The Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster can easily fit a standard Euro pallet in its long tail

Interested in the new, old-looking Ineos Grenadier but worried that it won’t carry your many, many belongings? Well, this will be music to your ears, because the Grenadier now also comes as a pickup truck.

Yep, called the Grenadier Quartermaster, it’s much the same story as with the original ‘Station Wagon’ version – i.e. it was designed with a ruler for maximum practicality and uses BMW powertrains underneath.

But let’s start with the bit that’s different. Out the back of the Quartermaster you get a load bay that’s 1,564mm long and 1,619mm wide. Very precise. That means it’s big enough to carry a standard 1,200mm x 800mm Euro pallet with plenty of room to spare. You get a payload of 760kg back there too, as well as the same 3,500kg towing capacity as the Station Wagon. Oh, and the drop-down tailgate can support up to 225kg when open, so it should make a nice little picnic bench.

Ineos says that the Quartermaster “delivers the same uncompromising off-road capability and dependability as its stablemate.” So, you get a longer wheelbase, 264mm of ground clearance, an 800mm wading depth and “approach, breakover and departure angles unrivalled by any other series production pickup". We’ll take their word for it for now.

The powertrains are identical to the tin-topped version – meaning you can choose between 3.0-litre turbocharged BMW six-cylinders that drink either petrol or diesel. Both provide a 99mph top speed, but the petrol beats the diesel in the 0-62mph sprint (8.8secs for petrol vs 9.9secs for diesel). The diesel is slightly less thirsty though – Ineos quotes less than 20mpg for the petrol and between 23 and 25mpg for the diesel. Ouch. And that’s without anything in the bed.

Of course there’s permanent four-wheel drive, a locking differential and a two-speed transfer case as standard. There’s also space for five people inside and a choice of either 17- or 18-inch wheels. 

Available for order in the UK as of today, the Quartermaster will start at £66,215. If you want to make the step to either Trialmaster or Fieldmaster trim with their extra standard equipment though you’ll have to stump up £73,715. And then you’ll want a look at the accessories list, which features things like a waterproof canvas canopy or a lockable roller tonneau cover for the load bay.