2024 Ssangyong Torres SUV timing confirmed! Toyota RAV4, Subaru Forester and Hyundai Tucson rival lands soon, but will it come with a SsangYong or KG Mobility badge?

SsangYong has revealed that its Torres mid-sized SUV will finally arrive in Australia by the middle of 2024.

Not only that, the brand's local arm confirmed that it will stick with the SsangYong badge and not adopt the KG Mobility name that is replacing it globally.

Speaking to CarsGuide, SsangYong Australia’s Public Relations Manager John Taylor disclosed when the Subaru Forester and Hyundai Tucson rival will arrive. 

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“The SsangYong Torres will be launched here mid-year 2024, exact timing is yet to be confirmed,” Taylor said.

The Torres has long-been destined for Australia with expectations for it to arrive in 2023. The mid-size SUV has recently gone on sale in the United Kingdom where it’s available with a 1.5-litre petrol engine or, in the case of the Torres EVX, a fully electric powertrain. 

The five-seat SUV measures 5700mm long and has a new, tough, almost Jeep-like look for the brand which, in the UK, is now known as KGM or KG Mobility.

A high-end looking cabin with a large 12.3-inch media display will feature in the Torres along with a 'floating' centre console.

The five-seat SUV measures 5700mm long and has a new, tough, almost Jeep-like look for the brand which, in the UK, is now known as KGM or KG Mobility.

Back at the start of 2023 SsangYong’s new Group CEO Kwak Jae-sun said the company would change its name to KG Mobility. 

"The name - SsangYong Motor - has a fandom with good memories, but it also has a painful image," he said.

"From now, all SsangYong cars will come out to the world under the name of KG."

SsangYong had been through some challenging times and faced bankruptcy more than once as it was sold from one new owner to the next - the previous parent company being Mahindra before the KG Group bought it in 2022.

A high-end looking cabin with a large 12.3-inch media display will feature in the Torres along with a 'floating' centre console.

Australia, however, has been given a special allowance, it appears, to stay with the SsangYong badge - at least for the time being.

“We will continue as SsangYong Australia for the foreseeable future with no plans to rebrand at this stage,” he said.

Pricing for the SsangYong Torres has yet to be announced but in the UK it costs about the same as Hyundai Tucson. Following this logic Australian buyers can expect the petrol front-wheel entry-grade Torres to list for about $40,000, while the electric Torres EVX could be close to $55,000.

The brand also has an electric ute planned, but timing for its Australian arrival has yet to be confirmed.