SsangYong Motor Company - South Korean Auto Manufacturer (cars) from the headquarters located in Seoul. Sang Jong translated into Russian means "two dragon", the company ranks third among Korean automakers in the number of cars sold.
The official date of the founding The history of SsangYong is considered to be October 1954, at the time of the appearance the company received the name of Hadonghwan Motor Company. The first products of the automaker were licensed Willys (army SUVs) supplied by the army of South Korea. Thanks to the permanent orders of the military company SANNEG (there are still transcriptions of Sang Ag, San Gear or Shangyong) quickly achieved financial success and gradually expanded the range of manufactured equipment. In the 60-70 years, the company managed to establish the release of trucks, buses and special purpose techniques.
In 1967, thanks to partner relations with Co., Ltd Shinjin Jeep Motor. Contracts for the supply of buses in Vietnam are concluded.
In 1974, Hadonghwan Motor Company becomes co-owner Motor Shinjin Jeep.
In 1976, the company changes the name on Dong-A Motor. The development of new SUVs designed for transportation of 4-6 people using diesel engines is underway.
In 1979, the opening of a new car assembly enterprise in the city of Pjondtek.
In 1983, the purchase of the Korando brand in Co., Ltd Geohwa with the subsequent absorption of Geohwa.
In 1986, Dong-A Motor proceeds under the control of SsangYong Business Group, and in 1988 he receives its current name SsangYong Motor. Korando Family appears in the model row - created on the Japanese Isuzu Trooper platform.
In 1991, SsangYong enterprises concluded an agreement on technical interconnecting with Mercedes-Benz AG (the development of new gasoline engines).
In 1993, Mercedes-Benz AG became one of the main shareholders of Ssang Yong Motors, the second co-owner is SAIC Motor. Mercedes AG and Santeng Motors join the Technical Union. At this stage of the history of Sang Yong, all cars are manufactured under the control of Mercedes-Benz representatives.
In SsangYong machines, engines, gearboxes and many of the design solutions and technologies of the German giant of the car industry are used. The beginning of the release of the SsangYong Musso SUV.
In 1995, the sales of Korean cars Sang AG in Europe begins, the Istana model becomes the firstborn - an accurate copy of the Mercedes-Benz MB 100 minibus, manufactured from 1988 to 1995.
In 1996, a new Korando appears, the company certifies its products on international ISO standards.
In 1997, a Ceirman Executive Sedman, built on the basis of Mercedes-Benz W124, appears in the Sanöng model row.
In 1998, the company proceeds under the control of Daewoo Group, but not long. Two years later, in 2000, Ssang Yong again has an independent structure.
In 2001, the production of off-road new Rexton starts.
In 2002, the Serial production of Ssangyong Musso Sports is launched.
In 2003, a new generation of Chairman Sedan and Minivan Rodius with a design that caused a lot of disputes was appeared.
In 2005, the SSAGYONG KYRON SUV debuts.
In 2006, the next novelty Sang Yong Actyon.
In 2008, the premiere showing of the first crossover in the SsangYong model range - C200 Concept (only after two years, changing the name on Korando auto gets to buyers). In the same year, the management of the company announces bankruptcy, after restructuring the company was put up for sale. On August 12, 2012, SsangYong Motor was acquired by the Indian concern Mahindra & Mahindra Limited.
The production of Sanang SUVs for Russian buyers is carried out at Sollers plants in Naberezhnye Chelny and Vladivostok.
Today, in Russia and the CIS countries, Ssang Yong cars use sustainable demand. The following models of the Korean-Indian manufacturer are available in Russian car dealers: Actyon, Kyron, Rexton and Actyon Sport Pickup.
Ukrainian buyers are available to Korando (twin Russian Actyon), Actyon and Actyon Sports, New Actyon Sports, New Kyron and Rexton II. Perhaps soon to Korean SUVs sold in the post-Soviet space, representative sedans SsangYong will be added.
