this Ineos Grenadier carriage and grenadier quartermaster The ute doesn’t have any advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in Australia, which the brand says its customers like.
talk with car expertJustin Hocevar, head of INEOS Automotive Asia Pacific, said that Grenadier is a safe vehicle, but there is currently no local demand for ADAS functions.
“Since we launched it here, we’ve had very strong feedback from customers and potential customers that they really like that the car is a safe vehicle. It has been crash tested to European passenger car standards.” Hocevar said Mr.
“It comes with a good range of safety features, but it seems that many of our buyers are not particularly interested in intrusive electronic systems that interrupt something they feel they are perfectly capable of doing in their daily driving.
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The Grenadier and Grenadier Quartermaster are among the few vehicles in their respective segments that do not currently offer autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in Australia.
Other notable examples include the Mahindra Pik-Up and Scorpio, as well as the entry-level version of the LDV T60 Max.
As previously reported, AEB will be mandatory for all new cars sold in Australia from March 1, 2025.
The Ineos Grenadier and Grenadier Quartermaster will avoid this as they are not classed as NA light vans in Australia, but rather as NB1 medium vans.
This makes them also exempt from certain other safety regulations, such as ADR 85/00 (pole side impact performance).
“We didn’t launch AEB here, and it wasn’t in any of our product portfolio at the time,” Mr. Hocevar said.
“We subsequently rolled it out in other markets where it was either deemed essential or the market required it.”
The INEOS Grenadier and Grenadier Quartermaster ranges come with the following standard safety equipment:
- Six airbags
- reversing camera
- rear parking sensor
- tire pressure monitoring system
Trialmaster and Fieldmaster variants add front parking sensors.
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