Citroën SM: The Future, Half A Century Ago
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- The #Citroën SM has often been called "the Concorde for the road," and I believe that's a very fitting analogy.
Like the legendary supersonic jetliner, the Citroën SM was conceived in unrepeatable circumstances, a demonstration of technological supremacy that would sadly prove rather vain. The SM soon became a victim of the changing times, leaving enthusiasts wondering what could have been.
This video celebrates the #design and #history of one of the greatest automobiles France has ever built.
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Ahhhhh.... SM. For many years, I had a 1972 US spec 3.0L carb 5 sp. My wife said "Never thought we could do 120MPH, while sitting in the living room "LOL. It joined a 1969 DS21 Pallas & a '68 DS21 Break.
Wow, that's super-cool. Do you still own any classic Citroen today?
@@Matteo_Licata Sold the SM in 2012. That was the last car in the collection. Bit sad, but OK. Bought my DS Break in 1982. Owned some classic cars, as well. Between being busy with my own business, as well as age, put a close to that chapter. Sold them all between 2005-2012 - and yea, I miss them all....
I think the SM even after all these years is still futuristic looking.
5:18 I love how the car in the background is reversing at such a high speed... 🤣
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Mad Italians being totally Italian in cars. Love it.
Thought I was seeing things for a second !!! 😂
that's normal in Italy.
Even I'm not a Citroën fan , i have to admit...the SM is a real Masterpiece in design and engineering...pitty Citroën lost his identity. I still remember the first time i see the car at the Brussels motorshow, ( 1971) , i was just 14 years old. Many many years later...itvstill bring back the memory of how i felt that day. Some cars never get theyre mage out of my brain. The SM is surely one of them.🤩
I remember being totally stunned by the SM in the seventies as a teenager. Now I'm 60 and I am still blown away by this truly amazing car.
I'm convinced that one day, Citroen was THE brand to have! DS, GS, SM, even 2CV were cars that made us stop at the sidewalk and look at them. At least, every time I look for one of these brands, I cannot be indiferent to them. And the SM is one of them.
Citroen has a heritage that's truly unique. Not that many models, but each of them a masterpiece that left an indelible mark.
@@Matteo_Licata and idiot tavares is willing to throw the heritage away.
right now citroen position in psa=dacia.... one of family jewels (ds) were stolen , separated as standalone marque.
r.i.p. "hydra".
honestly, last good citroen is before pugot took over.
i bet andre would be disapointed.
@@Unknown-jl7mg although from a pure marketing point of view it made no sense to have the upmarket DS brand a part of citroen and Citroen is still far from being the Dacia of PSA. As much as I’m sad to see hydractive gone it still is very good to see Citroen return to their roots on comfort oriented cars. Lastly I think Citroen has to start a heritage program to supply spare parts for its past legends to keep them on the road for as long as ever possible
Fantastic car, one of my all time favourites. I put it in a similar catagory to the Alfa Montreal, both based heavily on older chassis designs but with magnificent engines and styling. The interior of the SM is simply incredible. Love it. Thanks Matteo.
Thank you, glad you like it! The Montreal often gets mentioned alongside the SM, as both cars went after a similar market and suffered especially badly the '73 oil crisis. Which one I'd rather have? Tough choice...
@@Matteo_Licata Both...if we had deep enough pockets.
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The green Montreal belongs to a garagista I know....still in factory paint....beautiful
I think that no one could give a more suitable title for a video about the Citroën SM!
This avant-garde, state of the art timeless machine, has been a pleasure to every sense, for anyone even remotely interested in cars and design.
This is not a car. This is a timeless symbol, portraiting the willingness of people to evolve to a higher level, through technology, design, art and good taste.
Unmatchable piece of engineering.
Spectacular video, thank you.
Thank you very much and I very much agree with your sentiment. The SM truly represent an aspiration towards a higher level, in pretty much everything.
Working in Bradford, UK a few years ago, I drove past a small garage which specialises in classic Citröens. Sitting outside was a beautifully restored DS and an equally beautiful SM. Work was forgotten for 1/2 hour...!
This car is so very special in every single detail. Last saturday I had the opportunity to see one in reality and I was absolute baffled how beautiful it looks in real life, much more beautiful as on the pictures. Thank you for the lovely video.
