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Samsung made a car in the 90s called "the Chairman," but it's been memoryholed
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 01/10/25 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 01/10/25 |
| Wilbur Mercer, permanently embarrassed millionaire | 01/10/25 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 01/10/25 |
| Wilbur Mercer, permanently embarrassed millionaire | 01/10/25 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 01/10/25 |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 4:43 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK It may have been vaporware, although they claimed to rolled out a working prototype. The specs were sick. The problem was that the rollout was all being announced in the late 90s when the Korean economy was collapsing, and all the other Korean car manufacturers had yuge lots of unsold inventory. Samsung had to hit dat edit real fast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662166&forum_id=2...id.#48540774) |
Date: January 10th, 2025 4:45 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Samsung_SM5 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662166&forum_id=2...id.#48540778) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 4:54 PM Author: Wilbur Mercer, permanently embarrassed millionaire (Safari) Do orientals pronounce this "somsoong" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662166&forum_id=2...id.#48540807) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 6:22 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK I was wrong. Another Korean company called Ssangyong released "The Chairman" around that time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Chairman
That may still have been a Samsung product on some level. But the name says Ssangyong |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:37 PM Author: Wilbur Mercer, permanently embarrassed millionaire (Safari) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662166&forum_id=2...id.#48541259) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 8:19 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Holy shit I remember this at the time:
"The first generation chairman was built on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W124) platform,[citation needed] but styled more like a modernized W140 S-Class.[citation needed] Coincidentally, the design also foretold that of the upcoming W220 S-Class, which led to some consternation at the German company."
In retrospect, this is the only reason I ever heard anything about this. The scuttlebut was that there had been some yuge corporate espionage scandal, and this car was stacked with knockoff Mercedes technology that not even Chrysler was supposed to have. Who knows what the fuck "Ssangyong" even is/was? Looks like a front. The company only made SUVs, then all of a sudden it releases a fake-but-real Mercedes. I've written separately about how I just happened to be in Korea when the economy collapsed and the Won lost half its value in a day. I think "Samsung" disclaimed all association with this car and said "we're not ever making cars, ever. No sir." But then this car still existed somehow. Someone had to design it. |