The names and locations of the 32 dealerships and service centres so far confirmed for the sold-out new INEOS Grenadier in Australia and New Zealand have been announced.
Predictably, there’s an even spread across both metro and regional centres, with most of the 28 Aussie retail sites peppered though out the eastern states, while the four Kiwi locations are distributed between the major cities.
The names and locations of the sites are listed here:
Aaron Brain Motors, Shepparton
Mackay City Auto Group, Mackay
Armstrong Auto Group, Toowoomba Magic Enterprises, Geraldton
Autoworld, Ballarat
Magic Enterprises, Perth
Brian Hilton Motor Group, Central Coast Noosa Auto Group, Noosa
Brighton Automotive Holdings, Melbourne Northstar Mildura Motors, Mildura
Buckby Motors, Launceston
Pickering’s Auto Group, Townsville
Caravana, Brisbane
Purnell Motors, Sydney
DC Motors, Rockhampton
Rex Gorell, Geelong
Fraser’s, Newcastle
Rolfe Motors, Canberra
Fraser’s, Wollongong
SLRV Expedition Vehicles, Gold Coast
John Oxley Motors, Port Macquarie
Tony Leahey Motor Group, Orange
JT Fossey, Tamworth
Warragul City Motors, Gippsland
Kerry's Automotive Group, Adelaide Westco Motors, Cairns
Kerry's Automotive Group, Darwin Western Plains Automotive, Dubbo
Armstrong’s, Auckland
Armstrong’s, Christchurch
Armstrong’s, Dunedin
Armstrong’s, Wellington
These 32 initial sites form part of a collective 160 retail and service centres around the world, and INEOS plans to have a network of 200 in countries by the end of the year.
According to INEOS Automotive’s Asia-Pacific chief Justin Hocevar, the local aim is for the majority of INEOS Grenadier customers to always be within a reasonable distance of an authorised sales and service location.
“The selection of sales and distribution partners across Australia and New Zealand is an extremely important process,” he said.
“We are committed to working with partners who hold the right credentials to represent the INEOS Automotive brand not just within metropolitan cities, but in the heartland of INEOS Automotive’s customer base – regional Australia.
“Australia is a vast country that’s just waiting to be explored. We welcome our highly dedicated partners who are just as passionate and excited for the launch of the INEOS Grenadier in Australia later this year.”
INEOS says final technical specifications and remaining pricing details for the locally-bound Grenadier range will be confirmed by the end of this month, before order books officially open in May.
The British marque has previously confirmed an $84,500 plus on-road costs indicative starting price for its rugged off-roader, but that figure only applies to the two-seat panel van configuration.
As previously detailed, there’ll be no price difference between the BMW-sourced turbocharged 3.0-litre six-cylinder petrol and diesel engine options, both of which come standard with an eight-speed automatic transmission.