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  • 2025 Ineos Grenadier (Rugged SUV)

    02/23/2025 11:22:05 AM PST · by ProtectOurFreedom · 26 replies
    Car & Driver ^ | February 1, 2025 | Larry Printz
    The 2025 Ineos Grenadier is everything most modern SUVs are not. This is not a soft, pampering lifestyle bauble. The 2025 Ineos Grenadier is designed for the world once the sidewalk ends. It's the first vehicle from a brand-new automaker that's part of the privately held Ineos petrochemical company, an uncompromising off-roader that takes its cues from the Land Rover Defender of the 1980s. Engineered in Austria, built in France, and named after a London pub now owned by Ineos, the Grenadier is made for true off-road prowess and longevity rather than cul-de-sac affectation. Its tried-and-true old-school layout includes body-on-frame...
  • Firefighters battle huge California fires in rugged wilderness

    07/15/2006 10:38:46 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 360+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian | 7/16/06 | Jeremiah Marquez - ap
    Nearly 4,000 firefighters worked in blistering temperatures Saturday to corral a huge complex of fires in rugged wilderness while investigators found the body of a man who vanished in the flame-blackened area days earlier. The body of Gerald Guthrie, 57, was found shortly after 11 a.m. by a search-and-rescue crew, said Cindy Beavers of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Guthrie had been missing since Tuesday, when fire swept through the historical community of Pioneertown. His body was found in a charred area at the base of a small hill less than a half-mile from his two-story domed home, which...
  • I need direction: I am purchasing a new vehicle and need to find a site where car owners talk

    05/19/2006 4:11:17 PM PDT · by Chickensoup · 26 replies · 319+ views
    05.19.2006 | chickensoup
    I need to purchase a new vehicle. I need questions answered so I can narrow down my choice. Is there a site or a board that does this? I have not found anything yet.