I believe that it was designed as a GT - Gran Tourissimo - European style. Cross country forays through the Pyrenees, Alps, hotel hopping through France, the Autostrade and Autobahn. All in supreme comfort and stye. Great gas milage and large trunk for the luggage.. yes... down to the Rivera now.
@@2512MaTHias And now, figure this out: this car is more than 50 (!) years old and still by modern standards it would be an understatement to just call this a contemporary interior, not to mention the build quality that looks exceptional. I can see some design cues shared with the GS - a car I personally used to drive (Robert Opron after all) - I can see a few bits here and there shared too, of course the SM is a class on its own, I can only feel sorry for a derelict SM I once saw on the edge of the road and I my sorrow deepens now cause then at the time I wasn't aware of the fortune to see one in the flesh without realising the kind of car the SM is and the importance of it. Great true Citroen.
Beautiful video.. When I looked, there were sweaty palms and shaking hands. It was so mesmerizing and there was a smile on my face. I hope that I will ride an elegant SM at least once in my life. I'm going to cry with happiness, honestly.
Thank you so much for your nice comment! I’m really glad that this short video gives you some joy. It’s getting winter time here soon, salt on the streets, and the SM will have to rest and wait for spring to come… Maybe there’s opportunity to drive it within he next days 🙏
That gearbox is about as fine a shift as you will ever find.. so satisfying that you anticipate the next shift eagerly; just don't try to heel and toe !! Ha!
😳 I think John Kruff once got the FIRST SM ever delivered to public (but may be wrong?), nevertheless, I think his SM is still around anywhere. Fiat Dino with some other famous italian V6 engine should also be a really nice drivable car 👍
Wow! ....the speed once it got going was something else!! Brit here - I wish our motorways were this uncrowded! Also there's no speed limit in Germany...so you could go all out at 100mph (160kph??) with no problem. But try this in the UK, and you'd have blue lights flashing in your rear view mirror before too long!
@@robtyman4281 Sadly, that’s the case almost identically on most Autobahns in Germany… lots of limited zones ☹️ But 100 to 110 still is an easy traveling speed on some roads. On some parts of the Autobahn at certain (empty) times like Sunday morning you can go up to 250 mph, as some crazy Bugatti videos show… 😳
Like the steering wheel, but it's not oval so hmm. But love the rest of the steering wheel treatment, I assume that was custom made? Sounds great but the gear shift if clunkier than mine. Is this the injected engine? Sounds quieter than mine and I suspect it's the induction noise of my carbs that is the difference.
@@CitEnthusiast Have a look at the other videos. The steering wheel is an original SM piece. Foam was very bad and mostly gone so I replaced it with some different materials… It is for sure oval and has the slight ‘thumb groove’ on the front side as the original foam shape. Completely sanded by hand, no machine work. The engine is a 3.0 carb one, the airbox is different.
@@2512MaTHias I just looked and can see that the wheel is oval, so very good! Is there a video showing how you modified the wheel? My wheel was reconditioned from the French SM Club in 2019, but it's showing a worn spot (where hands do not rest so very odd).
@@CitEnthusiast I‘m sorry there’s no video about the steering wheel build. It was done almost 20 years ago. It took me this time to get my car apart to pieces and together again… it was stripped to the bare metal core. I covered the single spoke with stainless steel from an old escalator door. A coachbuilder who does ash car frames rebuilt the wooden oval from cherry wood. I cut, welded and reshaped the original center cover and then got it covered in leather. The emblem is the original one.
Ma troisième voiture preferée… la première (j‘ai eu 13 ans en 1983): la coccinelle 🙄. D‘après: la DS… et d‘après: la SM! J‘ai und DS et und SM et j‘aime les deux le même… 😊
@@2512MaTHias Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'adore la sm et aussi la ds ! Danke schön fur video, das sm ist wunderbar, das ds auch,, das coccinelle ist une légende. Ich habe 59 jahre.
Yes. The Maserati doesn’t have to show off… and the Multivan driver can tell stories lifelong to his children and grandchildren, that he once ran down a real Maserati on the Autobahn… 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, indeed. The relaxed powerful Maserati engine capable of high speed with the fabulous hydropneumatic suspension, the fierce break and the incomparable variable DIRAVI steering with this elegant design adds up to an absolutely unique composition of a car. 😊
ha!, the engine sounds like a 3-cylinder most of the time... No problem, I like the sound of triplets. But seriously, the SM may be the very first SUV coupé. It has good ground clearance which can be raised to excellent ground clearance. It is sporty yet supremely comfortable. By the way, the silhouette of today's Citroen C5X reminds me of the SM. Long nose, short tail, good ground clearance, long wheelbase. Of course, while the SM is a work of art, the C5X is just another semi-stupid company-car compromise, but it's nice to see a wee bit of heritage in a modern Cit.
