50 Years ago: The Citroën SM – The “Concorde of the Road”
It embodied not just speed and luxury, but also a poetic confidence in technology, design, and the future.
It embodied not just speed and luxury, but also a poetic confidence in technology, design, and the future.
The SM was surprisingly in its element. I was using every inch of the road on my side of the double yellow like none of the other 140 cars on the rally could.
Many advised us to just ship it the 3,000 odd miles from Montreal to Marina Del Rey. The car only had 41,000 miles — so why tempt fate by driving it so far?
The Harpin Company in the UK loaned Harry Metcalf a SM and he provides an overview and road test that is well worth watching.
There are temperature and pressure gauges along with an assortment of buttons, knobs and switches that have some markings but will need to be verified.
Robert Opron was not a man of the grand stage and always avoided the spotlight.
Bob Deimert’s worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring “warbirds” enabled him to finance his dreams.
If nothing else, watch it for the nice SM.
Three media pieces were recently published attempting to offer fresh insight as to how the SM is perceived in 2024.
Is this a design that Robert Opron would approve if he were alive today?
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