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1972 Citroen SM 2 owner car with only 44 k miles Excellent condition Rare car

Sale price: $14,544.00 make an offer

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Date: 2018-05-08

Jason (from Chicago) offered TBD usd

Date: 2018-12-23

Pierre Berlemont (from France) offered 15000 usd

Car location: Miami, Florida, United States

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1972
Mileage:
44,503
Engine:
6 cylinder
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1972 Citroen SM 2 owner car with only 44 k miles Excellent condition Rare car for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.15) based on 364 votes
You are viewing an amazing example of this rare Citroen Sm . This car has had only 2 owners and has only 44 k original miles. It comes with an extensive service history and always has been garaged. The car is teal blue with black leather interior. It has a 5 speed manuel transmission and a clutch that shifts perfectly. The Maserati built engine truly runs amazing and has zero issues . It has alot of power and you can hear the Roar of the engine through the exhaust tips out the rear of this sports car.  The Car had one repaint many years ago and looks excellent. There is a chip on the edge of the drivers door which i show in the pictures and on the bottom of the right rear quarter panel there is a few bubble spots of rust that are just showing . Should be a easy fix. Other than that it has a beautiful all around shine . Excellent chrome . The engine again is perfect and well tuned with just having the carbs rebuilt and all new wires and plugs . It drives amazing and handles amazing as well. Inside of the car you will find the interior to be in Excellent condition . The rear seat in the center is pulling away from the outside seats and will need to be repaired. The drivers seat is original and still in excellent condition. The passenger seat was re done and looks like new. The carpets . headliner dash are all in excellent condition. The climate system works perfect as well . Ice cold Ac and hot heat. It comes with the Original radio which is rare to have working and even the power Antenna still works. The car has newer brakes which stop on a dime . 4 brand new tires. all the fluids were replaced there are no major leaks anywhere. I am selling this car for a friend he is a true enthusiast. The car was always serviced at Hoti imports in delray beach fl  they have all the records and the history of the car. No expense was spare to keep this Citroen Sm being road worthy and in the shape that it is. I would drive it anywhere. The car is build on a air suspension which works perfectly no leaks . When u turn the car on it raises to its set height . you can adjust the height this car with a lever and it raises and lowers perfectly in all positions. This is when you know you have a solid Citroen when you have a excellent motor that runs very smooth and quiet . perfect suspension and hydraulics. There has been a few Sm's for sale on ebay Most of them were cars that needed a ton of work and were projects this one is not . Its a excellent example of a beautiful kept car with 2 owners. If you have any questions please feel free to call me I can also have you speak to the place who serviced the car if you have any questions. Please read my feedback as i take pride in listing great cars and being very honest in describing their condition. Steve 954-464-3515 
I wanted to mention a few things that need to be addressed to make the car outstanding. the rear seat needs to be repaired as i mentioned above. Also the rear lower passenger quarter has a few rust bubbles in the paint . and a chip on the drivers door edge. Inside the passenger window does not go down might be a motor or window regulator. And the dome light cover inside the car is missing. Other than these few items the car is excellent and truly a driver and a car you will be proud to own. Good luck and happy bidding. below you can read about the history of this car and have a full understanding if you never owned and Citroen Sm.  

This vehicle was built by the Italian Carrozzeria Frua in 1971 using SM mechanical components. It was first displayed at the Geneva Salon in March of 1972. At that time Citroen owned Maserati and this prototype bore a resemblance to the Maserati Khamsin. The Khamsin had made its introduction at the 1972 Turing Auto Show and wore coachwork by Bertone. A production model was introduced at a year later at the Paris Motor Show. The Khamsin was powered by a V8 engine whereas the Citroen SM had a 90-degree Maserati V6 engine.  

In 1968. Maserati was bought by Citroen. mainly to acquire the engine technology for its new top-of-the-line Gran Turismo coupe. Introduced in 1970. the SM (Serie Maserati) came with Maserati's engine knowledge along with Citroen's advanced chassis technology. featuring DS-style hydro-pneumatic self-leveling suspension. power-assisted all-round disc brakes. self-centering steering and steered headlamps. The SM class-leading drag coefficient enabled it to reach 140 miles-per-hour. making it the fastest front-wheel-drive car at the time.
Had the SM been a true sports car. these features may have been a death sentence. In reality. though. the SM was a grand tourer—and Citroen knew that its idiosyncratic design traits had just as much business belonging to a GT car as to a family sedan. The advanced suspension ensured a good ride quality on all road surfaces. The aerodynamics lowered noise levels at high speed and provided better fuel economy. both important characteristics in a vehicle intended to swallow distance in suave comfort. And the front-wheel-drive endowed the SM with great usability. with surefooted road manners and impressive foul weather capabilities.  

