Hybrid concept crossover from SsangYong

Almost simultaneously with the new York motor show in Seoul launched the local, gathered under the banners of South Korean manufacturers and some Asian brands. Europeans about this motor I know only by hearsay, and the Americans do not know.

However, this does not mean that the Seoul show only minor model. For example, local brand SsangYong generally ignored the new York auto show and proved an interesting novelty at home. Although it is likely that she will show up later on many world markets.

We are talking about a concept crossover called the SsangYong XAV. Designers generally like to give their show cars three-letter acronyms that, if desired, can be read as Latin numerals, but this time the acronym even has a transcript, however, very conditional. The manufacturer announced it as a eXciting, Authentic SUV, with a large fraction of the imagination can be translated as "primeval crossover with uncompromising off-road character".

External design the product is very similar to the first generation of the crossover Korando (known to Europeans under the name Actyon) – the same box-like body shape and a lot of free space inside, but there are stylish, contemporary solution. One of them is a folding fabric roof, so that XAV is inherently cross-cabriolet. Although in profile it resembles a Toyota FJ Cruiser and with some share of imagination and Gelendvagen in its first versions, which, however, is not surprising for Asian automakers.

The second hybrid powerplant. Details about it Koreans are not told: we only know that two electric motors located on the axes of the machine, and in conjunction with them is a 1.6-liter petrol motor is likely from the new crossover Tivoli. By the way, to the last journalists new and already mentally "tied" in December last year, representatives of SsangYong said that the five-seat Tivoli will soon have a seven-seat version. How to know whether its current concept XAV? Koreans keep quiet about it yet. published

 

Source: zeleneet.com