I just saw one of these at my local home depot parking lot last week. They look like an old school Range Rover Defender. I remember when they were talking about them, and the initial report was manual and automatic transmission options including diesel and gas engines. Looks like they're only I-6 or V-8 gas no manual or diesel engine options. It's really amazing that a small independent company can actually get a new vehicle out the door with all of the epa, and crash certifications. It looks like they are using I-6 and V-8's from BMW. This is one of the big things that killed off Elio. When Paul Elio said that they were going to engineer a brand new engine from the ground up I knew they were doomed.
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They’re like $80,000 though. Is it that much better than a $6,000 XJ with $20k put into it? Or heck a $16,000 FJ-60 with $30k put into it?
I like it a lot. But I'll still take an FJ Cruiser over it though... 4.0L, 6MT, 4x4, that's where it's at... But I do love the looks of the INEOS. Seems like others are following its lead on the squared aesthetics.
With the I-6 engine I bet with a little work you could swap the manual transmission from the new Toyota Supra, M3/M4 or upcoming BMW Z4.
And make it RWD only? Otherwise transfer case is needed, and that's a whole another can of worms.