Driving enthusiasts often derided front-engined. front-wheel-drive cars for their unwieldy forward weight bias. a feature that tends to result in heavy understeer and sloppy handling. The SM. though. was technically a mid-engined car: its engine fit entirely behind the front axle line. Coupled with an advanced steering system. this front-mid-engined layout enabled the SM to avoid some of the inherently placid handling characteristics of a front-wheel-driver. The Citroen's handling may have even been too lively for some drivers. with its quick steering a copious body roll likely surprising more than a few first-time pilots.  

The front-mid placement of the SM's engine accounted for much of the car's character. but the engine itself accounted for far more. The all-aluminum V6 was an advanced motor. With very oversquare bore/stroke dimensions. revs came easily. Dual overhead cams per cylinder bank and three Weber carburetors served as visual indicators of the engine's exotic nature. But. for the uninformed. the real surprise came from the name scrawled on the valve covers: Maserati.  

Prior to the SM. Citroen had created marvelous cars with advanced engineering and lovely styling—but the company's engines remained conventional and boring. The SM. then. represented the first (and arguably only) Citroen to have it all: complicated and exquisite engineering. aerodynamic and enticing styling. and finally an engine that deserved to tote the whole package around.  

The Maserati motor beneath the SM's hood was no coincidence. Citroen purchased Maserati from the Orsi family in 1968. in a bizarre merger that resulted in some predictably bizarre vehicles. Two of those Franco-Italian oddballs. the Citroen SM and Maserati Merak. were wholly developed under Citroen's ownership of Maserati and intended from the start to share a new. Maserati-developed V6. Surprisingly. this engine ended up in the SM two years before the Merak. as that Maserati did not reach production until 1972.  

Citroen knew that its staid engines didn't do justice to its cars' advanced designs. This was less of a problem in a sedan like the DS. but an opulent GT machine like the SM would have made no sense without a suitably charismatic engine. The Maserati V6 helped turn the SM into a world-class grand touring car that supplemented a signature Citroen package with some bought-in Italian charm.

And yet. for all its strengths and innovations. it somehow comes as no surprise that the SM sold poorly. The SM was a great car. but it just wasn't what people wanted. The styling was exciting but not sexy. The performance was competent but not exhilarating. But perhaps the car's biggest shortcoming was no problem of its own. The people who buy. and bought. lavish GT cars want to be seen when they arrive. Competing cars from more prestigious brands like BMW and Mercedes-Benz surely hurt SM sales. particularly in the brand- and image-conscious American market. When a BMW pulled up in front of a restaurant. passers-by saw a successful person. But when a Citroen SM pulled up behind. people only saw a funky car—one that. for many onlookers. probably looked more like a submarine or a humpback whale than a traditional grand tourer.

Even if a large market had existed for a car like the SM. though. the grand touring Citroen still had some unflattering traits. Its hyrdropneumatic suspension/steering/braking would have been known well to Citroen shops the world over. but the short supply of Citroen mechanics in America ensured that an SM would never be as reliable or affordable to service as its more common competitors. Additionally. many buyers may have scoffed at the Citroen's front-wheel-drive. and still more likely preferred the flatter cornering of more stiffly-suspended competition.

Over a half-decade of production. Citroen produced just under 13. 00 examples of the SM. Following the oil crisis of 1973. the carmaker ran into great financial difficulties and in 1974 Peugeot absorbed Citroen. The following year. the new Peugeot-Citroen group sold off Maserati to Alejandro DeTomaso. A strange era had ended. taking with it one of the most exciting and belligerently individualistic Citroens ever created.

On Apr-29-13 at 13:03:47 PDT. seller added the following information:

Note the car is front wheel drive not rear. I made a mistake when entering it for the ebay page. Citroen Sm 's are front wheel drive.  

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