GTP Cool Wall: 1970-1975 Citroën SM
- Thread starter Jahgee
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- Buckwheat City
- Dennisch
French comfort with Italian stallions. Mmmmm. It sounds so good. And it drives good. And floaty. And sporty if you want to.
French engineering with an Italian engine. Ugh. That sounds awful.
Deliciously unreliable. Green oil everywhere.
Cool. 👍
French engineering with an Italian engine. Ugh. That sounds awful.
Deliciously unreliable. Green oil everywhere.
Cool. 👍
INEEDNAWZZZ
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- EGGSBAWCKS
- DigitalLuke64DD
Very high cool. Oozes class, and few cars on the road would turn heads - even back then I'd imagine - like this thing. The front number/licence plate being encased behind the headlight housing area is such a quirky design element that would've made it cool on its own, regardless of what the rest of the car is like.
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- Controls set for heart of sun
- GTP_RogerTheHors
Attractive, unusual, and really incredibly fast for its time. Easy sub zero.
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- West Yorkshire
- Katiegan
- KatieB53
Cool, because Lampadati Pigalle. 
- 2,227
- Portland, Oregon
One of my favorite GTA cars, I'm glad they kept it FWD.Cool, because Lampadati Pigalle.
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- SF Bay Area
Sub-zero...no other possible vote crossed my mind.
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- Orange County, NY
- GTP_GT916
- Nii916
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- Carthage, TN
- race_emhard
No matter what the usual suspects say, this car is Sub-Zero, because it just is.
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- United Kingdom
About as SZ as it's possible for a car to get.
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- YorkshireLand
- SVTlover
A '70s Citroen with a Maserati engine?
So seriously cool that it's a very very low sub-zero.
So seriously cool that it's a very very low sub-zero.
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- United Kingdom
That last picture is awesome. Looks like it's just landed from outer space.
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- Ireland
- driftking18594
- CiaranGTR94
Or like it's part of a Daft Punk music video. Sub-zero it is!
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- Buckwheat City
- Dennisch
Have some silly (or brilliant) engineering :
Backwards belt accessories driven by an extra shaft bolted to the engine.
From left to right:
Aircon Pump. Oil Pump for all the hydraulics. Alternator.
The green balls are part of the hydro-pneumatic suspension.
Backwards belt accessories driven by an extra shaft bolted to the engine.
From left to right:
Aircon Pump. Oil Pump for all the hydraulics. Alternator.
The green balls are part of the hydro-pneumatic suspension.
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- Michigan
- OriginalCheezIt
I immediately think "testicles" when I see this car. Which as bad as that sounds, it really, really isn't. Not with this car. This is so '70s it hurts. Anything that manages to epitomize the decade it was built in to such an extent just HAS to be cool.
Sub-Zero due to hairy chested, porn moustacioed, gold chain wearing mother:censored: that also has TASTE
Sub-Zero due to hairy chested, porn moustacioed, gold chain wearing mother:censored: that also has TASTE
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- Toronto
- NewAesthetic
- SlipZtrEm
Quite. If a thread would've been started before this, solely for members to guess as to whom amongst the Cool Wall commentariat would find it ugly, I'm pretty sure they could've all been pegged within 10 posts.
I'll admit to never understanding the appeal of this or the DS when I was a kid. But now? I spotted an SM in the wild here in Toronto last month while driving, and even my girlfriend commented on the speed at which my neck whipped around to follow it. Positively oozes class in a way only the French could manage.
