I have a feeling that Mitsu's the desperate partner here. The SM7 would fill the void left by the Galant nicely, while the past-its-due-date Lancer will be eclipsed (pun intended) by the C-segment car. Being from Renault-Samsung, the cars would not be carbon copies of the Altima / Sentra, even though some dirty bits may be shared. The Galant shared elements with Avenger / Sebring and it did not show (unlike, say, the GC-"derived" Routan at VW).