The Ineos Grenadier is a car that is full of contradictions. It looks very much like one of the most familiar of all vehicles – the original Land Rover, first built in 1948 and latterly knows as “Defender”, and not to be mixed up with the much more contemporary new Defender.
Yet a Grenadier is not a Defender, and it bears a much less familiar name and badge – “Ineos”, the huge petrochemicals group owned by Britain’s richest (£23bn net worth) man, Sir Jim Ratcliffe. He also owns 25 per cent of Manchester United, as if he hasn’t worries enough.
