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Citro�n SM

The Citro�n SM is a high-performance coup� produced by the French architect Citro�n from 1970 to 1975. The SM placed third in the 1971 European Car of the Year contest, abaft its stablemate Citro�n GS, and won the 1972 Motor Trend Car of the Year accolade in the U.S. in 1972.

In 1961, Citro�n began assignment on 'Project S' � a sports alternative of the advocate Citro�n DS. As was accepted for the firm, abounding active abstraction cartage were developed, more circuitous and upmarket from the DS. Citro�n purchased Maserati in 1968 with the ambition of harnessing Maserati's high-performance agent technology to aftermath a accurate Gran Turismo car, accumulation the adult Citro�n abeyance with a Maserati V6.
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