I admit to feeling healthy envy for certain fans of the British, who feed their stories to fatten them over time, in order to one day elevate them to the highest category of facts, that of myths.
The automobile universe is full of anecdotes with protagonists from Great Britain, who can be very diverse. To delight his countrymen, the curious detail of a car, suitably enlarged to give it an adequate veneer of transcendence, is as valid as an experience at the limit of any driver, a reason for devotion among racing lovers.
The brand new would-be king of the off-road, a car sporting the emblem of a new British brand on its front, has burst onto the market as if it were the natural heir to a previous exciting story.
It turns out that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, president of the Ineos business consortium, had the idea of creating the successor to the phlegmatic Land Rover Defender while sharing a few beers with several friends in his favorite pub, The Grenadier, located in the central London neighborhood of Belgravia.
The Ineos Grenadier owes its name to the pub, which has been acquired by the company itself to guarantee its future and continue feeding history. But the best of the case is that this brewery is famous for its ghostly legend.
A young soldier is said to have died inside it long ago as a result of the beating he received when he was caught cheating at cards. In his memory, customers nail bills to the ceiling, completely lined with money, in order to pay off that debt. Curious story to give life to a car that points to ways of myth.
