2024 Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster Fieldmaster review - Long-term owner

Multimedia and safety technology: 9/10

Whilst all your vehicle controls are old school and manual (a good thing), the actual infotainment is seamless with Android Auto and Apple Car Play giving you as good as an experience as any car.

Having the Fieldmaster edition, it comes with upgraded sound system including sub-woofer under the rear seat, with easy to change audio settings the sound is great be it listening to a podcast or music.

Practicality: 9/10

As someone who uses it as my daily driver for work, dropping kids etc., coupled with soft-roading weekends, practicality is perfect.

Of course being tall and long can limit parking options, but that is a compromise worth having for all the other elements. If you were living in the city, the wagon being slighly shorter in length may be more practical.

Driving: 10/10

For me you come for the look and practical specs and stay for the driving experience. Planted, great acceleration and braking, with the high ride position and big open windows aiding visibility, you are in control. I just did Victoria to Sydney and return (16 hours drive time over 2 days) with the Recaro seats and never felt uncomfortable or needing to get out and stretch my legs.

You hear of two common concerns, the first being the lack of return to centre. This takes all of one minute to get used to and be automatic in your driving and a tendency to stray on the highway, I have not experienced that at all.

But you do have to drive the vehicle and for me that is a good thing.

Running costs: 9/10

I have the diesel variant and for regular mixed use driving am averaging 12-13L/100km. For a well-powered brick on wheels that isn't to bad.

Towing a full-size caravan that has jumped up to around 17L/100km, which is only about one more than my previous ute with a smaller engine.

It is a known bug that the fuel range display is a bit out. I have found the consumption data, however, to be spot on and a quick mental calculation gives you confidence of the range.

Reliability: 10/10

At 10,000km in, I would say it is too early to fairly judge reliability, but so far so good. The dealership I purchased from has been vary good with support so far for any questions I have had.