SM Perception in 2024
Three media pieces were recently published attempting to offer fresh insight as to how the SM is perceived in 2024.
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?
Produced by two Dutch filmmakers, Project S, reflects on the creation of the SM and the power of good design.
In celebration of Motor Trend’s 75th anniversary, the publication chose to highlight what they feel was a milestone in automotive design and engineering in 1972.
French manufacturers are famous for novel and thoughtful solutions in automotive engineering and design.
At the end of it two SMs morph in the Concorde!
Some forgotten and sometimes surprising wrecks, like this Citroën SM, were discovered a few meters from the old shore.
Although we question their conclusion that the Dyane is “twice the car a 2CV is”, both articles are good reads.
Jeremy Clarkson points out to Richard Hammond the giant stop warning light in the SM, which happens to be on, along with the alternator and oil pressure light, which begs the question, why would you drive the car with these lights on?
A very rare forerunner to the Maserati Quadraporte II, with just a couple of Citroën components, was offered for sale today by RM | Sotheby’s in Le Castellet, France.
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