Indeed, it is a truly fascinating automobile, every aspect of it is somewhat special. Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Beautiful car, captured on film perfectly to convey the engineering elegance and effortless style that only the best car designers could find, even in the 60s.
Thank you for another fine video.
Thank you very much indeed. This video has been a labor of love for me, so I'm happy you appreciate it so much!
Wow that is one amazing futuristic looking car. Can't believe it was from 1970!
I adore the SM Matteo. That period of time when Citroen & Maserati were partners was magical.
Yes indeed. Seven short years, but years in which much unforgettable automobile history has been written!
@@Matteo_Licata Oh what could have & should have been.
Only if you have had the fortune of driving a Citroen of that era can you understand the immensity of their engineering. Not even a Rolls was as comfortable.
Very true!!!
Such a beautiful, unique automobile. I want a garage full of vintage Citroens so badly.
Me too :)
Remember seeing a few of these cars here in Ireland back in the 70s..lovely car !
This is what I would buy if I won the lottery.
Me too, one to have in a theoretical classics collection, plenty with Alfas ad at least one DS.
You'd need another lottery win for repair bills.
@@DanielCurti ❤️
Saw one in gold today, made my day - where is the optimism now?
Wonderful video of a stupendous car.
I drove two Australian conversions to right hand drive here in Sydney.
A white 1973 EFI on my 21st birthday in 1974 and a deep iridescent blue 1972 that car club member Bruce Scott-Smith converted to RHD. Huge fun on a run down the Southern Highlands and fang through the Kiama Bends.
Love the comparison to the Concorde which also suffered with the rise in fuel prices.
I had the privilege on one London to New York Flight in July 1979 in 3 hrs 23 minutes and Mach 2.02 at 58,000 feet gazing into the deep indigo of space. Fabulous.
Wow... The experience of flying with Concorde must have been fan-bleedin-tastic!
I didn't know that people attempted RHD conversions of SMs, that must have involved one hell of a lot of work... Wonder how they did it!
I believe 23 were converted to Right Hand Drive. 21 in Australia. Very complex job and reverse mould of dashboard was made. 2 Sydney Citroen Car Club members converted SMs. 4 of the earlier ones were done by a Sydney engineering works. The balance were brought in from the US to refurbished and some converted by Australian Racing Car Driver Peter McLeod. Some had glass over the fixed 4 US headlights.
Another great car to feature. The SM is so lovely and still looks so modern today. I’ve always loved classic Citroëns... Really enjoy your videos.
Truly a magnificent car that feels so modern when you ride in it... The comfort and silence, the sense of sure-footed roadholding... All these aspects feel almost contemporary, yet with a charm and class that's regrettably absent from most cars today.
Amizing video, Matteo. And what to say about the SM? A true dream car with an outstanding style! Perfect example of elegance and beauty!
Couldn't agree more!
Some say that SM stands for Sa Majeste which translates to "from the majesty" , others say it stands for Sado Machochism because of the overly complicated and stuffed engine bay that drove most mechanics into despair! Lol. Still a master piece by Robert Opron and I love that the name Maserati was not sweeped under the rug like other engine makers in modern cars but displayed proudly on the cylinder head covers.
The most beautiful car ever...except maybe for the E Type Jaguar. The Citroen was more sophisticated. A great review of a majestic car thank you 👍
Glad you liked it!
It's TRUE!
Citroën is such a cool, original car maker. Even today with all those homogenous car manufacturers Citroën always has one or two models in the market that are just a bit different and cool.
The SM is really an extraordinary car of its time
The SM was the only car at the time that was designed in a wind tunnel. I had a voice teacher whose son had one. She said it was really smooth riding (specialized shocks) and sitting in it was like sitting on your living room couch it was that comfortable.
I like this unpretentious informative video about this iconic automobile, including the voice which is well understandable - thank u!!
Thank you! I aspire to create unpretentious and informative content indeed, and I'm glad I've managed it well :)
Not many like my voice (including myself) but I'm glad you do!
Aspetta, questa è quella che vedo da una vita a Pinerolo! Oh, lucky you, whoever you are, heroic owner.
