A Chemical Company Is Going To Build The Defender Successor Land Rover Won't

Ineos Automotive launched its website and social media channels today, pledging to involve the public with the development of its successor to the Land Rover Defender
A Chemical Company Is Going To Build The Defender Successor Land Rover Won't

Despite it being well over a year since the venerable Land Rover Defender finally went out of production, we’re still not entirely sure what’s going on with its replacement. There has been talk of a successor, but with nothing currently certain, the gap left in the market could end up being filled via an unlikely source: a multi-billion dollar chemical company.

The multinational company in question is Ineos, which laid the groundwork by founding Ineos Automotive in 2016. The idea is to build a “world-class off-roader” codenamed Projekt Grenadier, going into production around 2020. And yes, it’s very much intended to replace the Defender.

Ineos Automotive is doing everything in a very open way that’s atypical of the car industry. The company announced the launching of its web and social media presence today, pledging to “provide a window on the project for the general public, sharing regular updates throughout the vehicle’s development.” No closed doors and cloak and dagger secrecy here, then.

The Defender went out of production in 2016
The Defender went out of production in 2016

The ‘Projekt Grenadier’ name - taken from the London pub in which the idea was first conceived by Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe - won’t be sticking around. It sounds like Ineos may even hold a competition to choose the vehicle’s actual designation (have they learned nothing from Boaty McBoatface?).

The whole project sounds wildly ambitious, but wholly intriguing. We can’t wait to see what they can come up with…

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M A K

I appreciate you!

09/19/2017 - 14:57 |
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M A K

In reply to by M A K

Saw the top comment… Abort! Abort! Abort!

09/19/2017 - 21:02 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

INEOS ATTACKER

09/19/2017 - 15:05 |
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Fat Beckham

This the same Ineos that are suing the National Trust so they can carry out fracking surveys on protected land? Fck them and their shtty Defender rip off.

09/19/2017 - 15:06 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Fat Beckham

What happened?

09/19/2017 - 16:32 |
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Explain

09/19/2017 - 16:58 |
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RustX7 2.0

Well I know the next car that The Rock will drive in the next F&F movie

09/19/2017 - 15:08 |
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Advanced Handling Flags

And then we hear that it’s electric. Runs away screaming

09/19/2017 - 15:25 |
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Anonymous

“Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe with a Land Rover Discovery and Series I”

MATT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A DISCOVERY.

09/19/2017 - 15:54 |
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Ian.L

The Ineos Defender The Defender British Spitfire First Edition w/h The Next 100 Months Until We Go Bankrupt Because That’s What Most Startups Usually Do Livery Pack

09/19/2017 - 16:13 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Ian.L

KICKSTARTER INTENSIFIES

09/19/2017 - 16:33 |
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Anonymous

The landrover Pretender?

09/19/2017 - 17:05 |
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Anonymous

Why does everybody assume there will not be a Defender replacement?
JLR have not said that there won’t be.

09/19/2017 - 17:23 |
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Rip CT, this shit was a good app back in the day

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