Samsung SM3 Spy Photos

Because the president/CEO of Samsung is a car fanatic, it had always been a dream of his to add a Samsung Automobiles to his ever growing company. Why not? There's Samsung everything in Korea. Samsung electronics, insurances, heavy industries, constructions, and semiconductor to name just a few. So Samsung established Samsung Automobiles division in the late 90's and came out with a passenger car, SM3. The car itself was decent and competitive, but the financial situation in Asia was horrible at that time and as a result, Samsung Automobiles branch failed to survive on its own and was sold to Renault. And it was renamed Samsung-Renault in Korea, and Samsung still has some shares in the company. Although the name "Samsung-Renault" is strictly used in Korean domestic market, the cars themselves are rebadge engineered cars from Renault-Nissan platforms.

For those of you who want to learn more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Samsung_Motors