Jai senti un fou dans la direction au redémarrage! Beim Wiederanfahren in der Kurve habe ich eine Unschärfe in der Richtung gespürt. Vorderachsproblem (Kugelgelenke oder Spurstangen). I felt a blur in the direction when restarting in the bend. front axle problem (ball joints or tie rods). Avec le rappel asservi de direction il faut faire glisser le volant dans ses mains, jamais tourner les bras!!! With the servo steering reminder you have to slide the steering wheel in your hands, never turn your arms!!!
the engine seems to be stucked for being stoped for a lot of time since new ,their main problem , as it happens with most of the ferraris available in second hand, my favorite car that never found one for sale till the 80´s
❤、I love this great car.excellent condition! I think orner s pent much time of mentenance and rebilt parts .oil .vulve chain .etc I had 4 citroen S M before .carbone wheel .automatic U S A vesion.etc.and best one is 2.7to 3.0 changed manual gear with sunroof 、top speed 200km recorded after velt system trouble . please keep good condition of my dream car 😊Thank you very much beautiful sound !
Thank you so much for your message, I’m really glad you like my SM. 😊 It was a ‚body off‘ restauration, completely taken apart to pieces and rebuilt with a lot of new parts over 18 years... It has a Merak SS engine, 3,0 with 220 hp, manual transmission, and really is fun to drive this powerful smooth machine… I didn’t count money exactly, but could have bought in fact two good SM for all… never mind, I never will sell it again. My dream car also… 👍😊
1:15 You're confused with the turn signal: you had the right signal remained on on the straight, than you've turned off instead of on while making the left turn, and than you've turned the right signal on instead of off...
Nö, nicht wirklich. Fasst sich tausendmal angenehmer an als diese schwitzige schwammige glitschige schwarzgraue Plastik-Wurst. Habe ich auch, und auch noch Leder. Dies hier ist die angenehmste Variante.
An SM doing exactly what it was designed to do! Thank you.
You‘re welcome ☺️ happy to have been able to drive this car and to give you some joy watching the video 😊
I believe that it was designed as a GT - Gran Tourissimo - European style. Cross country forays through the Pyrenees, Alps, hotel hopping through France, the Autostrade and Autobahn. All in supreme comfort and stye. Great gas milage and large trunk for the luggage.. yes... down to the Rivera now.
Wonderful and stylish interior.
Yes, how true. Car design once was real art, and nowadays helpless crumbling of ugly monstrous plastic parts 😱
@@2512MaTHias And now, figure this out: this car is more than 50 (!) years old and still by modern standards it would be an understatement to just call this a contemporary interior,
not to mention the build quality that looks exceptional.
I can see some design cues shared with the GS - a car I personally used to drive (Robert Opron after all) -
I can see a few bits here and there shared too, of course the SM is a class on its own,
I can only feel sorry for a derelict SM I once saw on the edge of the road
and I my sorrow deepens now cause then at the time I wasn't aware of the fortune to see one in the flesh
without realising the kind of car the SM is and the importance of it.
Great true Citroen.
Beautiful video.. When I looked, there were sweaty palms and shaking hands. It was so mesmerizing and there was a smile on my face. I hope that I will ride an elegant SM at least once in my life. I'm going to cry with happiness, honestly.
Thank you so much for your nice comment! I’m really glad that this short video gives you some joy. It’s getting winter time here soon, salt on the streets, and the SM will have to rest and wait for spring to come… Maybe there’s opportunity to drive it within he next days 🙏
Lovely car ,,,makes a great Autobahn cruiser
Thanks 😊 really a fantastic speedy car, but also very ‚cruisable‘ 😁 I’m looking forward to saltfree roads again 👍
The engine does sound great, but the sound I most like is the shifter!
The clicking sound of the shifter is menacing unique… 😁 👍
That gearbox is about as fine a shift as you will ever find.. so satisfying that you anticipate the next shift eagerly; just don't try to heel and toe !! Ha!
My dream car !!
Mine also 😁
what a beauty! I drove it long ago for a short time (it belonged before to John Kruyff) but choose for a Fiat Dino!