I wrote it already at another Video (i think it was about the Citroen CX) - you made an outstanding job here. The Videos show so much passion and love for cars, and you set it in the atmosphere that they deserve. It´s a real pleasure to watch the Videos and hear your Storys about the cars - please keep on in that quality, you did it absolutely right. Greetings from Germany
Wow, this makes my day :)
Thank you very much for your kind words, it's great to hear you enjoy so much my creative work, and it fills me with motivation to do more and better!
the most sophisticated grand tourer ever made
Indeed! 👍
a unique design icon like the concorde
Very nice - I love this! Thank you again for your post
Thank you too! Glad you like it!
Its like a spaceship from the tv show battle star ...beautiful ..
the SM was not only excellent and innovative, but it was also (as we can see here) very videogenic. In "César et Rosalie" we see how Yves Montand's character develops from an uncouth businessman to something more sophisticated, while he dumps his Plymouth Fury 3 and gets an SM. And in "The Longest Yard" Burt Reynolds demolishes an SM, showing both how completely crazy he is, but also how (driven well) an SM can out-handle most other cars.
I'll have to check out "César et Rosalie," then! Thanks for the suggestion.
Yes, my friend's SM shows up fantastic in camera... And I'm not surprised: he loves that car and treats it like fine china!
The Alfa Romeo dealer in Houston was also a Citroen dealer and I drove one of these SM back in 1972. The ride was superb and it was really a mid-engine in a front engine car with all the drive accessories being driven off of a front drive shaft to the accessories which were mounted on the front cross member. It was really superior engineering and futuristic styling for sure. It was not a fast car though by any means. But then the DS citrans were very, very slow. One spoke steering wheel was unique and 5 speed shifted well.
Cool! Did those cars sell well in the area? Relatively speaking, of course, given we’re talking small numbers anyway
so beautiful
Work of art, pure and simple.
Indeed, very true!
Such a classy design!!! Concorde yes I agree 1st again!!!
It's just a magnificent car!
Timeless car. Very beautiful, and i think very much comfort.😇
It really is!
Stunning! I can't be the only one who wants a test drive in one of these automotive works of art. 😁
Thanks, what a wonderful car. I don’t think I have ever seen one in real life. Italy is looking good, sunny, great visibility and mountains.
Thank you! Yes, we've been very lucky with the weather these days, and the footage was some 35-40 Km from Turin, closer to the mountains, which provided an excellent backdrop :)
Selon moi, la plus belle des Citroën!
La Panda a 5:12 viene nettamente battuta dalla Y che ritorna al futuro in retromarcia a 5:18 😂
Quando ho fatto girare il filmato all'inverso, non ho proprio notato il traffico sullo sfondo... :)
😂 1st time I drove in Italy I understood you could pass the green light for sure, but orange is still acceptable. Red is acceptable too if there s not cars or you are too late and there aren't Carabineri ( except if it s Luigi the cousin of my uncle!)
But in 160km/h on autostrada all people know how to drive. In North America the left way is considered like another way and driving at 80 km/h is legal so no pb! DANGEROUS
I love it! I've always wanted one. I live in San Francisco and occasionally see a few very very sorry examples for sale. It might be heresy, but I always thought they would make a great EV conversion candidate - the drag coefficient is less than a Prius, I believe. Maybe when I have infinite money.
BTW - Your videos have always been very high quality, but they seem to have gotten better! Keep it up!
I'm with you on the electric conversion idea, it's futuristic design just begs for it.
I wouldn't be against an EV conversion, if the base car isn't a good one to begin with. After all, it would make it easier to run and upkeep, especially there in the USA.
@@Matteo_Licata Any car that has virtually No grill is a prime design revival as an EV ..and Citroen has many.
A Citroën video is of course always welcome. We recently discussed the Alfa Spider's behind but this is probably another case in which we disagree. Although the SM is indeed one of the great Citroëns (it's on 3rd place in my list) I have always thought that it's backside is a bit heavy handed. I think it would have looked better if it would have ended closer behind the back wheels, probably at half the existing length. There are however very strong SM genes in the shape of the XM so I am not complaining too hard. :-)
What a beautiful car, I really love the narrow rear end, such a unique desing. Nice landscape, too! And a great video as well! Ciao 🙋♂️
Glad you enjoyed it, as I think this is perhaps my best video yet :)
I really hope this will do well, as it's been a true labor of love
@@Matteo_Licata Great video indeed. The only thing I missed a little bit was some engine sound 😉
@@gearhead9828 You know what? The SM, in most driving conditions, doesn't sound like much. If you don't mash the throttle, there's little to suggest there's an Italian engine under the hood... And its owner is so careful with it that I didn't feel like urging him to give it the beans!
