SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor Co., the local unit of Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Tuesday that it has sold more than 100,000 units of the Tivoli small SUV in the South Korean market alone, making it one of the best-selling cars in its history. The automaker said 100,025 units [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor Co., the country’s smallest automaker, said Wednesday it has shipped a total of 6,823 vehicles to Iran in the first 11 months of the year, with the figure expected to top 8,000 units this year. The automaker, the local unit of Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs) have gained popularity among younger customers in South Korea as local automakers have released a series of fashionable, fuel-efficient models to grab a bigger chunk of the quickly growing market, industry data showed Sunday. A total of 10,216 compact SUVs made by Korean automakers [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor Co., owned by India’s auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra, said Wednesday that it has received over 2,200 preorders for the Tivoli Air since its debut earlier this month. The Tivoli Air is a long-body version of its popular Tivoli crossover sport utility vehicle, which led its domestic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor Co., owned by India’s Mahindra & Mahindra, said Monday that the long-body version of the its popular Tivoli sport utility vehicle has been named the “Tivoli Air.” The new model was named such in order to underscore its pursuit of becoming an essential element of life just [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor Co, owned by India’s Mahindra & Mahindra, plans to unveil the long body version of its popular Tivoli sport utility vehicle next month, an industry source said Thursday. “The exact launch date has not been determined but the long body version of the Tivoli will likely hit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling against a labor union consisted of fired workers from Ssangyong Motor Co., the local unit of Indian auto conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., for holding unauthorized strikes that damaged the company’s production. The Seoul High Court ordered 139 unionized workers who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Ssangyong Motor, the local unit of Indian auto conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra, has announced that it sold a total of 10,771 vehicles in August, including 7,517 units in the domestic market. The automaker said on September 1 that its sales increased 10.3 percent over the same month of the [...]
Seoul, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the domestic cars launched during the first half of the year, the Tivoli from Ssangyong Motor was selected as the best car. Among foreign cars, a new Landrover model was selected. According to a survey conducted by SK Encar, 42.3 percent of the 345 male and female adult respondents selected [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car imports outpaced combined exports by three major automakers for the first time in the first quarter, industry data showed, indicating that the foreign car market is fast growing here. According to the data, South Korea imported US$2.5 billion worth of vehicles during the January-March period, up [...]