Re-booted brand's new affordable ute and hybrid SUV plans laid bare: KGM details full range of upcoming products as it sheds SsangYong name and looks to replace the Rexton and Musso to better rival Geely, MG, and BYD

KGM — formerly called SsangYong —plans to launch seven new vehicles by 2030, including new versions of some familiar vehicles.

The company announced its next product will be a large SUV, a production version of the concept once code-named SE10 but now code-named F100, which appears to be a successor to the current Rexton. 

This will be followed by an off-road focused KR10, the concept of which celebrates the Willy’s Jeep-inspired styling (and heritage) of the original Korando.

Slides from a presentation the brand showed have both vehicles landing in 2025 - 2026. Importantly, the F100 will be the brand’s first joint-venture vehicle with China’s Chery, which KGM promises is more than just a platform-share, and a true co-development.

The F100’s rugged new platform underpinnings is also expected to spawn a successor to the cult hit Musso ute only shown in concept art sketches so far. It has seemingly Ford F150-inspired styling with more familiar KGM design points around the tray.

This ute is expected to serve as a larger product under the brand’s Musso line, which has now split into a sub-brand spearheaded by the new Musso EV, an SUV-based electric ute based on the same platform as the Torres mid-size SUV.

The Musso EV is already on-sale in its South Korean home market, and the brand recently announced its first exports to Europe are underway. The brand has confirmed it is earmarked for an Australian arrival, although has yet to lock-in timing.

It stands a chance to be the first non-ladder frame electric ute offered Down Under, although it looks as though it may face competition from Geely’s Radar RD6 in the near future.

KGM also announced it was developing range-extender hybrid technology to build on its recently introduced hybrid Torres and Actyon. 

The Torres and Actyon hybrids are yet to launch in Australia, although combustion versions of the Actyon are due imminently. There is no word on the fully electric Torres EVX, despite it being confirmed for Australia in 2024.