😳 I think John Kruff once got the FIRST SM ever delivered to public (but may be wrong?), nevertheless, I think his SM is still around anywhere. Fiat Dino with some other famous italian V6 engine should also be a really nice drivable car 👍
un somni de cotxe!!! .... enhorabona pel video!... 👍😉👍
Wow! ....the speed once it got going was something else!! Brit here - I wish our motorways were this uncrowded! Also there's no speed limit in Germany...so you could go all out at 100mph (160kph??) with no problem.
But try this in the UK, and you'd have blue lights flashing in your rear view mirror before too long!
@@robtyman4281 Sadly, that’s the case almost identically on most Autobahns in Germany… lots of limited zones ☹️ But 100 to 110 still is an easy traveling speed on some roads. On some parts of the Autobahn at certain (empty) times like Sunday morning you can go up to 250 mph, as some crazy Bugatti videos show… 😳
Like the steering wheel, but it's not oval so hmm. But love the rest of the steering wheel treatment, I assume that was custom made? Sounds great but the gear shift if clunkier than mine. Is this the injected engine? Sounds quieter than mine and I suspect it's the induction noise of my carbs that is the difference.
@@CitEnthusiast Have a look at the other videos. The steering wheel is an original SM piece. Foam was very bad and mostly gone so I replaced it with some different materials… It is for sure oval and has the slight ‘thumb groove’ on the front side as the original foam shape. Completely sanded by hand, no machine work.
The engine is a 3.0 carb one, the airbox is different.
@@2512MaTHias I just looked and can see that the wheel is oval, so very good! Is there a video showing how you modified the wheel? My wheel was reconditioned from the French SM Club in 2019, but it's showing a worn spot (where hands do not rest so very odd).
@@CitEnthusiast I‘m sorry there’s no video about the steering wheel build. It was done almost 20 years ago. It took me this time to get my car apart to pieces and together again… it was stripped to the bare metal core. I covered the single spoke with stainless steel from an old escalator door. A coachbuilder who does ash car frames rebuilt the wooden oval from cherry wood. I cut, welded and reshaped the original center cover and then got it covered in leather. The emblem is the original one.
Cool video! Great car and excellent driving. 💯🙌
Thank you 🙏 ! The SM is incomparable, and the excellent driver is my wife in this case 🥰
Ma voiture préférée, enfant elle me fascinait quand je la voyais au début des années 70 ....!!
Ma troisième voiture preferée… la première (j‘ai eu 13 ans en 1983): la coccinelle 🙄. D‘après: la DS… et d‘après: la SM! J‘ai und DS et und SM et j‘aime les deux le même… 😊
@@2512MaTHias Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'adore la sm et aussi la ds ! Danke schön fur video, das sm ist wunderbar, das ds auch,, das coccinelle ist une légende. Ich habe 59 jahre.
@@2512MaTHias Aber wievel Mercedes sind fantastic, wunderbach ! Mercedes ssk 1930 !!!
@@bertranddauvelais Et quelques des plus joliees voitures sont les vieilles Alfa‘s des annees 60‘ies à 70 ies… 🥰 j‘ai 53 ans, né 1969…
@@2512MaTHias Oui belles alfa avec un joli bruit.
You may have a Maserati-powered car, but there always a faster Multivan)
Yes. The Maserati doesn’t have to show off… and the Multivan driver can tell stories lifelong to his children and grandchildren, that he once ran down a real Maserati on the Autobahn… 🤣🤣🤣
Encore très moderne ta Citroën SM j'adore
Merci beaucoup… la SM est une des voitures ‚sans temps‘ … 😊
never seen such wood wheel drive, looks like a specific made ? who makes that ?
It sounds quite refined?
@@gregsmith1070 yes, unusual 90 degree V6 has its own roar…
Such a cool car.
Yes, indeed. The relaxed powerful Maserati engine capable of high speed with the fabulous hydropneumatic suspension, the fierce break and the incomparable variable DIRAVI steering with this elegant design adds up to an absolutely unique composition of a car. 😊
Thank you for this nice video! Please make a POV next time maybe? :)
Thanks also for your pleasure! For a POV I‘d have to stick my iPhone to my brain somehow, or find a different solution… I‘ll see 🤔
2:08 he finally found the gas pedal
He is my wife, driving the SM quite rarely, besides her own DS … she drives it well.
What is that black bulp in the centre of the steering wheel?
The original security cushion. Damping foam, leather, slightly reshaped. Look at other steering wheels for comparison.
The Best car of the world
To drive, and for the workshop… always small bits to do 🤣
ha!, the engine sounds like a 3-cylinder most of the time... No problem, I like the sound of triplets.
