Citroën does not build many cars like the Citroën SM: a 3-door hatchback coupé with 2.7 L 90° V6, built from 1970 to 1975 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Robert Opron. Production ran to 12,920 cars.
The story
The Citroën SM is a high-performance coupé produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1970 to 1975. The SM placed third in the 1971 European Car of the Year contest, trailing its stablemate Citroën GS, and won the 1972 Motor Trend Car of the Year award in the US.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 2.7 L 90° V6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1460 kg. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 3-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2900 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Citroën's history is not in doubt: it was built at Javel, Paris. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Suzuki Jimny, the Chevrolet Impala, the American Motors Corporation AMC Gremlin. Nearby in the Citroën catalogue sit the Citroën K and the Citroën 2CV.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Citroën SM has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.