Ineos Grenadier vs Range Rover

What's the difference?

The Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster is the dual-cab ute version of the Ineos Grenadier wagon, which arrived a few years ago to much fanfare.

It’s a body-on-frame / ladder-frame 4WD with live axles, a dual-range transfer case, front, centre and rear diff locks, and plenty of features – onboard and optional – intended to turn you into an off-road expert.

The Quartermaster is a purpose-built work-and-play ute aimed at taking on the likes of the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series and it’s a real breath of fresh air in a dual-cab ute market that’s increasingly looking same-same – although admittedly the Kia Tasman has also rattled the cage, but that’s another story.

So how does this Land Rover Defender-inspired ute perform off-road?

Land Rover was making SUVs before they were even called SUVs. 

Range Rovers were ferrying families around in prestigious four-wheel drive comfort decades before Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz even thought of doing it, too. 

So, even with all its rivals these days, how well does a Range Rover do modern family duties?

Well the Range Rover Autobiography came to live with my little family of four for a week. We had the seven-seater long-wheelbase version with the twin-turbo petrol V8 engine, and this is what we discovered…