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====SsangYong Motors==== Between 1990 and 2010 SsangYong partnered with [[Daimler-Benz]]. The deal was for SsangYong to develop an [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]] with [[Mercedes-Benz]] technology. This was supposedly to allow SsangYong to gain footholds in new markets without having to build their own infrastructure (utilizing existing Mercedes-Benz networks) while giving Mercedes a competitor in the then-booming [[SUV]] market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8548&vf=1 |title=Musso-Mercedes match was a rocky road - www.drive.com.au |publisher=Drive.com.au |date=18 May 2000 |access-date=19 September 2009 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131131/https://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8548&vf=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> This resulted in the [[SsangYong Musso|Musso]], which was sold first by Mercedes-Benz and later by SsangYong.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8548&vf=1 |title=Musso-Mercedes match was a rocky road |author=David Morley |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=18 May 2000 |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131131/https://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8548&vf=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> SsangYong further benefited from this alliance, long after [[Daimler-Benz]] stopped selling the Musso, producing a badge engineered version of the [[Mercedes-Benz MB100]], the [[SsangYong Istana|Istana]] and using Daimler designs in many other models, including the second-generation [[SsangYong Korando#Second generation|Korando]] (engine and transmission), the [[SsangYong Rexton|Rexton]] (transmission),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8117&vf=1 |title=Old-fashioned values |author=Jonathan Hawley |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=4 July 2004 |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131142/https://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8117&vf=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[SsangYong Chairman#Chairman H (1997β2011)|Chairman H]] (chassis and transmission)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=9590&vf=1 |title=SsangYong Chairman CM600S |author=Bruce Newton |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=10 May 2005 |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131140/https://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=9590&vf=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[SsangYong Kyron|Kyron]] (transmission).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=12193&vf=1 |title=SsangYong Kyron |author=Bruce Newton |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=31 May 2006 |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=24 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224170131/http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=12193&vf=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ssangyong Also Partnered with Daewoo Motors to sell the chairman, Korando, Istana, and Musso to the rest of South Korea and Asia, Ssangyong later partnered with SAIC (Roewe) to rebadge the [[SsangYong Chairman#Chairman W (2008β2017)|Chairman W]] in china as the Roewe R95/850 and the [[SsangYong Kyron|Kyron]] as [[Roewe W5]] and also use the [[Mercedes-Benz 5G-Tronic transmission]] for the W5, SAIC has been working with Daimler since the 1964 with the [[Shanghai SH760]] using a modified [[Mercedes-Benz W120/W121|W121]] chassis. [[Micro Cars|Micro]] another company that rebadged Ssangyong's like Kyron, Actyon and Rexton using Mercedes-Benz engines.
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