Yahoo Autos Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster pickup puts a bed on it
A large-enough portion of the buying public wanted Land Rover to carry on with the old Defender. That wish didn't get fulfilled, so UK chemicals magnate Sir Jim Ratcliffe launched Ineos Automotive to create the Grenadier Station Wagon. No doubt a large portion of those Defender intenders were after a pickup version, so Ineos Automotive is here with the double cab Quartermaster. Debuting at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Quartermaster's box-section frame extends a foot longer the wagon's frame. The result is a bed measuring 61.6 inches long and 63.7 inches wide outside the wheel housings. The length's comparable to the five-foot Styleside bed on a Ford Ranger that measures 61 inches long. The Grenadier wagon being about two inches wider than a Ranger, we figure the narrowest portion of the Quartermaster's bed won't stray far from the Ranger's 44.8 inches between wheel housings.
It's a shame Ineos designers couldn't flatten the wheel housings to make them fit for loads. The Quartermaster's also got that bed-mounted spare to deal with. The tailgate folds down, so it couldn't hold the spare without a hinge conversion kit. If the Quartermaster proves popular enough, we wouldn't be surprised about the aftermarket seeing to that.
