This budget SUV has an unlikely design pedigree: the original Rexton was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign, the studio behind some of Europe's most storied sports and luxury cars.
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Lead trim: Rexton 2.3 M111 petrol four (150 hp) · up to 217 hp
SsangYong Rexton Y2002001–2017
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FactThis budget SUV has an unlikely design pedigree: the original Rexton was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign, the studio behind some of Europe's most storied sports and luxury cars.
The first-generation SsangYong Rexton (Y200, also the Daewoo Rexton), a mid-size SUV styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign and related to the Mercedes-Benz M-Class (W163), was manufactured from late 2001 (the infobox gives 2001–2017; the text says the Y200 series ran from 2001 to 2006). It was available only with four-wheel drive and one of four engines: a 2.3-litre 112 kW (150 hp) petrol, a 2.7-litre 121 kW (162 hp) and 342 N·m (252 lb·ft) common-rail diesel (based on the Mercedes OM612 CDI, re-engineered by SsangYong), a 2.9-litre diesel and a 3.2-litre 162 kW (217 hp) and 310 N·m (229 lb·ft) petrol. The Daewoo-badged version was sold in certain European markets such as France until early 2003, and in June 2003 the Rexton was introduced in Europe under the SsangYong badge on a slightly extended Musso chassis with the 2.9 five-cylinder diesel (five-speed Tremec manual or four-speed BTR automatic) and the 3.2 six-cylinder petrol, adding the 2.7 XDi with a five-speed Tiptronic in 2004. The R-Line had a stronger 186 PS (402 N·m) 2.7 diesel. The page gives no per-engine years, so the trims carry the generation span.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton 2.3 M111 petrol four (150 hp) | 2001–2017 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | 150 hp | 162 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| Rexton 2.7 XDi turbo diesel five (162 hp) | 2001–2017 | 2.7 L Inline-5 | 162 hp | 252 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| Rexton 3.2 RX 320 M104 six (217 hp) | 2001–2017 | 3.2 L Inline-6 | 217 hp | 229 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
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SsangYong says the boxy Rexton Y400's design was actually inspired by the Parthenon — ancient Greek architecture informing a modern SUV's sheet metal.
This budget SUV has an unlikely design pedigree: the original Rexton was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign, the studio behind some of Europe's most storied sports and luxury cars.
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