@@Matteo_Licata Thanks, good to know. Looking forward to the V4 Lancia videos, great engine. And driving roads in Italia, can't get any better 👍👍
@@gearhead9828 Glad you like my ideas for this channel's future :)
I really hope we'll get some of our freedom back for this summer, so I'll be able to shoot those videos :) I'm considering buying a small drone for those too, already selected the model...
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Great car, great video
Glad you like it!
Thank you again, Matteo, for an informative and great video.
and As Alfa Romeo being my favorit brand, Citroen is a good # 2. The SM have to be a real grand tourer, for crossing continents with.
Imagine that as they where producing this advanced car (and the CX and the GS), they produced the simple 2CV at the same time
The humble 2CV is said to have actually generated most of Citroen's profits during the 50s and 60s. Citroen and Alfa definitely are my favorite brands too, as the content of this channel clearly shows :)
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for your report of this last great Citroën! Especially grandiose in golden metallic color.
Thank you too, glad you liked it!
La SM (Sua Maestà) è un perfetto equilibrio tra eleganza e sportività e dire che è bellissima ....è poco !
Eh si, proprio vero!
Great cars so advanced for the time of their manufacture. Superb!
Thank you! Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
I really love this usage of original footage!
Thank you very much! I'm keen on using as much of my own original footage as possible, for this channel's future.
Un'altra eccellente recensione. 👏
Grazie Mille!
Beautiful presentation, thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@@Matteo_Licata All the way from San Diego, California, CHEERS!
@@Matteo_Licata Are you Italian/Russian with that accent?
Italian :)
The footage was filmed in northwerstern Italy, and the SM belongs to a friend :)
Welcome to the channel!
@@Matteo_Licata Ah, good to know I got the accent correct :) I wish I could visit Italy :(
Great!!! 🖖😊 love the SM!
Me too!
Isn't it an idea to do a video about Robert Opron? I mean, his credentials are pretty great: SM, GS, CX, DS restyle, Renault 11 and a few more...
I'm an admirer of Robert Opron's work, and I don't rule out a video about him!
Great video on a wonderful automobile 😁The one featured is lovely. Great colour and lovely leather interior. However suspect they are better to look at than live with 😃 Thinking the interior is similar to the one fitted in an Alfa Montreal?
The SM has a reputation for being a maintenance nightmare, which it earned over the years in which second and third owners started cutting corners, ruining their cars. But if you can find a properly sorted SM, it doesn't have to be much worse than other classics. Some jobs do require quite a lot of man-hours though.
P.S. I don't see much similarity with the Montreal's interior though!
@@Matteo_Licata Must be my old memory playing tricks on me regarding the Montreal interior 😂
My dream car growing up ...however I've often thought the rear styling was a bridge too far for many people and could have been tweaked in much the same way as the DS , Renault 16 among others . I Always wanted to invert the rear light cluster and bumper so its upside down and higher on the car with license cut out underneath , and the way the rear passenger windows come together in an equal point was maybe not the best solution.
Now ironically Citroen and Maserati are back together in Stellantis , and to not become irrelevant Citroen will have to build at least one or two original cars that are not just rebodied Peugeots.
Another great piece about one of my favorites! Well done Sir!
When I was a kid our local arms dealer had one. Never got a ride in it though....
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
This was the first time riding on the SM for me, and it didn't disappoint! Sometimes, meeting our heroes feels as great as it should :)
This is a dream made in metal.
My heart still beats faster when I see one; and it still looks stunning, different and current from almost any angle.
But... I am not sure it was killed by the oil crisis. Many thirstier cars with larger engines were not killed.
It was somehow too mad to live.
The strange, protectionist safety laws in the US didn't help. In fact they were very damaging... both aesthetically and ultimately in terms of sales...
But really, this car was an "amour fou" with wheels and an engine. By its nature it was too surreal and too beautiful to live.
It was (it still is) much better as a legend than as a practical motoring choice....
Great video about a car that still takes my breath away.