But seriously, the SM may be the very first SUV coupé. It has good ground clearance which can be raised to excellent ground clearance. It is sporty yet supremely comfortable.
By the way, the silhouette of today's Citroen C5X reminds me of the SM. Long nose, short tail, good ground clearance, long wheelbase. Of course, while the SM is a work of art, the C5X is just another semi-stupid company-car compromise, but it's nice to see a wee bit of heritage in a modern Cit.
It always sounded and felt like an aircraft engine; not that I have ever flown but it just felt that way to me somehow.
nice
Mooie auto citroen sm
Prachtig en binnen netjes ingericht en stoelen zitten echt
Lekker ❤🚩🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹
Thank you very much 😊 👍
I love this car so much, my favourite. Used how it was intendet. ❤
My dream car, besides the DS! 👍😊
Jai senti un fou dans la direction au redémarrage! Beim Wiederanfahren in der Kurve habe ich eine Unschärfe in der Richtung gespürt. Vorderachsproblem (Kugelgelenke oder Spurstangen). I felt a blur in the direction when restarting in the bend. front axle problem (ball joints or tie rods). Avec le rappel asservi de direction il faut faire glisser le volant dans ses mains, jamais tourner les bras!!! With the servo steering reminder you have to slide the steering wheel in your hands, never turn your arms!!!
the engine seems to be stucked for being stoped for a lot of time since new ,their main problem , as it happens with most of the ferraris available in second hand, my favorite car that never found one for sale till the 80´s
❤、I love this great car.excellent condition! I think orner s pent much time of mentenance and rebilt parts .oil .vulve chain .etc I had 4 citroen S M before .carbone wheel .automatic U S A vesion.etc.and best one is 2.7to 3.0 changed manual gear with sunroof 、top speed 200km recorded after velt system trouble . please keep good condition of my dream car 😊Thank you very much beautiful sound !
Thank you so much for your message, I’m really glad you like my SM. 😊 It was a ‚body off‘ restauration, completely taken apart to pieces and rebuilt with a lot of new parts over 18 years... It has a Merak SS engine, 3,0 with 220 hp, manual transmission, and really is fun to drive this powerful smooth machine… I didn’t count money exactly, but could have bought in fact two good SM for all… never mind, I never will sell it again. My dream car also… 👍😊
Ich liebe dieses Auto und würde es soo gerne mal fahren 😍
Mal mit Citroën SM Club Kontakt aufnehmen… sollte sich doch mal machen lassen, wenn jemand mit einem SM in deiner Nähe wohnt.
1:15 You're confused with the turn signal: you had the right signal remained on on the straight, than you've turned off instead of on while making the left turn, and than you've turned the right signal on instead of off...
That‘s how we do it here … 🤣🤣🤣
@@2512MaTHias 👍
Ça doit être tellement bon à conduire..
Oui, ç‘est simplement magique… ☺️
@@2512MaTHias j'ai une DS
@@minutepapillon5060 La DS est une des plus jolies voitures du monde, incredible, incomparable… 👍
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Thank you 😊
when 180kmh? campers seems to run faster!
Another van overtaking!! These vans are faster. Terrible!
Quand je vois ces beaux compteurs. ovales.......mais pourquoi des écrans immenses et moches......
Oui, c‘est vrai. Les voitures ancients si jolies surtout et dedans, et les voitures modernes on ne veut pas voir…
Merci Mathias.......😁
Irritating that this Volkswagen van is driving faster than the SM!
So what? It’s still just a Volkswagen… speed isn’t all, and he most likely never will experience the feeling driving a SM! 😜
Das Lenkrad tut weh😢
Nö, nicht wirklich. Fasst sich tausendmal angenehmer an als diese schwitzige schwammige glitschige schwarzgraue Plastik-Wurst. Habe ich auch, und auch noch Leder. Dies hier ist die angenehmste Variante.
@@2512MaTHias na dann 🤷♂️
Top speed that you have reached so far? It should be 220-225 km/h in theory....
About 210 km/h. I didn’t dare more …
???
Slow driving
Yes, relatively. The SM regularly goes up to 220 kph with its original 165 hp. This SM has 220 hp, and I still didn’t get the chance to test Vmax…
@@2512MaTHias SM carburattor version 170CV for 221Km/h Injected version 180CV for 228 Km/h
@@Jack-mn4er Maserati Merak SS : 220 CV for 240 km/h
@@2512MaTHias Merak 190CV 240 km/h Merak SS 220CV 250 km/h