Filed under: SUVs, Earnings/Financials
Not Quite Dead Yet: Russian firm vying for Ssangyong SUV assembly rights
What's next for Ssangyong? The automaker, which is the fifth largest in Korea, was forced to enter into receivership last week after failing to secure adequate funding past what was required to pay its workers for time already put in. SAIC, the company's Chinese owners, have given up management rights to the Korean automaker, leading many to believe that this is could be the end of the road. Perhaps not. Russian automaker Sollers has made the Korean company an offer that could see the firm's
[Source: Reuters]
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firstplace 5:49PM (1/14/2009)
will never come to US. Nor would you probably wish to drive it.
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imoore 6:06PM (1/14/2009)
Maybe whoever buys Ssangyong will decide to cancel the Rodius and give the Actyon a facelift. Or maybe we can just dream.
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imoore 6:26PM (1/14/2009)
Here's a frightening thought: your worst enemy wishes to call a truce. He has a peace offering for you: a new car. You don't trust him, but you can't resist the lure of a brand new car, so you entertain the benefit of a doubt. You take the keys, he smiles and guides you to an open garage door, where the car is waiting under a sheet. You pull up the sheet, and suprise, staring back at you is a brand new SSANGYONG RODIUS!! Just the sight of the front end alone is certain to cause a million nightmares. Suddenly, you hear an eveil laugh and turn around to see the door slam shut behind you. Locked in! Suddenly you feel a chill run down your spine and turn around. Why are the headlights turning an evil red? Is it moving toward you? Is that an evil hiss you hear? You bang on the door, but no one is answering, and the door is locked. You scream as the Rodius moves closer, its hood opening as if to swallow you alive. Oh, the horror! THE HORROR!!
Then you awaken.
Just a little entertainment to end the day.
Pleasant dreams.
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Gomi 7:10PM (1/14/2009)
This car is probably the exact opposite of that awesome carbon fiber Lotus.
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Mobius_1 8:08PM (1/14/2009)
This still looks better than that weird really really ugly Cayenne a while back.
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eb110americana 8:49PM (1/14/2009)
I'll give 'em all the change in my piggy bank if they promise to STOP making anymore Rodiuses (Rodii?). Who's with me?
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calguy 9:02PM (1/14/2009)
Don't laugh too hard at SSANGYONG, while the Rodius is a riot, this company's had a kinda long relationship with Mercedes-Benz for engines, transmissions - and from the looks of the latest MBs, also they share galling design tendencies.
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777 9:09PM (1/14/2009)
You should know more about Ssangyong. A German magazine called Off Road rated the Ssangyong Kyron above Jeep Liberty and Kia Sorento.
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Dave 7:15AM (1/15/2009)
Good God... it looks like the bastard offspring of a Rav4, first generation Mercedes ML and a Cadillac Escalade... ugh.
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