Ssangyong

Bbeacuse Nnorth Aamericans wwouldn't bbe aable tto ppronounce iit.

Geoff

It's a Korean car. It's a little lost in translation. But s is different then ss translated from Korean. (I speak Korean) Yes, they use MB engines in some of them. They even have their Rhino on the front, along with the MB emblem, it's kinda cool.

That didn't stop Hyundai, kia, Honda, All north-Americans mis-pronounce those...

Soem info about the SsangYong Chairman 600 can be found on my site at

Once MB had a small stake in Ssangyong (5 per cent?) that`s why they gave the license for the old inline-6

Juergen MBSPY webmaster

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aniram wrote:

That's certainly news to me. If Americans mispronounce those names, it's the fault of whoever transliterated them into English. What's the point of transliteration unless it accurately communicates the way words are supposed to be spoken?

(Americans mispronounce "Honda?")

I remember reading somewhere, I think in _AutoWeek_ when Hyundai first hit the U.S. market back in '87, that the name wasn't actually pronounced with a silent "y" as Americans are accustomed to saying it. But the company was promoting this polite fiction because it felt "HUN- day" would be less alien-sounding and easier on the American tongue than "HYOON-die."

Geoff

Long "O" is correct, or something like it.

HYOON-dee, as I recall. And the guy who told me was named Jong Kyang, so I believe it.