INEOS INEOS Grenadier Station Wagon vs Toyota LandCruiser 300

Correct. The Australian Grenadier has no autonomous emergency braking, no lane keep assist and no adaptive cruise control, and carries six airbags against the LandCruiser 300's ten. INEOS's own standard-equipment list for the Station Wagon runs to a reversing camera and rear park assist as the driver aids. The exemption is real: the Grenadier is classified as a medium goods vehicle designed primarily for off-road use, which places it outside the Australian rule that has mandated AEB on passenger vehicles. This is an Australian-specification outcome rather than an engineering limit, because European Grenadiers are fitted with the full suite to meet EU rules.

No. A search of the ANCAP database for INEOS Grenadier returns no safety ratings or gradings at all. An untested car is not a car that failed a test, and the distinction matters. What can be said factually: it carries six airbags against the LandCruiser 300's ten, and the LandCruiser holds a five-star rating from its own assessment with 89 percent for adult occupant protection and 88 percent for child occupant protection. If your decision needs a tested crash result, only one of these two cars has one.

The Grenadier, and the departure angle is the headline. It exits at 36.1 degrees where the LandCruiser GX manages 25, approaches at 35.5 against 31, and clears 264 mm against 245. It also publishes a 28.2 degree rampover and an 800 mm wading depth. Both cars run permanent four-wheel drive, a two-speed transfer case and a centre differential lock, so the fundamentals match. Two things temper it. The Grenadier's front and rear differential locks are Trialmaster equipment rather than standard on the $113,835 car as priced in July 2026. And the LandCruiser turns in 11.8 m against 13.5, which matters on a tight, technical track.

The advertised figures are an exact tie: both are rated to 3,500 kg braked, 750 kg unbraked and 350 kg on the tow ball. The separation is in the combined mass rating. The Grenadier is rated to 7,000 kg gross combination mass and 3,550 kg gross vehicle mass, against the LandCruiser's 6,750 and 3,280. So the Grenadier gives you 250 kg more total headroom and 270 kg more vehicle rating to spend on people, gear and accessories while the van is hitched. INEOS publishes an 833 kg payload; Toyota does not publish one for the GX, so we have not compared payload directly.

Toyota's figures are complete. The LandCruiser 300 goes in every six months or 10,000 km at $420 a visit, totalling $4,200 across five years on July 2026 pricing. INEOS specifies 12-month or 15,000 km intervals, so the Grenadier goes 50 percent further and twice as long between visits, which is a real advantage in downtime as well as cost. We do not hold a five-year total for the Grenadier and will not derive one from the interval, because dividing or multiplying a published schedule produces a figure the manufacturer never stated. Both cars carry five years of warranty with unlimited kilometres.

No honest comparison is available. Toyota quotes 8.9 L/100km combined for the LandCruiser 300 from a 110-litre tank. INEOS publishes no Australian combined-cycle figure for the Grenadier, and INEOS is not among the manufacturers listed by the federal Green Vehicle Guide, so no regulator figure exists either. Figures that circulate come from a European test cycle or from the United Kingdom, and neither is comparable with the Australian standard the Toyota is quoted against. The column stays empty rather than carry a number we cannot stand behind.

It buys the off-road hardware and the load ratings. For $113,835 against the GX's $107,394 on July 2026 pricing you get 11.1 more degrees of departure angle, 4.5 more of approach, 19 mm more clearance, 250 kg more combined mass, 270 kg more GVM, and service intervals twice as long. You also get a larger 12.3-inch screen with built-in navigation. What you do not get is power, since the LandCruiser leads by 44 kW and 150 Nm, a crash rating, autonomous emergency braking, or a payload and economy picture complete enough to compare.

INEOS charges identical money for either engine at each trim tier, which is unusual and removes the price from the decision entirely. The base Station Wagon is $113,835 driveaway in July 2026 whichever you choose, and the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster are both $127,485. The 3.0-litre twin-turbo diesel six makes 183 kW and 550 Nm; the 3.0-litre petrol six makes 210 kW but only 450 Nm. For touring and towing the diesel's extra 100 Nm is the more useful characteristic. We cannot offer a running-cost comparison between the two, because INEOS publishes no Australian fuel-consumption figures for either.

The LandCruiser 300 GX is the answer for most buyers. It is safer on every measurable axis, costs less to buy, and makes 44 kW and 150 Nm more. Five ANCAP stars and a full driver-assistance suite against six airbags, no rating and no autonomous emergency braking is not a margin, it is a category difference, and it weighs heaviest if anyone other than you rides in the car. The Grenadier earns its place where the terrain sets the brief: 36.1 degrees of departure angle, 7,000 kg of combined mass and 12-month service intervals are real advantages a LandCruiser cannot match.