Buyer’s Guide: 2020 Ssangyong Korando

The 2020 Korando has claimed boot capacity of 551 liters. With the rear seats folded, capacity increases to 1,248 liters. Wheelbase is a lengthy 2,675mm, which does wonders for legroom both at the front and back.

Safety

The 2020 Korando scored a five-star safety rating from Euro NCAP after a barrage of crash tests. Out of the cars in Ssangyong’s Philippine lineup, the Korando is the only one to receive Euro NCAP’s highest rating. In comparison, the brand’s flagship SUV, the Tivoli, managed only four stars from the safety rating body.

Standard safety equipment are plenty, even in the base model. The latest Korando features adaptive cruise control, autonomous emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, lane keeping assist, automatic high beam, rear cross traffic alert, front collision warning, front vehicle start alert, driver attention alert, traffic sign recognition, and traction control system. These are part of Ssangyong’s very own suite of driver assist features, called Deep Control.

As for the usual safety systems, the Korando offers more than the ordinary in the form of active rollover protection, electronic parking brake, rain sensing wipers, and parking sensors. The car also has seven airbags, ISOFIX child anchor seats, an engine immobilizer, and automatic speed sensing door locks.

Verdict

The 2020 Ssangyong Korando was launched last November. Below is the pricing for the three different trims.

At these prices, this crossover SUV is clearly above the price range of many, and that’s intentional. As you may glean from the information provided here, The Korando is intended to be an affordably priced luxury vehicle, in order to give it the edge to compete with its contemporaries such as the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage. In this aspect, the 2020 Ssangyong Korando is certainly a worthy contender.