Renault Laguna To Be Discontinued by 2010, Replaced By Nissan Teana

Hilton Holloway, contributor at AutoCar UK made the passing statement below in his latest blog entry; Death of Le Barge.

Well, the source said, the Laguna ends in 2010 and will be semi-replaced by a 4.9m-long, Renault-badged, Korean-built, Nissan-based, Samsung front-drive saloon. Though Renault doesn’t expect much demand.

It is quite obvious that there is only 1 car (OK...two) that fits the description above. The domestic South Korean market Samsung SM5 and SM7.


The SM5 and SM7 are basically similar cars with different engines, with the SM5 being powered by a 4-cylinder engine while the higher end SM7 is powered by Nissan's famed VQ series V6 engine. The rest of us outside of South Korea knows the car as Nissan Teana.



Most people know of Samsung for its electrical appliances and cellular phones, but truth is Samsung Group is a diversified conglomerate that also operating theme parks, provide financial services and even manufacture cars. Samsung Motors is now part of the greater Renault-Nissan Group. In fact, the Bluebird Slyphy, Asian Sentra, Qashqai (Dualis) were all developed by Samsung Motors. The Bluebird Sylphy and Sentra is also known as Samsung SM3 while the Qashqai is also known as the Samsung QM5.