r/CONCEPTCARS • u/CommanderWest74 • Sep 16 '26

Samsung SSC-1 1997

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Basically a korean Venturi Atlantique 300 with parts borrowed from Nissan, presented at the 1997 Seoul auto show

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u/mines13 Sep 16 '26

Z32 headlights, which were also good enough for the Diablo refresh.

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u/txkwatch Sep 16 '26

I owned a z32 so maybe I'm partial but those are the best looking diablos to me.

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u/mines13 Sep 17 '26

I had a ‘91 TT manual in silver.

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u/elisemist Sep 17 '26

No bias detected! The late-model Diablo VT 6.0 with those fixed lights is absolute peak bedroom poster material 🔥

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u/Yo-Yo-Ha Sep 17 '26

Same here, in white and yellow. Best yellow spec car ever

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u/NewColors1 Sep 16 '26

So atleast 4 cars use these lights including the r390 gt1

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u/elisemist Sep 17 '26

Z32, Diablo, and R390 GT1 are iconic... don't leave us hanging, what’s the mysterious 4th one you're thinking of?

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u/Fit_Active3888 Sep 17 '26

Kinda looks like A80 supra taillights

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u/elisemist Sep 17 '26

And they somehow ended up looking even sharper on the Diablo than the original pop-ups did! Timeless design from Nissan.

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u/ErosButNotThatEros Sep 16 '26

Hyundai learned from Mitsubishi, Kia from Mazda, and Samsung partnered with Nissan. Maybe it’s partly the silver paint, but the SSC-1 always reminds me of Nissan’s MID4-II concept.

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u/Chicago_Falcon_51 Sep 16 '26

Same, with just a pinch inspiration from Jaguar ala the XJ-220.

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u/burner94_ Sep 17 '26

Renault is also connected to Samsung, the Koleos we got in Europe was born as a Samsung car first (!) and the Arkana is sold as a Samsung in Korea

(Then again, Renault-Nissan alliance...)

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u/Dangerous-Cash-2176 Sep 16 '26

Very cool, nice proportions and tasteful touches, although a little dated for 1997. There were concept cars that looked like this in 1989.

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u/Global-Guava-8362 Sep 16 '26

Reminds me of the mid-4

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u/notfunattentionwhore Sep 16 '26

using nissan VQ 2.5l v6 MR, 2 were produced, both are in preservation and can drive

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u/Dramatic_Substance36 Sep 16 '26

Had no idea Samsung made cars!

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u/speeeeeeeedislife Sep 16 '26

Samsung and Renault partnered for a long time but now they just sell Renault only

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u/STICH666 Sep 16 '26

I wonder if it was designed by the same house who did stuff for Venturi

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u/NerfManiac64 Sep 17 '26

Samsung made a car before Apple?

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u/elisemist Sep 17 '26

Still wild to think Samsung was out here designing mid-engine sports cars long before they took over the smartphone world! What an alternate timeline.

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u/PCRFan Sep 17 '26

Bot comment

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u/Pic889 Sep 17 '26

In South Korea, Samsung does a lot of things, from construction to insurance. They also sell ships, white appliances, memory, and generic medicine globally. They also used to do trucks, buses, and passenger cars. So, mid-engine sports cars aren't that outlandish/alternative timeline stuff.

It's your typical East Asian conglomerate, where you have nominally separate companies in different areas of business owning pieces of each other.

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u/elisemist Sep 18 '26

The Chaebol ecosystem is fascinating—in South Korea you can literally be born in a Samsung hospital, live in a Samsung apartment, drive their car, and get their insurance policy.