While body-on-frame vehicles pose challenges in terms of what we expect from modern vehicle dynamics, such machines that use a ladder frame like the Ineos Grenadier offer a unique advantage in custom vehicle building. Since most of the vehicle’s rigidity comes from that separate frame, you can create chassis-cab and roofless vehicles like Ineos has done with the Game Viewer Concept seen here, without further structural changes. Now Ineos intends to make this concept a real vehicle for safari and wildlife-viewing operators, with full vehicle support and customization through the Ineos Kavango facility in Botswana beginning in early 2026.

The Ineos Grenadier Game Viewer Concept was introduced to further cement the classic-looking SUV as a customizable vehicle beyond its trail-hunting roots. After huge positive response to its debut at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ineos will bring the concept into reality for game reserves, luxury safari lodges, ranches, and estates that cater toward wildlife viewing. The 2026 Grenadier Game Viewer production vehicle will start as a long- or extra-long wheelbase station wagon, but will lack paint, tailgates, rear seats, side windows, roof skin, and unnecessary electrical and trim parts at Ineos’ Hambach, Germany, assembly plant. This makes a Grenadier station wagon ready for conversion to the Game Viewer after it’s sent to Ineos Kavango in Botswana.

Because the body is a separate assembly from the ladder frame used on this SUV, the chassis’ rigidity and durability are retained despite lopping off the entire roof, including the upper sections of the door frames. If this Game Viewer were made with a unibody vehicle, like the 2026 Land Rover Defender for example, much (if not all) of that chassis rigidity would be removed and extensive bracing would be required to add it back. This would lead to a vehicle that would easily twist and bend as it drives over off-road obstacles like boulders, fallen trees, and large dips. The roofs you see on the original concept and now the production vehicle are simply there for sun shading and for keeping rain from falling on your head. Meanwhile, the windshield on the 2026 Grenadier Game Viewer folds down like the old-school Defender it draws overall inspiration from.

The 2026 Grenadier Game Viewer that Ineos showed off is only an example of how a relevant business can order it. Buyers, according to Ineos, will be able to customize theirs. This includes seating, storage, roof design, and more, and none of these items will void the warranty. In what it claims is an industry first, Ineos will support the 2026 Grenadier Game Viewer under its full warranty with direct support from the Ineos Kavango team. If an owner is outside of Botswana—Ineos has stated the Game Viewer will be available for the U.S., Middle East, and South East Asia—he or she can maintain their custom safari vehicle themselves as long as they use genuine parts and repair procedures from Ineos. They can also utilize local support from Ineos workshops for training, spare parts, and tooling, along with preferential parts pricing and service plans.

The 2026 Ineos Grenadier Game Viewer will be available beginning in early 2026, with pricing announced closer to that release date.