The SsangYong Musso is a SUV

Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing term for a vehicle similar to a station wagon, but built on a light-truck chassis. It is usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability, and with some pretension or ability to be used as an off-road vehicle. Not all four-wheel...

 manufactured by the South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n automobile manufacturer SsangYong Motor Company

SsangYong Motor Company

SsangYong Motor Company is the fourth largest South Korean automobile manufacturer. The name SsangYong means double dragons.SsangYong was acquired by India's Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in February 2011, after being named the preferred bidder in 2010 to acquire the bankruptcy-protected company...

, from 1993 to 2005. "Musso" means Rhinoceros in Korean.

First produced in 1993, the car was available with either a petrol 3.2-litre inline six-cylinder Mercedes-Benz M104 engine

Mercedes-Benz M104 engine

The Mercedes-Benz M104 was a straight-6 automobile engine produced from 1990 through 1999. It was a double overhead cam design with 4 valves per cylinder. It replaced the M103 and was replaced by the M112 V6 starting in 1997...

, a Mercedes-Benz M111 engine 2.3-litre inline four-cylinder petrol engine, or a Mercedes-Benz OM602 engine

Mercedes-Benz OM602 engine

The successor of the OM617 engine family was the newly developed straight-5 Diesel automobile engine OM602 from Mercedes-Benz used from 1980s up to 2002...

 five-cylinder, 2.9-litre diesel engine

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

. The car was designed by Briton

United Kingdom

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 Ken Greenley and received the Auto Design Award from the Birmingham Auto Show hosted in 1994 and 1996.