But a thought.... Back on the early 90s I read a long piece on 'Retroviseur' about a specialist who was tearing the Maserati V6 out and putting PSA turbodiesel on to make the cars usable every day.
It seemed like sacrilege, bit was apparently a lovely drive....
Now.... My possibly heretical thought .... Who will be the first to make an SM-EV?
It somehow seems fated that the car of the future will end up with the motor of the (immediate) future.
The oil crisis did not kill every gas guzzler, that's for sure. But it still is one of the main reasons the SM's career was cut short, as the crisis put Citroen in financial trouble, leading to the Peugeot takeover and the end of its Maserati ownership.
I wouldn't be against an EV conversion... Much better that than putting Diesel lumps into the cars, as it's been done in the past! In general, I think it's ok to convert to EV or otherwise modify a car that's in bad condition to begin with, as it brings it back on the road. On the other hand, good original cars should stay the way they are, I believe.
Great video. I thought Christopher Nolan directed it sometimes due to the reversing cars!
Eagle-eye! I had completely overlooked the passing traffic when I reversed that interior footage... Ouch! :)
Time machine. For teleportation. In style. 👍🚙🛸
Eccellente!
Sorry for my last comment regarding the year and number of pieces, you should first watch the film in its entirety and then make a complaint 😀
Beautiful cars! I read somewhere that engine blocks for these were ordered to be destroyed by Maserati’s administrators and were dropped from a great height into skips.........I always wondered if a Maserati V6 ever made its way into a CX?
I don't know if the Maserati V6 was ever tried on a CX prototype. I only know about PRV V6 prototype CXs made sometime in the early 80s. Regarding the destruction of stocks of SM engines left in Modena, I don't know either, but I doubt there were so many left, and Maserati kept using that engine on the Merak for a few more years anyway.
@@Matteo_Licata Thanks for letting me know about the PRV prototype - shame they didn’t squeeze the Maserati engine into a CX GTi - that would have been some car!
I enjoy the way your anlgicised 'Modenese' sounds just like 'Modernist'.
WOOW !
Grazie, Bellissimo video. Come al solito ora andrò a vedermi il prezzo...
Tenendo conto della rarità e caratteristiche della vettura, la SM non è cara.
Il problema è trovare specialisti in grado di fare la manutenzione correttamente, senza pasticci. Purtroppo queste macchine venivano spesso aggiustate alla meglio da gente non competente, risultando in continui fermi-macchina.
Grazie mille!!!
@@Matteo_Licata ho visto che c'è grande variabilità nei prezzi, di sicuro bisogna avere le giuste comepetenze per valutare un'auto così complessa. Grazie del lavoro che fai, ho visto tutti i video...
@@lorisdp8917 Grazie mille, soprattutto per aver sopportato l'audio e l'editing non proprio fantastico dei miei video più vecchi :)
Si, qualunque auto così attempata va comprata con molta attenzione, ma nel caso della SM ancora di più, dato che eventuali lavori di ripristino possono diventare molto costosi, sia per ricambi che per manodopera.
The dash looks like one on modern cars
Very true!
It was difficult to somehow replace the DS but they did it. Today the brand DS is a caricature of the brand that Citroën was. New times are like that, with Alfa building SUV's...
I still can't quite "get" what the DS brand is all about, especially now, given the Stellantis group doesn't certainly lack "premium" brands
Love them or hate them you couldn’t ignore them
I've no idea what the color's name is in the Citroën catalog. But, this is one of the few cars from the 70s that pulls off 70s color's well: avocado green. There's one near here in the US state of Vermont in that exact color and each time I see it I always wonder how that is?
The closest to "avocado" green there was in the Citroen catalog must be Vert Argenté, paint code AC527 ;)
It became available from the 1972 model year onwards.
@@Matteo_Licata That's it, that sort of fruity green that appliances here were painted in from the time. Somehow on that car it looks good. On my grandmother's refrigerator it looked awful. Did Opron design things other than cars or was he exclusively dedicated to four wheels?
@@akr01364 I'm not aware of Opron designs that aren't cars, but I admit I don't know enough about the man to exclude them with certainty. I'll dig deeper into the subject!
@@Matteo_Licata please do. Given his philosophy I'd love to see more from him.
Waiting for the new Stellantis models ... who knows
I tend to believe that boomers were such an eclectic & modern generation!
