Ineos may just start building her Grenadier as it was recently presented to the world. The UK court has ruled that there is no “wrongful copying” of the Land Rover’s primal Defender design.
When Ineos pulled the curtain off the Grenadier a month ago, there was no denying that it closely resembles the previous Land Rover Defender. Ineos makes no secret of that either. In fact; it frankly admits that the primal Defender was one of the greatest sources of inspiration for the Grenadier. In that respect, it has been quite successful to capture the spirit of the Defender in a design in its own way. Jaguar Land Rover, however, is not charmed and filed a lawsuit.
The judge has now ruled and that is not favorable for Land Rover. According to the court, the Defender’s shapes are not “distinctive enough” to speak of intellectual property. The application of differences in the designs is ‘seen by specialists as important, but it will not make any difference or not stand out for the average consumer’, notes Automotive News on. In short, there is no problem that Ineos is releasing this car very similar to the Defender.
Delivery of the Grenadier will begin in 2022, if all goes according to plan. The adventurous 4×4 must be built annually in a production run of 25,000 units.