SsangYong

Photo: Kommest Autokeskused

Today, SsangYong opened their first ever salon in the Baltics. As it happened, the salon was established here in Tallinn, Estonia. They used to be sold together with Peugeot's at Kommest Car Centres, says Postimees.
It is also said that SsangYong focuses on SUV's and MPV's (people carriers). They offer five models of quite big cars, and they also have a set of used cars for sale.

These cars are not for the faint hearted, though. As their site, www.sy.ee says, Rexton, their flagship, starts at 537 900 kroons. This can be bumped up with a huge load of additional gear, which can take the price up to 725,850EEK. Funnily enough, if you start with the more expensive version, the S3, add all the available extras, you end up with spending 660,100EEK. Then again, if you're in for the cheaper one, you probably would not buy all the optional extras.

When the first third-hand SsangYongs ended up in Estonia, I was not too interested in them. The fact they were from South Korea, and had superweird designs (from the perspective of a North European person), somewhat brought down the enthusiasm. Nowadays, many say the designers at SsangYong tend to nick ideas from Mercedes-Benz. This has a simple solution, though - SsangYong and Mercedes joined forces in the 1990s.

So, if you all want to see a salon made for extravagant Korean Mercs, head up to Sõpruse Puiestee 153 (next to the Peugeot Centre at Sõpruse Pst 151), and check it out.