SsangYong Says Their Future Models Won't Be Ugly

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JoeT

Discussion Starter · Feb 27, 2008 (Edited by Moderator)

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Our Future Models Won’t Be Ugly: SsangYong

Jez Spinks
27 February 2008
www.drive.com.au

SsangYong is bullish about its future and says new passenger cars and sexier styling will improve the Korean car maker’s popularity in Australia.

Chairman was first and last SsangYong passenger car to be sold in Australia, but smaller future models are likely to sell in more significant numbers.
SsangYong plans to reverse declining sales in Australia by adding passenger cars to a current range that’s dominated by 4WDs and utes.

The Korean brand last week restructured its local distribution set-up just two months after 2007’s industry sales figures revealed a second consecutive year of falling sales.

The newly formed SsangYong Motor Australia has overhauled the pricing and specification for its entire model range, and has established itself as the first car maker locally to offer diesel-powered vehicles only.

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JBsZ06

· #2 · Feb 27, 2008

Re: BIG NEWS!!! SsangYong Says Their Future Models Won’t Be Ugly

That white car really looks like an old Mercedes E class rip off..

Wishing them well on their future designs.

SUPERBADD75

· #3 · Feb 27, 2008

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JBsZ06 said:
That white car really looks like an old Mercedes E class rip off..

with some old Q45 mixed in as well. especially in the rear quarter.

Perian

· #4 · Feb 27, 2008

That is one classic headline.

nadepalma

· #5 · Feb 27, 2008

Perian said:
That is one classic headline.

No kidding! You hit the nail on the head there!

Honestly, it surprises me that more car companies dont hire outside design firms to do some styling elements? SsangYong has some truly ugly vehicles -- you'd think they would have hired Bertone or ItalDesign or something to help them out!

However, isn't SsangYong owned in part by SAIC? Could it be possible that future growth in markets like Australia will come off the backs of SAIC based vehicles?

AndrewGS

· #6 · Feb 27, 2008

I'll believe it when I see it.

Clownzilla

· #7 · Feb 27, 2008

Picture #2 looks like an Aztec truck..........

montrealvue

· #8 · Feb 27, 2008 (Edited)

Wow, bad taste isn't in short supply at Ssangyong .... nasty

SsangYong Says Their Future Models Won't Be Ugly ....but it won't be pretty either!

Ming

· #9 · Feb 27, 2008

The only Ssangyong models worth looking at are the ones OUTSIDE of the cars.

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steinravnik

· #10 · Feb 27, 2008

If those cars pictured are their future cars, they're still ugly.

750li

· #11 · Feb 27, 2008

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JBsZ06 said:
That white car really looks like an old Mercedes E class rip off..

Wishing them well on their future designs.

it actually uses the 1980s e-class platform ...... SsangYong gets a lot of their components from Mercedes Benz ....

VibenPontiac

· #12 · Feb 27, 2008 (Edited)

They've got a long way to go...funny though when you think about it...when was the last time we heard of a company being so forthcoming about the looks of its cars. Its easy to say it about cars you made 5-10 years ago but to say it about your current crop, that's true blue honesty!

BrickTamland

· #13 · Feb 27, 2008

I hope it is true that they have reached the apex of their ugliness.

t-rex

· #14 · Feb 27, 2008 (Edited)

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750li said:
it actually uses the 1980s e-class platform ...... SsangYong gets a lot of their components from Mercedes Benz ....

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.

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crooner214

· #15 · Feb 27, 2008

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t-rex said:

That's not a bad looking SUV!

gardnet1

· #16 · Feb 27, 2008

Well if they aren't going to make them ugly that rules out cloning anything from toyotanic or honduh and grills from nissen.

AG3

· #17 · Feb 27, 2008 (Edited)

I guess this would be their first model that isn't really ugly...

...a little bit of Mercedes here and a little bit of BMW there.

JBsZ06 said:
That white car really looks like an old Mercedes E class rip off..

Thats because that white SsanYong Chairman luxury sedan is based on a W124 Mercedes E-class.

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DuSpinnst

· #18 · Feb 28, 2008

Ming said:
The only Ssangyong models worth looking at are the ones OUTSIDE of the cars.

I'll take both girls, they can keep the car.

MisterMe

· #19 · Feb 28, 2008

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crooner214 said:
That's not a bad looking SUV!

Yes, it is.

FBODYRULES

· #20 · Feb 28, 2008

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JBsZ06 said:
That white car really looks like an old Mercedes E class rip off..

Wishing them well on their future designs.

thats what it actually is, its a rebodied mb, there is a few here.

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