In Russia, SsangYong Kyron took pretty warmth. Against the backdrop of competitors, he stand out very temperate value. And the assembly at Sollers enterprises in Naberezhnye Chelny (since the end of 2006) and Vladivostok (since 2010) only secured his success in the market. Customers impressed the powerful off-road potential of Korean. The four-wheel drive is implemented on the Part Time system, without the mid-scene differential. Under normal conditions, the torque brings the rear wheels (2N mode), and the front axle (4H mode) is rigidly connected to off-road or slippery coating. You can use it at a speed of up to 80 km / h. Fresh transmission (4L mode) and rear self-locking differential are departed outside roads.
Finishing materials - good, assembly - neat. But the interior design is an amateur
Russian kyron has generous equipment. In the basic version of the Original, the All-wheel drive SUV (there is also rear-wheel drive versions) comes with ABS and EBD, air conditioning, two airbags, fog and heated front armchairs, electric windows and mirrors, as well as 16-inch cast discs. Comfort version is complemented by climate control, 2DIN audio system with CD / MP3 player and roofing reling. On the expensive fulfillment of Comfort +, Elegance and Luxury, the ESP stabilization system and four airbags were installed. And the richest performances of Elegance and Luxury are affected by a leather salon and an electric controllers of the front armchairs. In Luxury there is still a hatch and heated rear sofa.
Engine
Chassis and body
In the anterior spring suspension, weak and upper, and lower ball supports (1,300 rubles), which sometimes did not care and 10 thousand km. Reinforced details serve to 50 thousand km. After two or three years, as a rule, the rear springs (2-22 rubles) are suitable - approach the front from Rexton or the rear from "Shevi-Niva". There were cases of damage to the rear axle (68,000 rubles) after 50 thousand km. In the steering control there are short-lived tips (1300 rubles.). The same rake is considered unrepretentious. But the unofficials can tighten the washers and replace the seals for 3000 rubles. - 20-30 thousand km grabs. And kandan steering shaft kard (from 3500 rubles) is breaking to 50 thousand km. Refused a vacuum brake amplifier, but after 2009, the filter valve was installed in the system, and the problem was gone.
The body and its paint and varnish coating are strong. But on the 2008-2009 machines, a crack appeared on the left front wing due to the weakening of the metal in the welding zone with the bracket on which the battery is installed. It often fails the mechanism of folding side mirrors (from 7500 rubles.). Heat "Spiral" heating seats. About once a month, the lamps of near light are burning (60-200 rubles.) And dimensions.
From debut to restyling
Just two years after the release of the model in the light, in 2007, Koreans modernized SsangYong Kyron. However, it is not surprising. The design of the debutant is too defiantly perceived. Three horizontal slots under the headlights were abolished on the renovated car, and the radiator grille was increased and designed in the style of Mercedes-Benz. Installed a different bumper. Round fog lifestyled space rectangularly oblong, and instead of the rear lights in the form of knightly shields, more traditional appeared. The salon remained virtually unchanged - only the central console was separated by inserts "under carbon". But in the range of motors there were a gasoline "four" 2.3 liters (150 hp) and a 4-band ACP.
Verdict
editor:- When buying a used Kyron, I wish you to get more technically sound and trouble-free copy, because the likelihood of buying and a cat in a bag. You understand - lottery. Therefore, it is necessary to protect yourself as much as possible. For which we recommend to carry out complete diagnosis. And you should not go to the official service. Statistics show that the most competent masters and ssangyong diagnoses work on specialized hundred. And it is not necessary to fear the repair or replacement of aggregates by the first owner. The main thing is that work has been made qualitatively, because in one funnel it does not fall twice.
Svangen SsangYong Kyron (Santeng Kayron) began to produce in Korea in 2005. The car was highlighted by the original appearance, the author of which became the British designer Kenneth Greenley.
The car had a frame design, the Kaironov for the Korean market had an independent rear suspension and a seven-party salon, and the export versions had a continuous rear axle and five places in the cabin. The drive is full, with a rigidly connected front and lower transmission, and rear-wheel drive modifications were also proposed in Korea.
