Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster

The Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster ute was developed and built alongside the Grenadier Station Wagon, so the double cab pick-up had the same off-road capability as its stablemate. A portal hub kit was released in mid-2025.

While the Grenadier Quartermaster shared most of its architecture and components with the station wagon, its rigid box-section ladder frame chassis was longer and its wheelbase was 3227mm –  305mm longer than the wagon’s 2922mm. This resulted in a load bay that was 1564mm long and 1619mm wide – large enough to carry a standard 1200mm x 800mm Euro pallet.

Check out the link above to see what we liked and disliked about the Grenadier.

With a payload of 832kg, the same 3500kg towing capacity as the Grenadier station wagon and a wide range of accessories, the Grenadier Quartermaster was capable of carrying five people and typical loads. Standard were four tie-down rings and Utility Rails were optional.

Also in the tray were a 400W power supply, an integrated mounting bar and a 1280mm-wide tailgate that could support up to 225kg.

Like the station wagon, the pick-up was powered by a choice of BMW 3.0-litre turbo-charged inline six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, driving through an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. The two-speed transfer case had a centre differential lock and front and rear diff locks were optional ($4105). 

The Grenadier Quartermaster also rode on similar heavy-duty five-link front and rear suspensions, and was fitted with Carraro live-beam axles, mounting Brembo disc brakes. The Quartermaster retained hydraulic power steering.

The Grenadier Quartermaster had 264mm ground clearance, 800mm wading depth and class-leasing approach, break-over and departure angles, Ineos claimed.

The model line-up mirrored that of the station wagon – Standard, Trailmaster and Fieldmaster trim levels. July 2023 RRPs were $110,000, $123,000 and $123,000. Plain white paint was standard and colours added $995; metallic added $1360 and two-tone added $1680.

Steel wheels were standard and aluminium options ranged from $1165 to $3130.

To that you had to add around three grand plus fitting for an auxiliary fuel tank, to boost total capacity to around 150 litres, up from the woefully inadequate 90-litre standard tank.

Quartermaster accessories included a cargo tray frame with waterproof canvas canopy, or lockable roller tonneau cover. A roof rack increased carrying capacity and could be fitted with mounts to carry jerry cans, sand ladders and shovels.

In March 2024 Ineos Automotive launched a five-seat, double-cab/chassis variant of the Grenadier Quartermaster on the same 3227mm wheelbase.

Why is there no Outback Travel Australia road test of the Quartermaster, we hear you ask? We can only assume that Ineos doesn’t want us anywhere near their ute and we gave up asking for a test vehicle in late 2023.

Still, with lack of regional after-sales support, very limited standard range and the vulnerabilities of bumper-bar-mounted intercoolers, we don’t feel we missed out on much.

Portal hubs in 2025

In mid-2025 Ineos approved a portal hub modification to Grenadier and Quartermaster vehicles that increased ground clearance by 186mm to 450mm and wading depth from 800mm to 1050mm.

Before you got too excited, it was important to note that the estimated delivered price in Australia was upwards of $300,000! You could get a factory-warranted portal-axle equipped Mercedes-Benz Unimog for that money, complete with a camper pod on the back and literally tonnes of payload to spare.

Other compromises were that the already paltry Grenadier and Quartermaster payloads were reduced to only around a half-tonne -despite GVM upgrade to 4.2 tonnes – so the portal-axle versions would be good only for towing.

Developed and supplied by Letech GmbH, the conversion was based on a heavy-duty five-link front and rear suspension layout, portal axles with wheel hubs offset from the main axle and 37-inch tyres, the drivetrain remained unchanged.

Additionally, the conversion package included: 8.5×18-inch forged beadlock aluminium wheels; tyre pressure monitoring; improved brakes; extended wheel arches; sidesteps with jacking points; Warn 4.5-tonnes-rated winch; rear ladder and jerry can holder; drawer system; spare wheel carrier; roof rack; six LED driving lights (they were Euro-rated, so you’d need six) and door scuff plates.

The vehicles were available with BMW B57 diesel or B58 petrol power.

The standard vehicle’s five-year, unlimited mileage mechanical factory warranty remained and a two-year warranty was offered by Letech on the conversion parts.