Renault Samsung QM3

The Renault Samsung QM3 is a subcompact sport utility vehicle, the fifth model of Renault Samsung Motors and a badge-engineered version of the first-generation Renault Captur. The production Captur was shown at the Geneva motor show in March 2013, the Korean version appeared at the Seoul motor show that month, and pre-orders opened in November 2013 with 1,000 cars first on sale. It shares its front-wheel-drive platform with the Renault Clio and Nissan Juke and uses the 90 horsepower K9K 1.5 litre common-rail diesel. Unlike the maker sedans it was built at the Renault plant in Spain and imported through Busan, so Korea classified it as an import. A facelifted New QM3 arrived in July 2017. In December 2014 it received the lowest grade, 5, in the Korean new car safety assessment even though the Captur earned five stars from Euro NCAP, a gap attributed to differences in test methods. It was discontinued in November 2019 and replaced by the second-generation Captur in May 2020.