How Ineos is managing to build chunky SUVs in a minicar factory

INEOS Grenadier Hambach — The first pre-production Grenadiers are already rolling off the line at Ineos' Hambach plant. Series production starts this summer. (Patrick GOSLING)

February 25, 2022 09:32 AM

How did Ineos Automotive manage to fit production of the Grenadier off-roader, at more than 5-meters long, into a French plant designed to build the diminutive Smart, a 2.7-meter-long minicar?

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