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An unusual sporty adventure for Citroën, the SM was regarded as a sporty version on the modern lines of the DS, but created with Maserati help! Or more accurately the engine had Maserati input, while the design was really unique. Especially the front with its 6 head lights, the reg plate inbetween and the whole lot covered under an aerodynamically shaped transparent cover looked really unique and was other than the SM only seen in an already "de-tuned" form on the Renault Alpine A310. I am not exaggerating when saying the Citroën SM was a real dream sports car!
In the sporting successes this car could not quite match the DS, even though it featured a powerful V6 engine. The SM was not a worse car than the DS in any way, but the DS was already around for ages and in fact still living on. Therefore the later and shorter living SM obviously suffered more from the arrival of more powerful competition, although this is difficult to judge. About reliability and its marathon abilities, there was no question mark over the SM. In fact it seemed to fit perfectly in the foot steps of the DS. A near standard group 1 version of the DS won the long and tough Moroccan Rally in 1970, a success the SM managed to repeat in 1971. However in 1973 it was again a DS model to finish 2nd on this event!
Interestingly Citroën created a group 5 prototype version of the SM as well as the DS, both basically having the boot cut off to make the cars shorter and lighter, but these versions more hit the headlines for curiosity in the looks department rather than plain results.
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Model & Evo. (Activity) |
BHP@ RPM |
Torque (Nm)@ RPM |
Length Width Height |
Weight (Kg/BPM Ratio) |
Trans. (W'base) |
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 SM 27 (71-74) |
170/5500 | 235/4000 | 4893.1836.1324 | 1450 (8.5) | FWD (2950) |
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SM 27 Proto (72-73) |
250/5750 | 290/4200 | 4300.1836.1324 | 1210 (4.8) | FWD (2600) |
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