While Korean major Hyundai is planning to sell santa fe in 2008 in India, its local peer SsangYong(Korea’s fourth largest car maker) will debut into indian market with its flagship SUV kyron next year. SsangYong will sell its kyron through Srilanka’s Micro car. Micro Cars is a car company based in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1995, Micro Car produces the Micro 800 mini-car, the Micro MPV Junior van, and the Micro Trend hatchback. Since 2006, Micro car is locally assembling SUVs in Sri Lanka in collaboration with SsangYong motors Korea. India will receive the kyron assembled in Sri Lanka in 2008. “There is a demand for quality SUVs in India,” Micro Cars Managing Director Lawrence Perera told. Micro cars has already sent test vehicles to India and received “very good” response, he said, adding Micro Cars would export its locally assembled Kyron SUVs to India in 2008. SsangYong Kyron is powered by Mercedesebenz 3rd Generation common rail 2.0L engines and transmission is through 5-speed automatic tiptronic.
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