Okay this is a warning you could consider this video to be a little bit
of click bait but we've got behind us is Ssangyong all new Korando
and why should we be excited about the Korando oh well basically because let me
show you
as you can see over there that's the tivoli which we now know in India as
the XUV 300 and what we have here is the Ssangyong Rexton which we know in
India as the Mahindra Alturas G4 so now we've got into the habit of seeing Ssang
Yong's come to India as Mahindra's and well guess what is running out of its
you know its lifespan and that is Mahindra XUV 500 which brings us to the
korando before we saw it in the flash we felt like this would be before it was
unveil we thought that this would be quite the right fit to become the next X
UV 500 and in terms of styling I think as we've seen with Mahindra as
well the designs have become cleaner and that's the same case here with the car
Korando it's bigger than before except for taller it's not taller than before
and this is still in terms of length having become bigger than the outgoing
Korando it looks more mature but in terms of overall length it is still
smaller than the XUV 500 that we have in India and another thing that
you'll notice is the car sits quite low and that is something that was true even
for the XUV 300 which in tivoli form is in fact sitting even lower than the XUV
300 this Ssangyong say is to make it more aerodynamic
well aerodynamic aside I must say there is much about the the Korando that
you can like easily like these tail lamps the design is striking but not too
dramatic I think it's a nice balance that Ssangyong have managed to strike
here with the Korando and when it comes to the platform the other reason
why we feel that this would be a little bit of a stretch so to speak as the XUV
that is because this is only a two row SUV as you can see here this is the
second row and you look at the back well nothing much there right but at the same
time there is an argument that could be made that this platform could be
modified to become a seven-seater why is that well looky here what we have this
is the Ssangyong XLV which is basically a Tivoli which has been stretched out
and you can see how much longer it is not particularly pretty but nonetheless
I'll show you what it looks like from here from which angle it will be
familiar to all of us well there you go we know that face you know the style and
it has been stretched out to become longer more wagoness like I told you
the Tivoli in other markets it's lower it India has been jacked up so you can
see that it is sitting lower gets that more wagon like look because of that and
looks almost MPV ish from here so could Ssangyong and Mahindra Taylor of the
Korando for India turn it into a longer vehicle which then can
accommodate a third row of seats and a third row of seats as we understand is a
must for the XUV 500 we could see the xuv500 with five seats but that is
not at the expense of a seven-seater now let's jump in quickly to the cabin and
see what it looks like from there well a lot of the bits that you see here will
feel familiar if you've seen in Mahindra alturas g4 like the switches very
familiar in that sense look good and then there's that
Driver's instrument cluster which is all digital right which is again something
we've seen in the alturas when we pan more to the right let's see the large
infotainment screen I highlight that alike is these air con vents which sit in
these chrome slats which run along the dash and on to the door pad even over
there I'll just reach out so you can see that more clearly there you go so it
just ends up looking a little bit more premium we've seen this in Audi's as
well and here's a closer look at the center console you can see cooled seats
being offered here and heated seats and just for your reference
right now the Korando hasn't gone on sale here in Europe it is only on sale in
South Korea for now it is being offered with the 1.6 liter turbo petrol which
has been co-developed with Mahindra so that is the Ssangyong Korando that we
see here do you think this is the future of the XUV 500 let us know just keep in
mind that the XUV 500 is a monocoque like the Korando here and is due
for replacement next year all right let us know what you think of the Korando
and is buy from us for now