Citroën SM

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

In 1961, Citroën began assignment on 'Project S' — a sports alternative of the advocate Citroën DS. As was accepted for the firm, abounding active abstraction cartage were developed, more circuitous and upmarket from the DS. Citroën 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 Citroën abeyance with a Maserati V6.