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We'll just begin by directly quoting SsangYong's press release. "In particular, Wz stands for "World Class, World Standard, World Premium Zenith." And so begins the Chinese-controlled (SAIC has a 51% stake) Korean automaker's journey down a road ultimately leading to a more diverse lineup. By "diverse" we mean one that apparently includes fairly attractive if derivatively-styled cars in addition to a truck roster whose Mercedes-lite styling sometimes spirals into the bizarre. The car that shows us where SsangYong wants to go is the Wz.

Whether or not Wz truly represents the World Premium Zenith is debatable, though if SsangYong were to make t-shirts bearing that slogan, we would gleefully don them. As for the car, like we said, it's not bad-looking, which is a start. Sporting lines that look largely, ahem, borrowed from the likes of Infiniti and BMW, and powered by a 3.6L twin-turbo V6 pumping 365 metric horsepower (PS) to all four wheels. SsangYong's looking to have something in production by 2011. Until then, the old Mercedes-Benz E-Class-based SsangYong Chairman carries the torch as the company's luxury car.

[Source: SsangYong via Autoblog Spanish]

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