The INEOS Grenadier has successfully passed the Metropolitan Police’s rigorous emergency vehicle testing programme, clearing both Passenger (M1) and Commercial (N1) variants for Blue Light service across the United Kingdom.
For Irish emergency services, however, the approval confirms the capability of a vehicle that has already been proving itself in demanding real-world conditions.
The Grenadier has been supporting rescue operations in Ireland with organisations including Kerry Mountain Rescue Team and Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team, where its combination of off-road capability, durability and practicality has been put to work across some of the country’s most challenging terrain.
The Metropolitan Police testing programme is recognised as one of the most demanding emergency vehicle approval processes in Europe. During evaluation, the Grenadier successfully completed the force’s industry-leading brake test, repeatedly accelerating to 50mph before performing a full emergency stop fifty consecutive times, demonstrating there is no dangerous brake fade or system failure under sustained response driving conditions.
The approval follows growing adoption of the Grenadier by emergency, rescue and specialist services across Europe, including police forces in Germany, France, Spain, Catalonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Poland. Earlier this year, the Grenadier also entered service with the RNLI throughout the UK and Ireland.
Designed with operational fleets in mind, the Grenadier requires minimal modification for emergency service use. Factory-fitted pre-wired electrical circuits allow emergency lighting and communications equipment to be installed without drilling into the bodywork or chassis, while retaining the benefit of INEOS Automotive’s five-year unlimited mileage warranty.
The Commercial variant also provides up to 2,088 litres of load capacity, comfortably accommodating a standard Euro pallet alongside specialist rescue or operational equipment.
The latest approval further strengthens the Grenadier’s credentials for specialist response fleets that require dependable off-road capability without compromising everyday usability.
David Bassett, MD of Orangeworks Automotive, said: “We’ve watched the Grenadier prove itself in local market for two years, with the teams who ask the most of their vehicles. This approval confirms what they already knew it’s built to do a job, and to keep doing it. And because it’s supported here at home, Irish operators get that capability with the backup to match.”
The INEOS Grenadier is distributed and fully supported in the Republic of Ireland by Orangeworks Automotive.
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