Ssangyong Rexton

The Ssangyong Rexton DKR has been unveiled a month before it enters the 2019 Dakar Rally. Apart from the badges and doors, the Rexton DKR seems to share very little with the showroom-ready Rexton. The race car's body is welded to a chrome-molybdenum multi-tubular chassis. The Rexton DKR is powered by a V8 petrol engine generating around 335kW of power. Weighing around 1900kg, the Rexton DKR can reportedly complete the 0-100km/h standard in 4.4 seconds, and hit a top speed of 195km/h.

Indian automaker, Mahindra is preparing a new model onslaught in the next three years, with an array of products set to strengthen its lineup in Australia and around the world. The first new product for Mahindra will arrive in the form of a compact SUV to be positioned below the current seven-seat XUV500 and use a platform provided by the Ssangyong Tivoli, set to appear in the next 12 to 18 months.

The next-generation Ssangyong Rexton has been revealed on the Korean automaker's social media pages. Due to have its in-the-flesh debut at the upcoming Seoul motor show, the new Rexton has so far gone by the codename Y400, and will be sold in its home market as the Ssangyong G4 Rexton. According to Autocar, the new vehicle will do without the G4 appellation throughout much of the rest of the world.

The first official sketches of the upgraded Ssangyong Rexton have been released ahead of the large SUV’s unveiling at next week’s 2012 Busan motor show in South Korea. Appearing significantly more modern and sophisticated, the new Rexton looks set to take a massive step forward from the dated design of the current model.