INEOS GRENADIERS ENTER ACTIVE SERVICE WITH RNLI
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution receives delivery of Grenadier 4X4s to support its vital lifesaving search and rescue work
- 20 INEOS Grenadiers to be delivered as part of five-year partnership
- RNLI benefits from Grenadier’s ‘out-of-the-box’ off-road capability and durability
LONDON, 23 March 2026 – As an official vehicle partner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), INEOS Automotive has delivered the first batch of Grenadier 4X4s to support the charity’s vital lifesaving search and rescue work.
As part of a five-year partnership, INEOS Automotive is providing 20 Grenadier station wagons to the RNLI, to help volunteers position, launch and recover the charity’s D-class lifeboats. The Grenadiers will play a crucial role at locations where a robust, dependable vehicle is required to launch lifeboats straight from the beach, often traversing very soft or unstable ground and shallow water.
The RNLI’s Flint, Lytham, Morecambe and Seahouses stations are the first to receive their Grenadiers, for volunteers to use in preparation for and in the event of needing to launch the lifeboat to respond to an emergency at sea. The next batch of vehicles to enter service for the charity will be the most accomplished Grenadiers to date, with recent enhancements for 2026 models providing more assured and purposeful dynamic handling and enhanced safety equipment, without compromising its peerless off-road capability and performance. By August, a total of 12 lifeboat stations will have Grenadiers in operation.
“After an extensive testing and evaluation period, working in conjunction with the specialist fleet team at INEOS Automotive, it’s clear that the Grenadier has the required robustness and durability to safely withstand the rigours of RNLI lifesaving activities. It has proved to be perfect for active service with minor modifications to suit RNLI operations, including installation of marine-standard radios, a larger front winch and roof mounted light bars for low-light lifesaving. Our volunteers have loved getting to know the Grenadier and have every confidence that it can be relied upon in their toughest moments.”
Sam Barton - Engineer, RNLI
“Our partnership with the RNLI delivers on the core purpose of the Grenadier – built on purpose to support those working in the most extreme environments. From conception, it was envisaged that the Grenadier would have an important role to play in a wide range of search and rescue activities, so we look forward to expanding our support for the RNLI and other emergency services in the coming years.”
Tony Lewis - Global Head of Fleet Sales, INEOS Automotive
The INEOS Grenadier was launched in 2022 as a global 4X4 that combines rugged British spirit and design with German engineering rigour. Its body-on-frame construction provides huge versatility for customisation, which is now benefitting fire, police and rescue services in numerous countries around the world.
To find out more about the INEOS Grenadier, please visit www.ineosgrenadier.com
-Ends-
INEOS Automotive contact details:
Viktoria Kirkova-Fane
Global PR Manager
viktoria.kirkova@ineos.com
+44 (0) 7733 150 023
Tom Waugh
Senior Global PR Officer
tom.waugh@ineos.com
+44 (0) 7776 454 747
ABOUT INEOS AUTOMOTIVE
In 2017, INEOS Chairman Jim Ratcliffe, a car enthusiast and experienced adventurer, identified a gap in the market for an uncompromising 4X4 engineered for modern day compliance and reliability. INEOS Automotive Limited was formed and a senior team of automotive professionals assembled to bring the vision to reality with a fresh perspective of 4X4 development and manufacturing.
In 2022 the INEOS Grenadier was launched: a truly global 4X4 built from the ground up that combines rugged British spirit and design with German engineering rigour. The Grenadier provides best-in-class off-road capability, durability, and reliability with the modern comfort and refinement customers expect wherever they are in the world. In 2023 a double-cab pick-up variant of the Grenadier was launched called the Quartermaster.
INEOS Automotive is a subsidiary of INEOS, a leading manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It employs 24,500 people across 29 businesses, with a production network spanning 154 sites in 27 countries. From paints to plastics, textiles to technology, medicines to mobile phones, materials manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life. In 2025, INEOS had sales of $55bn. To find out more about INEOS Automotive, visit www.ineosgrenadier.com.