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The only time I was in bord was in Montreal, Us Version, on the highway, Citroen crazy lover owner. Oh WoW!! All cars on the road give us a 👍..Amazing. At the evening my friend told me about all the fuckin' mess he lived with to be able to start and drive, especially the setting of carburation of Maserati engine, and the " usual" pb with hydraulic suspension. Cumulation of french and italian defaults.
More quality more reliability and more off ALL : LESS ARROGANCE , more customer supports and respects are needed to do the very best car of the world. Missed again. So long.
Citroens are good quirky cars, with their artistic aspect of car. You love them or you don't lol
😍
Mike Hailwood owned one.
And that’s yet more proof the SM was awesome :)
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Oh, tre porte in un barcone così. Con quegli interni. Con quelle raffinatezze. Maserati! Beccati questa, Cadillac. "Wasn't made to meet any market demand"."to chase an engineering ideal". Sbavo. Un po' come la... 130, ricordo bene? Ma meglio riuscita, ostia. Queste sono auto da sogno. Poi le Maserati (sì, questa idea di Maserati mi fa impazzire) del tempo avevano un qualcosa di stuzzicante che andava oltre le Ferrari o le pazze, stilosissime Lamborghini del tempo. Metti questo in una Citroën, e avrai la degna erede della DS.
La 130 era ambiziosa ma, come erano le Fiat del tempo, molto conservativa come tecnica e soluzioni. La SM invece era il frutto di una vera visione di futuro... Un futuro forse troppo bello per realizzarsi, purtroppo.
@@Matteo_Licata corrispondere con te è godurioso solo al pari di fare lo stesso con quei due pazzi di essais libres. Come hai fatto ad acquisire tanta conoscenza?
@@Matteo_Licata e in ogni caso, Il futuro fa schifo, se non corrisponde all'utopia. La SM è un'utopia, ed è reale! Se la Citroën avesse continuato ad avere la Maserati, o se deTomaso avesse fatto lo stesso... Ma almeno abbiamo avuto delle auto da paura. Il mondo di oggi non è fatto per certe bellezze, ancora dobbiamo trovare il giusto compromesso tra elettricità e nobile, profumata benzina. Sarebbe così facile, ma l'industria ed il mercato sono e saranno sempre... Stupidi! Io, il futuro lo vedrei bene con auto del genere in giro, e trasporti pubblici elettrificati o a metano, ovunque e ad ogni ora. Così avremmo strade sgombre, e auto che fanno vrooooom! E se la godono sull'asfalto. P.s. ho avuto una sola auto in vita mia, ma le amo pazzamente. Ecco perché il tuo canale è da panico. È per gente che AMA le auto. A casa abbiamo: una 146 (nera: la più bella del mondo, con quella consolle strakitsch in finta radica...), Un'Ape 50 verde con noi dal 1992 (cabina larga, finestrini dritti: una rarità), e un ciao del 1968, tutto originale. Le ultime due gioie sarebbero da rivedere, del tipo ho bocciato l'angolo del cassone dell'Ape ribaltando (eravamo in due!😅 Ma ehi, ne ha fatte di cose quella creatura adorabile), ma potrei essere più felice solo con una Y10 4x4, o un'altra piccola integrale. Solo per spassarmela d'inverno. Pensa che faccio anche la spesa in bici, con lo zaino. Le auto sono fatte per godere o per trasportare la famiglia in vacanza o in gita, (non a scuola! Viva gli scuolabus, viva i pedibus!), O per fare una "spesa grande", non per annoiarsi in coda al semaforo la mattina. Scusa lo sfogo, neh? Mi è uscito così.
The Citroen SM was built from 1970-1975, with a total of 12920 units. Not like in the 1970-1973 film with a total of 12511 units. Therefore, the number of pieces of the respective years in the film is not correct. A Citroen SM driver and fan
I would like to put one of these beauties in front of a group of Millennials and see if they could tell if it was an old Model. I think they would ask if it was for sale today.
I'm a Millennial (albeit on the older side of the category) and I sure would like to buy one new today :)
The Money-Printing of the USA is what sent Oil prices sky High, in the devalued US Dollar terms..hmmm..sounds familiar ?
