For those that don't know, it's been rehashed here a thousand times, but Nissan - under their Renault parents, partners with Samsung to produce a sister car to the Infiniti I30/35 (JDM Cefiro) called the Samsung SM5. Even the current generations are based off of the I35..

Anyway, not sure if this was posted before, but I just ran into this pic of a rally style Samsung SM5. It has the VQ25 in it (yes, 25) making about 173hp (see below).



It came from this page. Anyone speak Czech?
http://auta5p.car.cz/katalog/samsung/samsung_sm5_01.htm

From what I can make out on this page (http://auta5p.car.cz/katalog/samsung/samsung_sm5_02.htm), the regular SM5 is the same as the Maxima QX (mainly russia and the neatherlands if I recall correctly) and comes with either a 1.8l 4cyl, 2.0l V6, or a 2.5l V6 (called the SM518, 520, and 525 respectively ala BMW). It also looks like the SM518 makes 98kW which is about 130hp, with the SM520 making 107kW (143hp), and the SM525 like this rally one above making 129kW (173hp). It claims that the car only weighs about 3200lbs too.

.. Just thought it was interesting...

 

By the way, for those wondering about the Emblem in the grill...



It's kinda funky, and yes, the SM5 is manufactured in Korea.

 

The car looks good.

 

ok.. im bored.. so sue me.. I wanted to see what it would look like without the weird emblem and the blue fogs.. Gimp'd this out:

 

MUCH better after the photoshop.

how about remove the 2 large fogs and that skinny bar piece and stick a large intercooler in there

 

^calm down there buddy hahahah

 

Ok.. i got lazy and did it sloppy..



time for a late night snack...

 

excellent, now all thats left is to photochop the clothes off of the........nah jk :P

 

i like those sideskirts...

 

that thing kinda looks like the Toyta Corrola type-S... anyone else see that?

i'm pretty sure the maxima QX thats avalable in europe (saw a bunch of them in russia last summer) is the same as the US I-30 & I-35 (depending on the year)

 

i agree

headlights and grill shapes looks similar

 

Maxima QX is a hybrid of US Maxima and I35. In russia, most of them are 3.0 grey import from EU.
Recently Nissan announced that they will be switching Russia to US market line and introducing Inifiniti brand as well as starting to offcilially sell Pathfinder, Murano and Z350. Untill now you can only get grey imports of those models from Germany...
One vehicle that I still wish would make it to us is a Nissan Patrol Diesel

 

I thought the VQ20 and VQ25 have been dropped and replaced with the VQ23. Maybe that was in the Japanese market.

 

Hells yeah. I do not understand why we don't already have those. The Aussies love em.

 

http://www.nissan.ru/models/maxima/show.html?12

Here are some pics of Nissan QX and other models available in RU.
Prices on them are insane in USD:

Maxima 2.0 SE Sedan MT 28 900—$30 900
Maxima 2.0 SE Sedan AT 30 900—$32 900

Maxima 3.0 SE Sedan AT $38 495
Comes with 3yr/100,000km warranty

 

i love those beefy sideskirts

 

yea foreign car are insanely expensive in russia... try like 28K for a stripped down hondah CRV

 

those corolla type S things are pretty hideous, esp the 4x4 effect.. this samsung looks leagues better IMO. those sideskirts are very nice indeed

 

Yeah had those back home (Nissan Safari AKA Nissan Patrol) and man I wish they had it here. Those things will blow away the landcruisers, escalades etc. Pure Performance!


This SM5 looks more like the TRD version of new Camry not Corolla.

 

DAmm this car is beautiful!

Love the side skirt too!

 

looks HOT..

 

u guys like korean styles ehh... check out the curves. hmm.. it makes me think of a tiburon.
and that women on the car does not look good at all, can someone gimp her outta there with just the car in the pic? heh....

but the car is real nice tho.