Driven Review (New Zealand)

Ineos Grenadier first drive: old-school cool​

Good review from NZ

Driven Review

 

[ECrider]

Nicely written. The blue with white roof looks awesome.

 

[Stu_Barnes]

Same here, I think the green and white roof is 2nd place now.

The comment about adaptive cruise control being on the way is interesting.

 

[Mitchell300]

Most of the reviews I’ve read are almost worded the same, did they get one person to write it while the others were taking advantage of the hospitality ?

 

[Lollo050968]

Nice written, but the question for me: Are the white color Ines, scottish white or magic mushroom. Looks very different on the pictures, so maybe Photoshop developed different.

 

[jamesfielding]

Just curious, can someone a bit more clever than me answer;
- The biggest fly in the on-road ointment is the steering, which while accurate, is somewhat over-assisted and has a distinct lack of much in the way of self-centring. It’s not terrible, but it does take a bit of getting used to initially.

Does this mean we can "reduce" the assistance and make the steering a bit more "tactile"?

 

[trobex]

Most of the reviews I’ve read are almost worded the same, did they get one person to write it while the others were taking advantage of the hospitality ?

Of all the reviews and I think I have now seen most... about 3/5 are pretty much worded the same... like... minor differences. There are only 2 or 3 that really go into the car and its actual pros and cons.

 

[MrMike]

Nice written, but the question for me: Are the white color Ines, scottish white or magic mushroom. Looks very different on the pictures, so maybe Photoshop developed different.

In the article the colour is Mushroom, in one image it looks white but that's just exposure

 

[MrMike]

Most of the reviews I’ve read are almost worded the same, did they get one person to write it while the others were taking advantage of the hospitality ?

Maybe they got on the Dram and paid someone to write it all for them

 

[klarie]

Just curious, can someone a bit more clever than me answer;
- The biggest fly in the on-road ointment is the steering, which while accurate, is somewhat over-assisted and has a distinct lack of much in the way of self-centring. It’s not terrible, but it does take a bit of getting used to initially.

Does this mean we can "reduce" the assistance and make the steering a bit more "tactile"?

This type of steering recirculating ball is always a bit tricky around the middle.. - so getting this a bit more direct is quite tricky.. indeed it's constructed the way to make it more indirect. Before Servo Systems came up this was the "state of the art" of upper class vehicles. (Mercedes Benz W124 and earlier)
Today its still state of the art but in HGV, Truck, and indeed what has beam axles in front... So for that part there is a trade off..
But indeed I ve no problem with this kind of steering system. Did occasionally drive trucks to 5 or 7 metric tonnes employing this kind of steering.. and offroad there is nothing better. You will get used to it.

 

[BD1]

Of all the reviews and I think I have now seen most... about 3/5 are pretty much worded the same... like... minor differences. There are only 2 or 3 that really go into the car and its actual pros and cons.

Yep - maybe ChatGPT wrote them

 

[MrMike]

Just curious, can someone a bit more clever than me answer;
- The biggest fly in the on-road ointment is the steering, which while accurate, is somewhat over-assisted and has a distinct lack of much in the way of self-centring. It’s not terrible, but it does take a bit of getting used to initially.

Does this mean we can "reduce" the assistance and make the steering a bit more "tactile"?

Belive me, like @klarie has mentioned, you will have no trouble with the steering, I have just done a comparison of a new 79 series Landcruiser with exactly the same steering as the IG compared to my rack and pinion 200 series and unless you pointed it out specifically you'd just carry on as normal and maybe think twice down the road that its "just a little vague" not this huge difference some seem to make it. All that said, I'm used to driving larger vehicles and light trucks.

 

[DaveB]

Maybe they got on the Dram and paid someone to write it all for them

i think you will find some reporters are indeed writing for multiple magazines and youtube channels