The 2025 Taegojo Althea is the latest in a 35+ year old nameplate from Taegojo, a leading automaker in South Korea. Historically an executive sedan, the latest model combines rugged crossover qualities with the traditional saloon elegance the Althea is known for. Although this is far in the future, the current plans for the car are a transverse-layout with either naturally aspirated, turbocharged, or hybrid inline-4 engines as well as a fully EV model, all of which are available with front/all-wheel drive. Dimensionally, it fits between the contemporary Toyota Crown and Hyundai Grandeur/Azera. The Althea will have a conventional 5-seat layout and a traditional saloon trunk as opposed to a hatch. Also in consideration is utilizing a V6/turbocharged V6 engine powerplant for higher trim levels, although with the inclusion of turbo 4s this might be excessive choice. Spoiler: Update 11/29/2023 I'm on track for 1 post per month, which is impressive—a few big changes are being made. First off, I'm finalizing the name because I can. The car is called the Taegojo Althea — "Taegojo" after "Great High Tide" (대고조 or 大高潮) using the McCune–Reischauer Romanization system. Using the contemporary Revised Romanization of Korean, the named would be Romanized as Daegojo, for anyone concerned in advance. "Althea" gets its namesake from the common name of Hibiscus syriacus, the national flower of South Korea, where it is known as mugunghwa (무궁화). Secondly, I decided to completely re-model the vehicle's exterior since I felt the vision for the previous model was stronger initially than what it had evolved into. The new model is simultaneously more stately and more rugged, visibly skirting the lines between an executive saloon and crossover. There is greater intention behind body lines, placement of light fixtures, greenhouse shape, etc. The interior also sees slight changes over the previous one. Spoiler: Update 10/13/2023 Another monthly update incoming... The body has been separated into its respective parts at this stage, which means.... The chassis has been modelled! Work on the interior has also began, with the dashboard design a W.I.P. I'm still working out some of the kinks in the design (notably the misshapen front bumper-fender nexus) so hopefully the next update will have some model refinement and additional details. Spoiler: Update 9/25/2023 Quick mini-update for today. It took me a while to really dial in the proportions, so that's currently where this sits — I decided to make the shape more car-like, and this particular variant wears body-colored trim pieces for a less rugged look. The styling elements are also designed to be wider and sportier—meanwhile, thank god I chose to use a new paint shader, as the old one was definitely just giving crusty. In private, I'm working on getting a dashboard design down, and soon I hope to flesh out and separate some of the body parts (doors, hood, bumpers, etc). Although continued feedback is appreciated at this stage, I likely will ignore most comments on the overall body shape of the vehicle. Spoiler: Original Post 9/21/2023 Hey, I'm making a return to attempt a new mod — this time, I'm attempting to create a scratch-made design. The design itself a very early stage currently so please be kind.
Current name means devotion or old shoes in Korean. I think you need to change its name for Youngshin or other name not related to normal nouns in Korean. Most of the elder industrial company concl Doosan and Samsung don't use normal nouns for its name.
No, this is supposed to be a production model with relatively radical styling. I realize there's still work to do in order to make the car more street-legal i.e. larger taillights and more prominent bumpers. I appreciate the feedback and am definitely taking it into consideration. Although I still want to research and pick a name on my own I would be grateful for any input you may have. I'm trying to find names based on Hanja idioms. Right now I'm thinking of Sangdong 생동 (生動) which comes from the idiom 生動生動 and on it's own seems to mean "lively" or "life and movement." Let me know if this would be applicable in this situation.
Quick mini-update for today. It took me a while to really dial in the proportions, so that's currently where this sits — I decided to make the shape more car-like, and this particular variant wears body-colored trim pieces for a less rugged look. The styling elements are also designed to be wider and sportier—meanwhile, thank god I chose to use a new paint shader, as the old one was definitely just giving crusty. In private, I'm working on getting a dashboard design down, and soon I hope to flesh out and separate some of the body parts (doors, hood, bumpers, etc). Although continued feedback is appreciated at this stage, I likely will ignore most comments on the overall body shape of the vehicle.
Yeah, even though this car, the Chignchong Dingdong is from South Korea. Although those places aren’t too far from each other, that doesn’t really matter in car culture (look at Germany and France, how different their vehicles look)
Another monthly update incoming... The body has been separated into its respective parts at this stage, which means.... The chassis has been modelled! Work on the interior has also began, with the dashboard design a W.I.P. I'm still working out some of the kinks in the design (notably the misshapen front bumper-fender nexus) so hopefully the next update will have some model refinement and additional details.
