SsangYong Musso

SsangYong Musso
SsangYong Musso
SsangYong Musso front 20080320.jpg
Manufacturer SsangYong Motor Company(Korea)
Morattab (Iran)
TagAZ (Russia)
Mekong Auto Corporation (Vietnam)
Also called SsangYong Musso Libero
SsangYong MJ
Daewoo Musso
Mercedes-Benz Musso
TagAZ Road Partner
Morattab Musso
Production 1993–2005 (SsangYong/Daewoo)
1997–2005 (Mekong Auto)
2003–present (Morattab)
2008–present (TagAZ)
Assembly Lublin, Poland (DMP)[1]
Jakarta, Indonesia (Indobuana Autoraya)
Successor Daewoo Musso
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
SsangYong Rexton
SsangYong Kyron
SsangYong Actyon Sports (for Musso Sports)
Class Large 4x4
Body style 4-door SUV
Engine 2.3 L I4[2]
2.9 L I5 Diesel (optional SST turbo in Australia)
3.2 L I6
Related SsangYong Musso Sports
Designer Ken Greenley

The SsangYong Musso is a SUV manufactured by the South Korean automobile manufacturer SsangYong Motor Company, from 1993 to 2005. "Musso" means Rhinocerous in Korean.[3]

First produced in 1993, the car was available with either a petrol 3.2 litre inline six cylinder Mercedes-Benz M104 engine, a Mercedes-Benz M111 engine 2.3 litre inline four cylinder petrol engine, or a Mercedes-Benz OM602 engine five cylinder, 2.9 litre diesel engine. The car was designed by Briton Ken Greenley and received the Auto Design Award from the Birmingham Auto Show hosted in 1994 and 1996. Also known for its off-road abilities, the vehicle won the Pharaohs Rally of Egypt for 4WD vehicles in October 1994. A facelifted version has been available since 1998.[4]

The Musso seats five people and its wheels are fit for off-road driving, similar to its smaller sibling, the Korando. The SsangYong Musso Sports, a Musso variant with a truck bed, was released in later years.

The Musso is available in Russia as TagAZ Road Partner, produced by TagAZ in Taganrog, Russia (since 2008) and also in Iran as Musso, produced by Moratab Khodro Co. (since 2003). It was sold in Vietnam by Mekong Auto Corporation from 1997 to 2005.

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Mercedes-Benz Musso

As SsangYong had a technology-sharing deal with Mercedes-Benz at the time, the decision was made to sell the Musso as a badge-engineered Mercedes-Benz model in some markets. This allowed SsangYong to gain footholds in new markets without having to build their own infrastructure (utilizing existing Mercedes-Benz networks) while giving Mercedes a competitor in the then-booming SUV market.[5]

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