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SsangYongChairman

1997–2017 South Korea Full-size luxury car 21 production years
Record depthReference-ready→ ComparePlace beside another car⇄
Production1997–2017
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassFull-size luxury car
Background

The SsangYong Chairman is a full-size luxury car that was manufactured by South Korean automaker SsangYong from 1997 to 2017. The original model was renamed Chairman H in 2008, with a new model introduced in the same year and designated Chairman W.

Text adapted from “SsangYong Chairman” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1997–2017

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗21 years
Production timeline

1997–2017

199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
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