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Originally Posted by 750li
it actually uses the 1980s e-class platform ...... SsangYong gets a lot of their components from Mercedes Benz ....
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The agreement with Benz is that there has to be a generation separating M-B from SsangYong technology. In other words if the Benz E class is using the W211 platform, then SsangYong can't use the W210, they have to use the even older W124, which the Chairman is based on. When Benz replace the W211, then the W210 technology could theoretically be available for use by SsangYong. And so on. That is if SsangYong even continue to bother with M-B technology in the future.
They may be strange looking vehicles, but I'd rather see Kyrons and Actyons tooling up and down the freeway than FJ Cruisers, Scion boxes and a host of Detroit's less-appetising offerings...
And the SsangYong Rexton is actually nicely styled (imho) if a bit ordinary. I believe this one was developed when SsangYong fell under Daewoo's aegis.
Again, Rodius aside, none of these vehicle are any uglier than half the stuff sitting in American driveways today.