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Renault Samsung Motors offer new and top-of-the-range vehicles. The brand relies on ultra-modern production facilities and a high-level R&D center.

Renault Samsung Motors in figures (2008 data) 

  • 5,598 employees, 4% of Renault group's work force
  • 119,824 vehicles sold, 5% of the Group's total sales
  • 4th in the South Korean market with 8.4% market share in 2008
  • 171 dealers in South Korea
  • A range of 5 vehicles: New SM3, SM3 CE, SM5, SM7 and QM5
    • Ranked 1st in Customer Satisfaction for 8 consecutive years (2009 Automotive Syndicated Research comparing 5 South Korean car makers)

The Busan production site 

  • Ultra-modern production facilities
  • A plant at the forefront of technology
  • Production capacity of 300,000 units/year
  • A young, well-trained work force: 4,253 people with an average age of 31
  • ISO 14 001 certification (environmental management standard) obtained in 2003 and renewed in 2006
  • Highly-automated powertrain and body-work shops and production processes

The Kihueng R&D center 

The Kihueng Renault Samsung Technical Center (RSTC) near Seoul brings together around 300 Korean, Japanese and French engineers and technicians.

 

It includes a prototype center and specialized test facilities (chassis, powertrain, emission control, electronics, safety, etc.).


A design center, recognized throughout Korea 

eMX concept car

The Creative Center, a partner for Renault’s other design centers, is the design bridgehead for the Renault group in Asia. It is also a window on the latest Asian trends.

 

Key fact: the concept car eMX Concept, presented during the Seoul Motor Show in April 2009, was the first one to be designed and engineered in Kihueng.


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