european cadillac eldorado! and propably sounds better than one!
@charlescherry17334 ай бұрын
The engine sound is FANTASTIC - I cannot believe that it’s a V6 (they usually, to my ear, sound like bolts in a washing machine or artificially autonomous “engines;” I guess it’s the spell of the Italian’s that can make a V6 actually sing - Garcia, Maserati! ❤
@user-hg1ff9lf8d4 ай бұрын
Citroen sm mooie auto ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
@chrisgibson88825 ай бұрын
Quelle belle sonorité🥰
@user-hs8qj2fi9y5 ай бұрын
Citroen should of changed the steering rack gearing to make it less sensitive. I know people say you get used to it. You shouldn't have to. Probably lost alot of sales because of that. Scared alot of people off.
@autosnob4 ай бұрын
But then it wouldn't have been half as interesting as it is today.
@raneynickel74436 ай бұрын
I had this car and loved it for 150k miles! Too bad the rust got him in the end :(
@albertofaucci15996 ай бұрын
Can it also be done while in motion? Or only when the car is standing?
@rondegroot15086 ай бұрын
camera a fraction too low
@Schlipperschlopper6 ай бұрын
Sadly all ICE cars will be ilegal in EU and USA soon!
@stephenphillips89567 ай бұрын
Fun fact; in the UK the TRD was renamed TDR. This was because the marketing peeps predicted it would become known as ‘the turd’.
@eugeneviollet-le-duc59717 ай бұрын
La plus extraordinaire voiture du monde…!
@RUfromthe40s7 ай бұрын
normally the ones i knew that had this car ,they never complain about any problem with it ,i at the time had already bought two cars and when this was available for sale i couldn´t aford it but later when looking for one in second hand i couldn´t find one for sale , so the problems with it ,i´m not aware of them , just remenber driving one and feeling it was better than most of the confortable cars at the time that were the DS ,rolls royce or mercedes , cadillac also but doesn´t count due to their gasoline comsumption ,if there were a cadilac turbo-diesel i would have bought one, mercedes didn´t release any form of the C1 (the sportive model ,that in some time they were discussing of releasing it with a turbo diesel engine ,but it never came out none of them just available to be seen in auto-shows as the classic that never was)this still remains as one of the cars that got away, there were other confortable cars but none with the quality of the ones i refer
@antonmk12447 ай бұрын
Best car in the world, to me.
@remypriou56087 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo de la 405 Mi 16. Le son du moteur qui monte à l'infini dans les tours est addictif... La première fois que j'ai vu une Mi16 c'était à la sortie de Bourges à un feu rouge. Je me souviendrais toujours du son du 16 soupapes à l'accélération au feu vert, Wouahhh !!! Un plaisir pour les oreilles de passionnés...
@MICHAELCHRETIEN-dk2io8 ай бұрын
toutes les voitures ont le volant qui revient en position roues droites quand elles sont en mouvement...ce qui n'est pas montré ici, c'est que la CX le fait sans rouler, et ça, y'a que elle et la SM.
@laurentthevret60918 ай бұрын
La Diva.
@JWC-rk2ig9 ай бұрын
Is this the carburetted 2.7? Sounds gorgeous
@autosnob8 ай бұрын
It sure is!
@RUfromthe40s9 ай бұрын
the only car i didn´t had but wanted one
@mrceleb20069 ай бұрын
Also known as the Graduate due to being used in the 1967 film of the same title that made Dustin Hoffman a star!
@mrceleb20069 ай бұрын
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16!
@mrceleb20069 ай бұрын
I don't hear a buzzer in this video...what does the Citroen SM horn sound like?
@arrowXY9 ай бұрын
The engine really sounds great 😊
@jenniferkovac8209 ай бұрын
Thank you! It's a properly snarly unit that never lets you forget it's happy to do its work.
