Ineos Grenadier completes its first testing phase in Austrian mountains
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- Tested at Magna Steyr’s proving ground
Many of you might not remember the Ineos Grenadier so let’s jog your memory first. In July last year, Ineos Automotive – the principal partner of Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team – took the wraps off an all-new 4x4 called the Grenadier which was built from the ground up on an all-new platform for a single purpose – meeting the demands for a rugged, capable and comfortable go-anywhere working vehicle.
We saw some digital pictures of Grenadier back then, but Ineos has confirmed that it wasn’t an all show and no go. A real working prototype of 4x4 has conquered the Austrian mountains in the first round of testing. Tested at the Magna Steyr’s proving ground near its headquarters, the Schockl mountainous range became the ultimate testing ground for the Grenadier’s off-road capability and durability.
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The Ineos Grenadier tackles Austria s Schöckl mountain in dynamic testing
The development team for the Ineos Grenadier have taken the vehicle to some of the most punishing and formidable off-road testing grounds globally. In its final phase of dynamic testing, prototypes of the Grenadier were driven up the trails of the Schöckl mountain near the Austrian headquarters of Magna Steyr, which is Ineos’s engineering partner, as part of an engineering gate assessment. Magna Steyr has used the Austrian mountains to test ultimate off-road performance and durability for special-purpose vehicles for decades as the hard-rock terrain there is unforgiving and destructive.
Bosses behind the Ineos project cited unavoidable delays through 2020 as a result of the pandemic, stating that production would start in July next year at the latest .