SsangYong Kyron established licensed "Mercedesian" power units: a four-cylinder turbodiesel of 2.0 liters and a five-cylinder volume of 2.7 liters (such machines were not supplied to the Russian market). Transmission - five-speed, mechanical or automatic.
In 2007, a restyling model was conducted: "Santeng Kayron" received a more harmonious design, a slightly modified interior and a 2,3-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 150 liters. with. In combination with "mechanics" or a four-step "automatic". In 2009, some versions of the model began to establish a new six-speed automatic transmission.
Cairons for the Russian market since 2006 were collected at the Sollers factory in Naberezhnye Chelny, and at the end of 2009 production was transferred to Vladivostok. Prices for the SUV began with 800 thousand rubles (in 2010).
In Korea, SsangYong Kyron was removed from production in 2011, and the assembly of cars in Vladivostok continued until 2014 (a small batch of monolodrous cars came to the Russian market at the end of the conveyor life). A licensed copy of the model was produced in China under the name.
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OJSC Severstal-Auto - the official importer and manufacturer of SsangYong in Russia, announces the beginning of the production of a new mid-size SSANGYONG KYRON SUV. The car will appear in the salons of official dealers at the end of August 2007.
Thanks to new design solutions in the design of the front and back of the body, Kyron almost completely changed its image. Updated body geometry, completely modified shapes of headlights and rear lights, exquisite raw grille, new bumper, as well as other exterior changes made a new SsangYong Kyron more elegant, and put the car with individual urban chic.
Initially, the Salons of Dealer Centers The new Kyron will be supplied with a 2.3-L gasoline engine (150 hp, produced under the Mercedes-Benz license), which can be aggregated with a 5-speed mechanical or 4-speed automatic transmission. The transmission of the SUV is equipped with a PART-TIME 4WD (Part-Time 4WD) system having an increased and reduced transmission.
Equipped with modern active safety systems: anti-lock system - ABC, stabilization system and course stability - ESP (including overturning prevention system - ARP and auxiliary braking system - BAS), a system of help with a descent from the mountain - HDC, in combination with a super-grade steel frame, frontal and side airbags, clear steering, the new Kyron is most securely among the mid-sized SUVs.
Moreover, proven suspension time, with an independent front circuit on two transverse levers and a bridge from behind with a multi-section suspension, provides a new SsangYong Kyron reliable handling on all types of road surfaces. This ratio is the best compromise between the permeability, clear handling and high reliability of the car.
There are not much more serious changes in the interior - they can be compared with the light strokes of the Master, giving the finished type of student's work. With the help of small improvements, the vehicle designers created a cozy and respectable atmosphere inside an SUV, while retaining the calorous ergonomics. So, the color of the backlight of the dashboard and the climate control system screen is changed - the green color gave way to a more enjoyable amber eye. Updated the overall tone of the interior decoration, neutral gray is replaced with a more rigorous black. Small changes affected the design of the central console.
Having a rich equipment and excellent specifications, the cost of the basic version of the novelty is 802 thousand rubles, and in the maximum configuration Model 2.3 with an automatic transmission will cost 977,000 rubles. Thanks to an attractive design, the excellent "price-quality" ratio, large capacity and the universal nature of the new SUV, it is expected that he will be the bestseller SsangYong in Russia. Its selling and service support by the end of 2007 will be engaged in more than 80 authorized dealers.
SSAngyong Kyron - South Korean crossover. The car is produced since 2005. Initially, for the Russian market, Cairon was gathered in Naberezhnye Chelny, and from December 2009 - in Vladivostok (it was the first model of the new enterprise "Sollers - Far East").
Kyron did not accidentally receive "off-road roots", because work with SUVs can be said in the blood of SsangYong. During the time of the war, Donghwan Motor, who was engaged in the production of military SUVs between the Northern and South Korea. After a couple of years, the company changed the name on SsangYong and continued to engage in the automotive industry, but already civil. Gradually, she began to buy other Korean companies, creating an automotive monopoly. The first civilian SUV concern SsangYong became Korando Family, who had. This item, subsequently, took over Cairon.
