PRODUCTION IS BACK ON FOR INEOS AUTOMOTIVE

PRODUCTION IS BACK ON FOR INEOS AUTOMOTIVE

 

• Grenadiers and Quartermasters will restart production from early January 2025 after critical supply shortage resolved.
• “It’s great news that a solution has been found so quickly,” said Lynn Calder, CEO of INEOS Automotive. “Automotive supply chains are extremely complex but we were not willing to compromise on quality, so we are satisfied that we have found the best possible outcome.”
• Sales now live in 50 countries globally, having added major new markets including Mexico and China.

London, 20 November 2024: Having been forced to halt in September 2024 due to a critical component shortage, production of the INEOS Grenadier and Quartermaster will restart in early January 2025.



All partners have been informed and are ready to support resumption of operations at INEOS Automotive’s plant in Hambach.



“It’s great news that a solution has been found so quickly,” said Lynn Calder, CEO of INEOS Automotive. “Automotive supply chains are extremely complex but we were not willing to compromise on quality, so we are satisfied that we have found the best possible outcome.



“By this summer we had sold as many Grenadiers as we had for the whole of 2023, and are on track to have over 20,000 Grenadiers on the road before the end of this year. We now turn our attention to preparing Hambach to restart in early January and with significant growth in major new markets – including China and Mexico – and substantial expansion in the US, I believe 2025 is going to be our best year yet.”



“I'd like to give a huge thanks to our customers for their patience. We are happy to get back on track and look forward to handing them the keys to their Grenadiers asap.”

 

[Tazzieman]

so basically, no seats.

Yep, add lightness. The vehicle is too heavy for serious rock crawling.
Ditch the freeloaders.

 

[bigleonski]

Except in Antarctica and on mountains over 8000m?

Or at the races

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Yes, unless they were seriously stupid.
I would be surprised if it was more than $10 Million, but just a guess.
If they are going to manufacture for themselves onsite, as I was told, they will need a building, facilities, machines for the tooling and skilled labourers.
Building seats is a different skill to fitting them into the vehicle.
They may have also had to pay a license fee for a number of years or buy it outright so they could use the designs.

Or the $80 million may have been converted from Euro to Australian dollars by the person I was talking to, which would make it 50 Million Euro

I’m sure there was some cost to the design - whether as a time-boxed license or just an outright purchase. And I’m sure the bankruptcy court and senior creditors saw value in the brand, which isn’t worth it to Ineos. Or perhaps “Recaro” in the US had first right of refusal or automatic defaults on that in the event of bankruptcy or purchase by another entity. Getting this all worked out and back in production in less than 6 months is a pretty brisk pace. Hats off to team Ineos.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Live from Gin& Tonic just now
2km beach , nobody on it today.
Went for a swim and a kayak.

No mozzies or midges either...View attachment 7878384

I hate you. You are a sadistic human being.

 

[DanielF555]

Good News on the factory & production update !!
Happy !

 

[nzmark]

Interview with CEO Lynn Calder:

https://soundcloud.com/andailydrive%2Fnov-21-2024-ineos-automotive

View: https://soundcloud.com/andailydrive/nov-21-2024-ineos-automotive


(the interview starts around 5:41)

 

[Zimm]

Live from Gin& Tonic just now
2km beach , nobody on it today.
Went for a swim and a kayak.

No mozzies or midges either...View attachment 7878384

I can see Antarctica from there... Kinda out of focus, but either a ginger, or over 68.

 

[Tazzieman]

I can see Antarctica from there... Kinda out of focus, but either a ginger, or over 68.

If you were really tall you could see Africa from where I'm sitting!
...on an island off an island...

 

[TCMColorado]

Interview with CEO Lynn Calder:

https://soundcloud.com/andailydrive%2Fnov-21-2024-ineos-automotive

View: https://soundcloud.com/andailydrive/nov-21-2024-ineos-automotive


(the interview starts around 5:41)

Calder specifically calls out Recaro in this interview.

 

[Zimm]

If you were really tall you could see Africa from where I'm sitting!
...on an island off an island...

Put a moat around your abode, and be in an island, on an island by an island. Of course, in the end, no man is an island.

 

[Tazzieman]

Put a moat around your abode, and be in an island, on an island by an island. Of course, in the end, no man is an island.

Covid times. We sailed through the pandemic.

 

[Zimm]

Covid times. We sailed through the pandemic.
View attachment 7878976

But your imitation marsupial dogs have invented transmit-able face cancer. That moat works both ways.

 

[Voader - Oudersopzwier]

Funny, my dealer told me that Ineos had always planned to halt production and that the Recaro situation simply moved the date up a bit.
They have vehicles in stock to sell yet so no foul, no harm done.
I am as always amazed at the number of doom and gloom posts with people pontificating about what Ineos has and has not done that will surely drive the company under. Sounds to me like they simply rolled with the situation and came up with an answer that worked.
Now, let’s get my Grenadier built please!

Well enough vehicles in stock, that can be true. Even with the factory closed or production on hold. There where still transport of Grenadiers on the Belgian roads from Hambach towards the port of Antwerp-Bruges. As far as I could see, including the seats build in it.

 

[Tazzieman]

But your imitation marsupial dogs have invented transmit-able face cancer. That moat works both ways.

There's a insurance population of about 1000 on Maria Island , a few km off the coast of Tas. No predators there and no humans live thete.
And they've found some devils are naturally resistant. The sky is not yet falling.

 

[bemax]

There's a insurance population of about 1000 on Maria Island , a few km off the coast of Tas. No predators there and no humans live thete.
And they've found some devils are naturally resistant. The sky is not yet falling.

Hopefully! It would be a shame if they wouldn’t make it. I read about the resistance and that scientists are hopeful to safe them.

 

[Tazzieman]

Hopefully! It would be a shame if they wouldn’t make it. I read about the resistance and that scientists are hopeful to safe them.

Just in passing , when they first noticed the disease they sent me samples as they had no idea what it was. As a human pathologist I was able to tell them it was something malignant, but not much more.
Got my name on one of the first scientific papers , around 1996.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Just in passing , when they first noticed the disease they sent me samples as they had no idea what it was. As a human pathologist I was able to tell them it was something malignant, but not much more.
Got my name on one of the first scientific papers , around 1996.

Wait - what other kind of pathologists do you have down there? Why hasn’t this been a major headline? “News flash: Wallace the Wombat completes pathology residency”

I think I found your research paper. “I dunno - looks super gross. I bet it’s totally malignant. Here’s a picture of me drinking a gin and tonic on my back deck. The weather is awesome, in case you were wondering.”

 

[Zimm]

Hey! I’m pathological, myself.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Hey! I’m pathological, myself.

That goes without saying. I think the lab is probably best for you.

 

[Tazzieman]

Hey! I’m pathological, myself.

So are you diseased or disease causing?
Pathology uncovers the causes behind problems. As does a good mechanic. Thus allowing the problem - sometimes a faulty part - to be removed and replaced.
I did go down the surgery pathway for a while but eventually preferred better hours , working my brain hard and getting my hands roughed up doing dirty mechanical and outdoorsy stuff.

Meanwhile , Grenadier production is soon to be back up and running, and that's fantastic
Just need the anatomy book and therapeutic manual to fix it at home.