I-Ineos Automotive, i-brand eyasungulwa ngo-2017 yi-billionaire uJim Ratcliffe, isivele ikuqinisekisile ukuthi umlandeli ongokomoya wangaphambili we-Land Rover Defender uzokhiqizwa kancane ePortugal, ikakhulukazi e-Estarreja.
Uhlobo olusekelwe e-Bridgend lukhomba onyakeni ka-2021 ukuze kuqalwe ukukhiqizwa kwe-Granadier - igama lale 4X4 entsha - esisekelo sayo sisekelwe kuplathifomu endala ye-Ford. Okubangwayo wukwakhiwa kwemisebenzi emisha engama-200 esigabeni sokuqala, okuwumphumela wokutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile okungadlula ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-300.
Indawo yokukhiqiza ehleliwe ye-Estarreja izosingatha ukukhiqizwa komzimba kanye ne-chassis, kanti umhlangano wokugcina uzoba eBridgend, eSouth Wales.
Esesikwazi kakade ngeGrenadier entsha
IGrenadier entsha ingase yethulwe ngo-2020. Yonke indawo izosebenzisa izinjini zikadizili ezingama-six-cylinder ezingama-six-cylinder, eziphuma kwaBMW, futhi zizohlanganiswa nezishintshashintshayo ezinamagiya ayisishiyagalombili ukusuka ku-ZF. Njengoba "ihhashi lomsebenzi" lihlose ukuba, i-Grenadier izokwazi ukudonsa kufika ku-3500 kg.
I-Ineos Automotive ifuna iGrenadeir, iphrojekthi emele ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidi ezingu-700 zama-euro, ibe umkhiqizo womhlaba wonke, okuhloswe ngayo ukuyethula e-Afrika, e-Oceania, eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika.
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