Bonsoir, je me demande comment il est possible de proposer un module de neuf minutes sur la plus belle voiture de tous les temps, sans citer le nom de son créateur, Robert Opron.
on peut se demander comment il est possible de commenter une video sans l'avoir regardée
2:03 ...
If you have ever had to work on these cars, you will probably be of the opinion that every one made was in fact, one too many.
Absolutely loathsome creation.
yes to a new Tesla !
when I see this, and thanks for making this video, I am so happy that I can call myself a
"Boomer" . So far I have not seen anything "elegant" coming out of the woke generation
except misery. Must be me, I am sure I see it wrong. What a stunning car. Mr Opron did
my car also, a CX2500 Limousine, which is still,as off today ,happy dieseling around Vancouver Canada. Greetings all.
A CX limousine! That's a rare ride indeed, congratulations! Have you seen my video of a lovely Prestige? th-cam.com/video/HrG1fEuaVFs/w-d-xo.html
5:18 what’s going on there?
For editing reasons I reversed the footage... Without noticing that the passing traffic would then appear to be driving in reverse! Sorry! ☺️
Maserati was never lucky with it’s marriage... Citroen SM, Chrysler TC...
Well, Citroen did a lot of good for Maserati, over the short 7 years of its ownership. It funded the development of much-loved exotics like the Bora and Merak, plus the Khamsin, a personal favorite of mine.
Sadly the oil crisis threw Citroen into financial trouble, ending what could have been a much more fruitful relationship.
Thumbs down for so much music instead of engine noise. I own a SM. You missed the best part: The glorious sound of this 90 degree under quadratic short hub V6.
Fair enough! To be honest, the SM is very civilized and doesn't sound like much, in normal driving conditions. The owner of the car I've filmed drives his car so gently, and is so careful with it, that I didn't fee like asking him to mash the throttle for the camera... It just felt wrong to me.
@@Matteo_Licata Okay, that makes sense. For me the best part of this car is undoubtedley the engine. The SM is far too heavy for 180 hp. Under 4000 revs, it is only moving. But if you rev it until 7000 or maybe short 7500 you get the noise of a battle plane. It´s absolut glorious. That´s the thing that make the SM really special. In comparison to the DS: The comfort is not quite well. For the top speed the suspension is too stiff, the cabin is hot in the summer because of the enormous rear window. The sitting position is to low for good visibility. You see absolut nothing in front of the wipers. A nightmare with this glass front in the city traffic. And the badest point: The steering. Rudolf Uhlenhaut, after taking apart a complete Citroen at Mercedes, loved the suspension ( thats the point forwhy he gave the 600, the "best car in world" the advanced Airswing from Borgward) but hated the absolut unsporty steering because the hydraulic assistance is completly blocked from the wheel side of the steering. No feeling of anything you had under your chassis. This and the "No go" of "heel and toe" use of brake and gas because of the "mushroom" killed any S- idea on the S- M. But the engineers didn´t sleep. After 28 years (1998) the XM(Y4) with a new absolut great V6 arrived in the "then old" XM with now 190 hp, hydroactive chassis and NO Diravi!! (before that the V6 came only with Diravi!) YES. This was the great swan song of one of our greatest brands in automobile history. Watch for a manual. It´s very rare but than you can feel and drive how a SM should be.
th-cam.com/video/f5WkXOaqHtA/w-d-xo.html Watch this at 2:50. It´s absolut authentic and he revs it only to 5500!! Glorious!! Then you know what I mean. Search for a owner who let you witness this! Absolut unique! Before you die you must make this experience! ;-)
Johan Cruijff owned one in the 1970s the car is still on the road..
I'm glad that car still exists!
Very irritating with these "text-banners" that says something completyely different from what the narrator talks about. It becomes very confusing.
Otherwise good!
That's because of the accent, and his special r especially. AI is like that.
Why haven’t PSA re-launched exactly the same design with a modern engine and gearbox, oh of course the SM caused the demise of Citröen and the old Peugeot style is Calvinist, conservative and bland. To resurrect an updated version would require shaking hands with FIAT for Ferrari engines now too so that’s a no-no.
Oh Euromillions why do you keep neglecting me I still want a DS and SM and wouldn’t mind another CX
The motor caught very easy fire. Never a succes.
TBH they are SOOO ugly to me Same with the DS