent load and use that space?
The heavy base vehicle limits its usefulness
The solid, heavy construction takes its toll here. For a pick-up, the petrol version can carry just 835 kg without driver, passenger and a 90% full tank. On the diesel it’s only 760 kg. That at least beats the Jeep Gladiator by 195 kg, but lags behind other pick-ups. At its narrowest the truck bed is 1,137 mm wide, at its widest 1,619 mm. If we also factor in the price of at least 81,890 euros, it will probably be a rarer sight on building sites, in forestry and in the fields. Hopefully it will be spared the fate of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class, which was pitched in the lifestyle segment and taken off the market without success. The VW Amarok, too, always suffered from being too expensive for genuine work use.
Otherwise the Quartermaster offers the same figures and versions, Trialmaster and Fieldmaster, as known from the Grenadier. The Utility is of course missing on the Quartermaster, which it already is by its very nature. As on the Grenadier, the Fieldmaster is tuned less towards a work and off-road style, so it comes only with alloy wheels and no steel wheels, but higher-grade interior options.
The Quartermaster’s turning circle also grows, from 13.5 to 14.5 metres, which is likely down to its length.
If you’d like more information, you can get the brochures for the Grenadier and the Quartermaster directly from the Ineos Automotive website: Ineos Automotive.