Revamp smartens up the Korando

IT is something of an irony that both this week’s test cars are made by companies whose futures were secured as a result of investment from Indian motor conglomerates.

In the case of Jaguar, it was Tata that stumped up the cash, but for Korean outfit SsangYong, it was a company called Mahindra and Mahindra that saved the day.

As a result of their intervention in 2011, SsangYong was taken out of bankruptcy and an immediate injection of funds resulted in a swift revitalisation of its fortunes with money being made avail able to revamp the company’s model line-up, consisting the Kyron, Rexton, Rodius and the car we test here, the Korando.