Partly the predecessor of Kyron, the design of which was designed by Ken Greenley (he was engaged in developing design for Kyrona). In addition, the MERCEDES-BENZ licensed engine was installed on Musso, which was subcame and on Kyron. However, Musso is a full-fledged SUV, and Cairon was created, first of all as the city crossover. The platform for it, which is produced since 2001 (Rexton itself is built on the basis of Mercedes-Benz M-class).
A year after the debut of Kairon, SsangYong Actyon came on sale. These two cars are classmates and differ only in body design and salon. SsangYong Actyon was produced from 2006 to 2011, but its production was closed due to increased demand for Cairon. However, Cairon was not destined to remain alone. In the same, 2011, at the facilities of the Far Eastern Plant "Sollers" resumed the production of kairon's fellow in class - updated SsangYong New Actyon.
Technical features
The car body has a frame structure, which gives a lot of advantages. The frame is made of high-strength metal, adds weight to the car, thereby negates the vibration inside the cabin during the movement. In addition, in the event of a clash of the body is seriously protected from deformation.
Another plus to the off-road quality of the car is the design of the wings. SsangYong engineers managed to design them in such a way that even when moving on dirt, Kairon glass is securely protected and remain clean.
On the Russian market for the crossover, a 2.3-liter gasoline engine is offered, as well as 2.0-liter turbodiesel - the special pride of the Korean, who has given inheritance from Mercedes. In other markets, diesel kyron is also found in a 2.7-liter execution.
Ken Greenley, Kairon designer, confessed that when creating the first version of the car, the medieval culture was too fascinated. As a result, the interior received many roundies in the design of the instruments, and the handbrake handle was generally similar to the ephes sword. Such non-standard appearance of Kairon seemed to the company's marketers too causing, and "reassured" by restyling.
Initially, Cayron was going at the factory in Naberezhnye Chelny, where at the same time a car was produced.
In any, even the richest configuration Kyron, no regular radio. Its installation will have to deal with the dealer or the owner independently.
Advantages and disadvantages
In fact, Suzuki Grand Vitara can be considered the closest rival of the Korean crossover. With similar enabarits, the kayron boasts a more spacious lounge and the ability to adjust the steering wheel (the absence of this adjustment on Grand Vitara is a paradox that is not explained).
Another plus in the piggy bank of Kairon is a large volume of the trunk, which can be enlarged if you fold the rear seats (up to 1,085 liters).
Among the minuses, you can allocate the absence of a helping mode on a mountain when descending from a mountain, which is a characteristic feature of any modern SUV.
Finally, a completely unexpected drawback is the cost of servicing the car in Russia. Despite his Korean origin, the prices of official dealers are not at all "Korean".
In general, SsangYong Kyron and Suzuki Grand Vitara are cars of different specifics. Kayron offers the owner of a confident craving at low revs (in version with diesel), comfort and reliability even on off-road. In turn, Vitara is a more smart car, it shakes and felt the passage of each UHAB, which adds a drive during a country journey.
The target audience
SsangYong Kyron. – this is the choice of lovers of comfortable movement in the city and regular rustic picnics. Moderately powerful, reliable and roomy, it is perfect for a small family. Also, do not forget that Cayron is the flagship of the SsangYong ruler for very reasonable money.
Awards and numbers
In 2006, the 4x4 British magazine included SsangYong Kyron to the list of the best SUVs of the year. The car was on 6 positions with a result of 29 points (for comparison, the winner Jeep Commander - 39).
In 2007, Cayron entered the list of applicants for the title "Car of the Year" in Europe, but neither the final, nor, even more so, before the victory he did not get.
On March 25, 2010, the plant "Sollers - Far East" solemnly noted a thousandth Cairon conveyed from the conveyor. In total, in 2010, 1548 SsangYong Kyron cars were sold in Russia.
