KG Mobility reveals electric ute, off-road SUV, Korando concepts launching by 2025

Reborn South Korean carmaker KG Mobility (formerly SsangYong) has reinforced its comeback with a trio of rugged-looking concepts on display at the Seoul Mobility Show – and they’re all set for launch by 2025.

The KG O100 electric ute is designed for urban environments, with an aggressive front, wheel arch cladding and roof rack, ‘straw storage’, and vehicle-to-load (V2L) plugs at the rear tray to act as a mobile power station.

The Ford Ranger-sized electric pickup is based on the new Torres EVX mid-size SUV. It is expected to launch in its home country later year using BYD’s lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) Blade Battery providing up to 420 kilometres of claimed driving range, a buttonless interface with a 12.3-inch touchscreen, and an estimated starting price tag of only $34,400 (₩30,000,000).

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This is the KG F100 SUV – FJ Cruiser, anyone?

Additionally, the KG F100 is a large electric SUV featuring a blocky Toyota FJ Cruiser-esque design, configurable kinetic LED lighting block across the front (in lieu of a grille) with a digital gesture function, and large off-road terrain tyres.

Meanwhile, the KG KR10 is set to be the electric successor to the current SsangYong Korando medium SUV with an overall more rugged and boxier design, Jeep-inspired slat grille, and circular daytime running lights

All three concepts are currently under development and will launch by 2025 to directly rival Hyundai and Kia’s electric vehicles.

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Jeep Renegade but make it future-chic

SsangYong entered bankruptcy in late 2020 citing COVID-19 pandemic challenges and, after multiple attempts to find a buyer, chemical and steel company KG Group acquired it for a reported A$385.47 million (₩335 billion) in mid-2022.

The South Korean carmaker posted its first quarterly profit since 2016 late last year, largely on the back of its success with launching the new Torres SUV in 2022.

In Australia, the brand relaunched in 2018 and continues to offer an unchanged vehicle line-up today, including the Korando medium SUV, Rexton large SUV and Musso dual-cab ute, with the exception of the Tivoli small SUV being discontinued.