QM 3 Cannes Blue ( Renault Samsung ) Renault Samsung , a Korean arm of French automaker Renault , began to sell this month a special limited edition of QM 3 Cannes Blue with a discount of up to 1 million won ( $ 870 ) for the summer season , the company said Sunday . From July to August , the automaker will offer 500 units of QM 3 Cannes Blue , the brand ‘ s third color revolution following the previous versions of Sonic Red and Chocolat Brown .   The company said the QM 3 Cannes Blue ’ s strong Cannes blue body and black roof harmonized with its external chrome fittings . The decoration was designed to be reminiscent of the car ’ s namesake resort town on the French Riviera . The special blue edition is 1 million won down from the original price because of the tariff reduction from the Korea - EU free trade agreement , which was applied to all trims of the QM 3 . Cannes Blue ’ s LE trim , targeting young and trendy consumers , costs 22 . 9 million won and the RE trim sells for 23 . 9 million won . “ We hope the special edition of QM 3 Cannes Blue would be a cool breeze in this year ‘ s small sport - utility vehicle market , ” said Lee Ki - sun , a manager of Renault Samsung ’ s production marketing . Renault Samsung sold more than 23 , 000 units in the global market in June , up 37 percent from the same period of last year . By Shin Ji - hye ( shinjh @ heraldcorp . com ) <ⓒ KoreaHerald ( www . koreaherald . com ) 무단 전재 및 재 배포 금지 >