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SsangYongIstana

1995–2014 South Korea Minivan 20 production years
Production1995–2014
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassMinivan
Also known asDaewoo Istana
Background

The SsangYong Istana is a 2, 9, 12 and 15 seater minivan and minibus based on the Mercedes-Benz MB100 'Bus' variant. It comes with most of the options of the MB100 as well. The word Istana is a Malay word for Palace or Castle, which is the name of the presidential residences in both Singapore and Indonesia.

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

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1995–2003; 2004–2014

Discrete sourced production/model years; omitted years are intentional gaps, not an implied continuous run.

Wikipedia infobox ↗20 years