The final production model is The Ineos Grenadier SUV now ready to be delivered to customers

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Ray attended the official global launch of Offroader.

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he test grounds included remote mountainous private estates.

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Ray drives an early pre-production prototype around a swamp-like off-road course near the high-tech factory in Hambach, France

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At first glance, you might mistake it for a previous-generation Land Rover Defender

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Medium Brush Stroke Ray says the Grenadier respond instantly to turns of the wheel on tough terrain and the all-wheel drive traction can haul you through the slipperiest of surfaces

Medium Brush Stroke Ray says the first Ineos Automotive model is so go that he suspects billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is toasting its launch success in the Grenadier pub

Out on the highway it has real grunt and punchy acceleration and is a relatively comfortable ride for such a brutish off-roader

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Its powerful BMW 3.0-litre 286 horsepower straight six-cylinder petrol engine powers the 3.5-ton Leviathan comfortably to 62 mph in 8.6 seconds.

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe says: 'The idea behind the Grenadier is to develop a 4X4 that will be an uncompromising

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The wintry shores of a freezing loch in the Scottish Highlands provided plenty a steep, and slippery off-road test of the 4X4's mettle

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The Grenadiers CO2 emissions of between 325-336/km are likely to turn environmental campaigners green with sickness

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it's predictably thirsty averaging a gas-guzzling 18.9 to 19.6mpg

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