The Grenadier is the Toyota Landcrusier and Jeep Wagnoneer that we should have gotten

MileHigh said:

I always like the LandCrusiers. Subtle. Capable. Refined. Perfect for here in Co and Denver, where you are overrun with G-wagens, 'Defenders' and every other SUV. If they hadn't strayed from the V8 platform and kept third row seating- and refreshed it a few years ago, I'd probably be driving one. Kind of the same for the Wagoneer. Put the Hurricane engine in. Widen and build off of the Gladiator platform- and keep the off road focus, not what ever the Wagoneer- grand or not- has become.

But they didn't? Maybe they look at the IG sales and feel vindicated. I think more that the IG guys think what they could have done with Toyota or Jeeps market presence.

Thank you Sir Jim, and hopefully Jeep and Toyota screwing up this market space will benefit us.

Just a random thought.

That and IG needs some kind of societal 'choke-point' placement of the IG for people to understand what it is. Like what Magnum PI did for ferraris, or Bullit for Mustangs. People just don't know what they are.

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Earthwatcher said:

I've been fully expecting a film or TV series to use the Grenadier. What would market it best? Bond? Or a TV series like Slow Horses perhaps? I could imagine Gary Oldman smashing a few London taxi cabs out of his path.

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Earthwatcher said:

I've been fully expecting a film or TV series to use the Grenadier. What would market it best? Bond? Or a TV series like Slow Horses perhaps? I could imagine Gary Oldman smashing a few London taxi cabs out of his path.

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ForceV4 said:

I bought my Grenadier because it spoke to me from the minute I first saw it, and because I find every other car on the market today to be boring-ish and “temporary” (a market can only go so far using a jellybean as it’s central design element). This, from the guy who still has his 1986 Volkswagen Vanagon and 1997 Saab 900S bought new (from the factory in Trollhatten no less). The fact that it was more or less out of my budget, and that I had to trade a brilliant 1984 Porsche for it now seems inconsequential. - Mark

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MileHigh said:

Please tell that it wasn’t (or maybe better if it was) a 944? At least it wasn’t a Turbo S.

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MileHigh said:

A re-boot of the Equalizer, to replace the Jaguar sedan he drove…
A Jack Carr shoot’em up series.

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ForceV4 said:

(a market can only go so far using a jellybean as it’s central design element).

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Earthwatcher said:

I've been fully expecting a film or TV series to use the Grenadier. What would market it best? Bond? Or a TV series like Slow Horses perhaps? I could imagine Gary Oldman smashing a few London taxi cabs out of his path.

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MileHigh said:

A re-boot of the Equalizer, to replace the Jaguar sedan he drove…
A Jack Carr shoot’em up series.

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acwiltshire said:

I suspect theyll be one in the next Netflix series of The Gentleman........

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MileHigh said:

That and IG needs some kind of societal 'choke-point' placement of the IG for people to understand what it is. Like what Magnum PI did for ferraris, or Bullit for Mustangs. People just don't know what they are.

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255/85 said:

Right now the long-time hard core Toyota fans are mostly badmouthing Grenadiers. They know about them but refuse to acknowledge their attributes. You can tell because the complaints are all minor gripes that make little sense like complaining about not coming with 35s or no third row seat or wanting air lockers blah blah blah. I think it's really just a question of the entry cost compared to the (diminishing) stock of 60/80 series vehicles - at least in the States. When these vehicles start coming off of warranty in five years they'll be all over them like flies on sh*t.

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lightning said:

My post was serious. l don't know how these things work, but if someone like Taylor Swift had a Grenadier it would definitely have a big effect on sales.

Looking at her garage she already has a G63 and a Range Rover so is clearly not averse to a 4x4

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Coullabus said:

Taylor who? I must be the only person who wouldn’t know her if he saw her.

But seeing YouTube films of Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russel driving them was pretty good.

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Zimm said:

Where? on MUD?

I think the Axles will keep the flies away.

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