INEOS Grenadier Game Viewer to Enter Production in 2026
INEOS Kavango will begin producing the Grenadier Game Viewer in early 2026, delivering a bespoke in-house conversion of the INEOS Grenadier 4X4 for professional game viewing and luxury safari operations. INEOS Automotive unveiled the prototype concept at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Travel Indaba. We Are Africa in 2024 drew strong interest from game reserves and luxury safari lodges across Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as from ranches and estates in the US, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
INEOS’s Hambach assembly plant will supply long- and extra-long wheelbase Grenadiers to INEOS Kavango in Botswana in a partial-build state, ready for conversion. The vehicles will arrive without paint, tailgates, seats other than the front, side glazing, roof skin, trims, or unnecessary electrical features. Depending on the wheelbase, operators can specify between four and nine rear passenger seats. INEOS Kavango will convert the Grenadier Game Viewer without altering the chassis, so the original ladder-frame retains its full strength and durability for demanding off-road use.
Buyers will be able to tailor the Grenadier Game Viewer to their needs, including seating, storage layout and roof design, creating a safari vehicle that matches each operator’s routes, guests and equipment. As an industry first, the manufacturer will support the car under warranty, subject to terms and conditions, so operators can collaborate with the INEOS Kavango team and still benefit from full factory-backed aftersales support. Component traceability will ensure every part meets the brand’s quality standards, and INEOS Kavango will provide ongoing servicing, maintenance and repair.
Operators will also be able to maintain the Grenadier Game Viewer themselves without voiding the warranty, provided they follow approved procedures and use genuine parts. INEOS Kavango will work with customers’ closest Grenadier workshops to provide training, spares, tooling, preferential parts pricing and service plans, helping fleets stay ready for daily game drives and remote-area duties.
Lynn Calder, CEO of INEOS Automotive, said: “This is the Grenadier coming full circle. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s original inspiration for a modern, robust 4X4 came while on safari in Botswana almost ten years ago. This deep connection with Africa was evident in the Goodwood concept and the final production design. The teams at Hambach and INEOS Kavango have been working together for the last 18 months to bring the Grenadier Game Viewer to life as a full production model, and we can’t wait to see it in service.”
In 2022, Kavango Engineering, one of southern Africa’s most respected and established vehicle conversion specialists, created a safari-ready vehicle from a donor Grenadier production prototype. The team kept modifications minimal, focused on a slightly raised ride height and moved the Station Wagon’s roof-mounted switchgear to the centre console. The team replaced the original roof with a lightweight roll-back canvas top with a foldable windscreen and added the usual tiered seating to maximise passengers’ views. After a robust business case analysis, INEOS Automotive acquired the business in August 2023 and renamed it INEOS Kavango.
INEOS Kavango operates from Maun in northern Botswana, at the gateway to the Okavango Delta. Its 5,000m2 premises include extensive fabrication and assembly facilities, and its highly skilled workforce of 70 currently completes around 200 ground-up conversions each year. The business also maintains vehicles for a wide range of roles, including safari, anti-poaching, veterinary, primary healthcare and film production. INEOS Kavango has worked closely with the government of Botswana to establish strong foundations and support growth over the coming years.
Four Grenadier-based vehicles converted as Game Viewers will enter service next month. Hiddn Lodge, a new ultra-luxury retreat near Gqeberha in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region, commissioned INEOS Kavango to convert full production Grenadiers into game viewer vehicles. Although these conversions officially predate the start of Grenadier Game Viewer series production, INEOS Kavango built Hidden’s vehicles as fully serviceable, bespoke proof-of-concept conversions. The project provided INEOS Kavango with a practical test bed as it finalised operational processes ahead of the early 2026 production start for the whole Grenadier Game Viewer series.
