The Citroën SM was a shock when it hit the Geneva Motor Show in early 1970. It was the first performance oriented car from a French manufacturer since before WWII and it was completely bonkers. The Maserati sourced V6 engine was mounted behind the front wheels, but it put power forward and just about every […]
I don’t know just what I’m buyin’ But I’m gonna try for a French car, if I can ‘Cause it makes me feel like I’m a man When I drive in somethin’ insane And I tell you things aren’t quite the same When I’m rushing on my run And I feel just like DeGaul’s son […]
This week’s Thursday Twister, comes from DT reader Barbpaddles who suggested we look for cars that feature a single spoke steering wheel. I like this idea as it makes arcane knowledge about cars just a little bit less useless. A good example is the Citroën SM which features an odd bottom mounted steering wheel setup […]
The Citroën SM was originally built as a high end GT car with a sophisticated Citroën suspension system and a Maserati V6, but today due to the magic of dépréciation, they are cheap cheap cheap! The French self leveling suspension was a regressive system so that if you were a tycoon who weighed 300 lbs […]
Citroën was founded in 1919 by a French industrialist (André-Gustave Citroën (1878–1935)) and was the first mass producing car company outside the USA. Like Bernard Arnault, many Citroën have left their native shores seeking greener pastures and are now for sale for cents on the franc. This 1972 Citroën SM is for sale in San Jose, […]