Finally saw it with my own eyes

Yesterday, I called EBA and asked if the port finally cleared their QM demo model. The answer was yes they did and we just got it back from the wrap installer. I said I will swing by tomorrow morning.

I now beyond excited to get my QM, hopefully in Q1. My impressions, haven't driven it yet. The pictures do not do it justice. The pictures make it look like proportions are off. I don't know if it's because of AI or just flatness of pictures but everything looked right. I have steel wheels on order but this one had alloy. The alloy makes it look taller versus the steel. The bed feels bigger. Ton of space. The bed height is huge. You will be able to run L track the length on the side of bed. The bed bar work is bolted to inside of the bed. Gives you solid lashing points. There is a 15amp cigarette connector at back of tub below the integrated light. When it comes to the roof switches, I believe, ext 3 will control the light bar connector on one side. Ext 4 is for winch and inverter. Ext 5 will control the connector on the roof pod on the other side and the cigarette connector in tub..

The passenger and driver seats were pushed back pretty far. Space in the outer 2nd row seats had space. The middle, no room. It reinforces my wish that they made it a 4 seater with captain chairs for back row.

ADVAW8S said:

Yesterday, I called EBA and asked if the port finally cleared their QM demo model. The answer was yes they did and we just got it back from the wrap installer. I said I will swing by tomorrow morning.

I now beyond excited to get my QM, hopefully in Q1. My impressions, haven't driven it yet. The pictures do not do it justice. The pictures make it look like proportions are off. I don't know if it's because of AI or just flatness of pictures but everything looked right. I have steel wheels on order but this one had alloy. The alloy makes it look taller versus the steel. The bed feels bigger. Ton of space. The bed height is huge. You will be able to run L track the length on the side of bed. The bed bar work is bolted to inside of the bed. Gives you solid lashing points. There is a 15amp cigarette connector at back of tub below the integrated light. When it comes to the roof switches, I believe, ext 3 will control the light bar connector on one side. Ext 4 is for winch and inverter. Ext 5 will control the connector on the roof pod on the other side and the cigarette connector in tub..

The passenger and driver seats were pushed back pretty far. Space in the outer 2nd row seats had space. The middle, no room. It reinforces my wish that they made it a 4 seater with captain chairs for back row.

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They certainly did wrap that.
Any reasonable upholsterer should be able to change that to a two seater with a table/armrest in the middle.

Are you guys in the US getting the cab chassis so you can put your own trays or canopy on the back?
They look bloody awesome. You lose some room in the second row seating, but other than that as a tourer it’s all upside.

bigleonski said:

Are you guys in the US getting the cab chassis so you can put your own trays or canopy on the back?
They look bloody awesome. You lose some room in the second row seating, but other than that as a tourer it’s all upside.

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At this moment, we are not. I've waited so long that if they said they are launching the cab chassis for 2026, I would be like I'll pay to take the tub off.

What I forgot to mention, when you fold the gate down, you get a tub length of 6'4 inches.

Congrats! Based on my first 1.000 miles I am confident to say that he who buys the Quartermaster for what it is gets a can do anything, can go anywhere tool that is up to any task. I bought it virtually blind-folded, and have no reason for buyer‘s remorse thus far.

ADVAW8S said:

At this moment, we are not. I've waited so long that if they said they are launching the cab chassis for 2026, I would be like I'll pay to take the tub off.

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I have the tub on mine. The cab chassis was not available when I ordered. Now I find it hard to justify spending more cash, as the tub does everything I could wish for. The proportions have grown on me, and I love everything about it. Need a tonneau cover, or cap in the future.

bigleonski said:

Are you guys in the US getting the cab chassis so you can put your own trays or canopy on the back?
They look bloody awesome. You lose some room in the second row seating, but other than that as a tourer it’s all upside.

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I doubt we ever will, just the one chassis design for the US. Because of a 25% tariff on foreign built light trucks I'm guessing Ineos has correctly assumed their sales numbers here are going to be low and so aren't going to build/import any versions besides the most popular, highest margin version. It's a shame really, the cab chassis is dope.

mcdoogs said:

I dobt we ever will, just the one chassis design for the US. Because of a 25% tariff on foreign built light trucks I'm guessing Ineos has correctly assumed their sales numbers here are going to be low and so aren't going to build/import any versions besides the most popular, highest margin version. It's a shame really, the cab chassis is dope.

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I believe that there is excess capacity at some of the auto manufacturing plants in the U.S. Ineos should try to work out a contract manufacturing deal to avoid the chicken tax and make the Quartermaster price more competitive in the U.S. Hypothetically use Toyota’s plant in San Antonio that makes the Tundra. Maybe manufacturing cost increases, but between the 25% chicken tax savings and shipping savings, the US buyer should get a significant cost reduction.

lagartoboy said:

I believe that there is excess capacity at some of the auto manufacturing plants in the U.S. Ineos should try to work out a contract manufacturing deal to avoid the chicken tax and make the Quartermaster price more competitive in the U.S. Hypothetically use Toyota’s plant in San Antonio that makes the Tundra. Maybe manufacturing cost increases, but between the 25% chicken tax savings and shipping savings, the US buyer should get a significant cost reduction.

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Yeah maybe. I dont know enough about the logistics of partially retooling an auto factory line to assemble a completely different vehicle to judge the viability of that idea.

I do generally understand economies of scale though and what makes sense for Toyota doesnt necessarily make sense for Ineos auto. For example, toyota sold 237k tacomas and ~100k tundras in the US in 2023. They share the same platform so also a significant share of manufacturing/assembly line resources. Not sure the entire Ineos lineup can muster up more than 1-2% of that sales volume in the US let alone the 80-90k light truck version alone so I’m unsure if the overhead of overseas (for ineos) manufacturing makes sense yet