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Off-roader brand is pausing production due to issues at one of its suppliers. or signup to continue reading reports production of the will be halted for an indeterminate time period as one of its suppliers is in financial trouble. "It might be toward the end of the year or early next year," Ineos Automotive CEO Lynn Calder told when asked when production will resume, though she noted it could resume sooner.
We've contacted Ineos Australia to confirm what the impact will be on local deliveries. . Ms Calder didn't specify which supplier is holding up production.
"The supplier is in a pre-insolvency situation. It's a trim part but one that we can't sell the car without," she said. "I know that the [supplier] is working really hard to try and turn around their business and I want to give them every opportunity to do that.
" In the meantime, the company is looking for a secondary supplier to get Grenadier production back online as fast as possible. Ineos Automotive reportedly started notifying retailers and customers about the problem on September 19. It comes at an inauspicious time for the brand, which is preparing to launch in both Mexico and China to bring its total number of global markets to nearly 50.
It has been busily expanding its Australian lineup since local deliveries began in 2023. The Grenadier Quartermaster Cab Chassis joined the Grenadier SUV and Grenadier Quartermaster ute earlier this year. All Ineos models are based on the same rugged off-roader platform, though the company had previously confirmed it was planning a smaller model for a 2027 launch.
It subsequently announced in July it would be delaying the global debut of the due to cooling EV demand and "industry uncertainty around tariffs, timings and taxation". Content originally sourced from: Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data.
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