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Story by Brandes Elitch
A series of unfortunate events transpired to seal the fate of Citroën’s SM.
Reflections on the SM Part 2
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Remembering the Citroën SM on its 50th
This year at Retromobile, Hugues Vanhoolandt photographed a rare example of the SM on display. Heuliez, a coachbuilder, produced two examples of the SM “Espace,” which is a pillarless targa top convertible. The rear quarter windows do retract into the bodywork, unlike the SM.
By Brandes Elitch
All photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt unless otherwise marked.
“That the car was a moonshot didn’t concern our judges. Rather it invigorated them. Viewed in the perspective of the last 21 years, the SM fits more precisely in the spirit of the COTY, maybe better, than anything else being made in the world today.”
Interview with Marc Sonnery
Marc Sonnery (Copyright Haymarket)
Marc Sonnery
By Wallace Wyss
[We’ll have a review of the latest book by Marc Sonnery next week]
Marc Sonnery, age 48, half French and half Swedish, is a fit and well-groomed author who is ready to travel the globe in his quest to write about his favorite marque, Maserati. His name was seen in CAVALLINO for ten years, where he wrote about Ferraris, but in the 1990’s he began researching Maseratis and now spends most of his waking hours researching the history of various models. So it is that he recently authored a book on the Maserati models built when Citroen owned Maserati as well as the Citroën SM. I met with him during Sonnery’s California publicity swing and had an opportunity to do a short interview.
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