The interior is, thankfully, vastly more comfortable than an original Defender, thanks in large part to some pleasant Recaro seats ... I drove the Grenadier back-to-back with a Lexus GX550 ...

The Grenadier is a chunky-looking 4x4 ... Once you’re in the back seats, there’s plenty of head, leg and shoulder space, and the high seating position offers a good view out.

In between sits the Grenadier Two-seat Utility Wagon, which starts at $104,000 before on-roads. While pricing is down by $5000 for most models compared to 2024, it’s still up by $7000 on 2023 ...