Ssangyong Korando 4X4.

A Ssangyong Korando 4X4 at the National 4x4 Show. The Korando went on sale in Australia in January 1998. It features a 2.3 litre 4-valves/cylinder engine, based on the sporty Mercedes Benz four, which is also an option in its bigger Musso 4x4 brother.

Korando has a 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic gearbox and a 2-speed transfer case giving part-time four wheel drive. Hard top and soft top versions are built.

Ssangyong Korando 2.3 1998

• SWB hard top, 5 seats, 2 doors, driver's airbag, (ABS and traction control on the auto')
• loa: 4260mm (inc' rear-mounted spare wheel), width: 1855mm, height: 1840mm
• wheelbase: 2480mm, track: 1510mm/1520mm, grnd clearance: 195mm
• approach: 28.5, departure: 35
• turning radius: 5.3m
• 2295cc, petrol, 4-cyls, mpfi, 4-valves/cyl, dohc
• bore: 90.9mm, stroke: 88.4mm, c.r.: 10.4:1
• power: 104kW at 5400rpm, torque: 220Nm at 3800rpm
• transmission: 5m/4a, transfer case 2-speed (1.0:1 hi, 2.48:1 lo) part-time 4WD
• suspension: indep-torsion-bar/live-coil, brakes: dosc/disc
• tyres: P235/75R15 105T, fuel-tank: 70L
• std features include: auto fwh, air conditioning, alloy wheels
• price: $34,850 (man), $39,600 (auto) $Aus Feb 1998
• Competition: Jeep Wrangler

Also see the Musso, Ssangyong and a 1995 Isuzu clone