SsangYong calls its new crossover the Tivoli

SsangYong Motor Company CEO, Yoo Il Lee, has announced the name of the company’s all new B-segment crossover – the Tivoli.

The model, which has been known as X100 up until now, was last previewed with the firm's XIV-Air and XIV-Adventure concepts at the Paris Motor Show in October. The B-Segment SUV will be unveiled in Korea in January next year.

The Mahindra Group-owned SsangYong says the car has been in development for three years, with its name taken from the Italian city of Tivoli. The car is described as being an "urban dynamic SUV with the best interior quality in its class."

New official design sketches have revealed the exterior and interior styling of the model, showing the production car will remain true to the XIV-Air and XIV-Adventure concept cars.

Under development for the past three years, the Tivoli will be launched in Korea in January 2015.

Together with its name, SsangYong has also revealed the latest rendered images of the car’s exterior and interior. The exterior features the look of a dynamic, urban SUV with a modern silhouette, and embracing the rhythmical motion of SsangYong’s new design language.

The interior offers the modernity of a luxurious living space, with a stylish and contemporary look. Designed to offer driver and passengers easy connectivity to their IT devices, it also brings style, practicality and plenty of storage space.

The new car takes its name from Tivoli, the Italian town near Rome with a reputation for style. Noted for its cultural heritage and beautiful location, the gardens at Villa d’Este have inspired many others to use the name, including the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.  The new model gives the car an international standing, while complementing SsangYong’s heritage as a specialist SUV brand.

SsangYong has worked intensively on both design and product quality for this new car, using extensive analytical market research to create a new compact SUV that will set the trend in this segment of the car market.  The Tivoli will go on sale in Korea in January and globally during the second quarter of 2015. 

SsangYong expects to sell 100,000 units annually of the new Tivoli, and describes the car as being intended "to create a close and emotive connection with customers". It will sit below the current Korando in SsangYong's line-up.