Renault Samsung SM6

The Renault Samsung SM6 is a front-wheel-drive mid-size sedan that Renault Samsung Motors, later Renault Korea, officially launched in South Korea on 1 March 2016 as the successor to the SM5. Its name combines SM, for Samsung Motors, with the number 6, placing it between the SM5 and the SM7. It was developed jointly by Renault and the Korean company on the basis of the Renault Talisman, and unlike the imported QM3 it was built at the Busan plant, so Korea counts it as a domestic car. Only the sedan body was sold there, because the wagon offered on the Talisman sells poorly in the Korean market. A facelift called The New SM6 arrived in July 2020. Engines included a 1.5 litre common-rail diesel added in August 2016, a 2.0 litre MPI unit and, from April 2019, a 2.0 litre LPG version for private buyers. Production ended on 13 March 2025 and the model was removed from the maker website on 30 November 2025, closing the SM alphanumeric naming that dated from the Samsung era.