Renault Samsung Motors a major shareholder of Nissan by then. One of the very early planners for SMI has stated that technical affiliations for SMI were initially considered with Volkswagen, BMW or Honda. From 1998, Renault Samsung Motors sold cars in Chile with the introduction of the SQ5 (the current SM5). After the 2000 acquisition, Renault renamed Samsung Motors as Renault Samsung Motors (RSM). That year, the company's sales began to improve. Journalists attribute this to the success of the first car manufactured at Busan in taxi fleets (the SM5), which led to increased confidence of the model within the rest of their
Renault Samsung Motors Design Centre () was created within the facility to locally design various cars manufactured by the company. In early 2013 the design branch was renamed Renault Design Asia () and was put in charge of supervising Renault's Asian design operations. The RSM's head offices are located at Gasan-dong, Seoul, with additional administrative offices in Busan. Renault Samsung Motors has two logos: the corporate logo and the marque logo. The first is for corporate communications and is an adaptation of the Samsung Group's logo. The second is the "storm's eye" logo which is used as marque's badge and in advertising. The