I would not be surprised if the US versions are slightly higher spec from those offered in Europe/Sth Africa/Australia in terms of standard inclusions and higher engine output. I have no advanced info... just an observation that the very nature of the competitive US market seems to require "more" from 'foreign' imports so as to compete with locally produced offerings in a similar price range. Those with experience of imported Euro brands may be able to comment further ....
If they do that, they'll be going back on their previously stated commitment of having a global vehicle that is the same in Capetown as it is in California. Depending on how seriously they do that, it could be quite a shame and rule me out. I'm hopeful this is not the case though and they do keep one set of specs worldwide. I have not seen anything to suggest they will not.
As for price comparisons throughout the rest of the thread I have a few comments; the first supports the $70-$80k numbers folks have been discussing, but the other suggests it may come in a bit cheaper.
1) I think it was Dirk Heilman stated that we'd be "hard pressed" to go higher than $100k on a Grenadier in North America. This was a few months ago, but I took it to mean that even if you checked every box and option, you might just be at that $100k mark, if that. This means a standard build without a lot of fancy add-ons will be landing in the mid-70s to mid-80s range, I suspect, leaning slightly closer to the mid-80s when I consider the "typical" costs of the options from Ineos vs the costs when I select them from other manufacturers; I imagine Ineos isn't going to be thousands of dollars one way or the other relative to Jeep or Toyota for things like lockers and tires, and there looks to be about $15k worth of options and accessories give or take.
2) The other perspective is that vehicles aren't really priced on cost - they are priced on what the market will pay. So, to get a sense of what the Grenadier will cost in North America, we can do a bit of algebra and look at what the respective markets are paying for similar vehicles right now, and what those global differences are. I've put that into the chart below but I'm doing this in a rush so my sources my not be good and folks might want to double check these numbers; all numbers are converted and expressed in USD based on today's exchange rate.
| Location | Grenadier | Jeep | Defender | Ford Ranger |
| USA | N/A | $58,490 (Source) | $58,300 (Source) | $30,460 (Source) |
| England | $72,467 | $77,801 (Source) | $77,635 (Source) | $49,284 (Source) |
| Australia | $66,164 | $66,164 (Source) | $69,650 (Source) | $39,109 (Source) |
So based on the above chart, the Defender and Jeep are both proportionally priced in England and Australia when converted to USD. Essentially, both the Jeep and the Defender cost the same, relative to each other, in both the USA and the UK (they are both about 25% more expensive in the UK). The Jeep and Defender are also relatively very closely priced when comparing the Australian prices to the US prices, as they are about 14% more expensive in Australia than they are in the US, give or take 2%.
Based on that math, a USA Grenadier could be as much as 25% cheaper than a UK Grenadier, or as much as 14% cheaper than an Australian Grenadier, meaning it's prices would be at about $56,901 (relative to Aus pricing) or $54,350 (relative to UK pricing). One can hope, right?
However, the Ford Ranger does throw me for a bit of a loop as that particular car is almost 40% cheaper in the USA than it is in the UK, and it's 22% cheaper in the USA than it is in Australia, so the prices are not consistent with this model and when one considers an American car that is as much as 40% cheaper in America than it is in Europe, what does that mean for a European car being sold in America? (Hint: It means a $101,453.80 Grenadier based on UK pricing!)
Let's hope the earlier math is the correct stuff!!
Prices on LC200s are falling, and that's the back-up option (though in the near-term I'll just keep rolling the Sequoia while I pay everything else down). It'd be really hard to turn away from the IG, though, given that there's a near-zero chance to ever get into one at MSRP save for a used one down the road.
hoping