@sydbarret19739 ай бұрын
What a beautiful dash…. Still looks somewhat modern
@jenniferkovac8209 ай бұрын
Incredible to think that the entire car - dash design and all - was conceived more than 50 years ago!
@stephanemathieu57219 ай бұрын
Amazing car ...
@mainiotaainetta9 ай бұрын
0 rpm @ 100 kph wow!😍
@jamesgudgeon48689 ай бұрын
Imagine a 6 spd manual Gearbox 7:32
@autosnob9 ай бұрын
Even at 80MPH, the SM is only turning 3K RPMs putting you right in the meat of the power band. But, yes, a 6 speed would make a perfect car even more perfect!
@jamesgudgeon48689 ай бұрын
Wonderful! 1:39
@MohammadRajabloo9 ай бұрын
I HAVE ONE OF THIS CAR BUT I CANT ADD ANDROID DISPLAY :(
@thiago20310 ай бұрын
💖 "Promo sm"
@paulhunter12310 ай бұрын
thank you so much for sharing this video of an amazing car i will never get to drive in my life
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
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@junkorbust949810 ай бұрын
The SM is a spaceship. Thanks for the videos.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
The engineering on this car is truly alien and, if you're uninitiated, it really does feel like you're piloting a spaceship. The combination of the brake button, super quick, self centering Diravi steering and hydropnuematic suspension ensures the SM drives like nothing else. Glad you enjoyed the videos! Check out more great content at autosnob.net
@eoinj392910 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the driving experience. Somehow i cant imagine 50 years from now anyone will be in love with a 2023 Tesla.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
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@RUfromthe40s7 ай бұрын
that would be fun ,but i´ll not be around anymore to see it, maybe they´ll keep a car to say this was maybe the first electric car that worked ,in a time that people were told that electricity was enviroment friendly wich are not and already creating problems about disposing them ,mainly the badly built batteries and all plastic that they were built from
@jakubkrcma10 ай бұрын
❤
@giannispilios28810 ай бұрын
Why does it sounds like a diesel?
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Because it is a diesel.
@silkdestroyer10 ай бұрын
Hi. What is the flashing red indicator to the right of the warning cluster? Starts and sounds good.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
The flashing red indicator is for the seat belt. Safety, even back in 1972!
@JOHNTSHEA10 ай бұрын
A marvellous car!
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I agree!
@andrewcheatle469110 ай бұрын
My Dad always wanted one of these, although he only got as far as a baby powder blue Dyane 6 - although that was also quite a quirky funky car in its own right. Love the design from the body shape to the interior & those dials! Citroen really were really distinctive design & engineering pioneers during this era 👌
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Ahhh, the Dyane 6 is like a slightly more luxurious 2CV. I would love to own one! Citroen was an engineering driven company in the 50s, 60s and 70s, and its innovative design and features unfortunately did not translate into healthy profits. Peugeot ended up acquiring 90% of the company in 1976 but it was too late to reverse the quirky and lovely CX, perhaps the last of the great Citroens.
@l__l232810 ай бұрын
Man, remember when cars used to be interesting? I don't, because i was born too late
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Carry the torch forward my friend and help your generation remember why these cars were so interesting.
@BoloH.10 ай бұрын
I love old Citroëns, even if I never had one myself. They are so weird, so unique, that they reflect a world that barely existed even back then.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Funny, every time I drive the SM, I say this car was surely designed and built by an alien civilization.
@TheDrAkira10 ай бұрын
I always gonna stay in awe when I see a Citroën autoleveling after start... I miss my Xantia :(
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Would love me a Xantia 16V 5 speed.
@spg333110 ай бұрын
Lovely car, how do find non ethanol fuel?
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
www.pure-gas.org
@abbush292110 ай бұрын
Can this be done on the fly ?
@stoneylonesome406210 ай бұрын
Adjusting the ride height? Yes, it’s controlled by a lever on the floor beside the driver’s seat.
@silkdestroyer10 ай бұрын
It can, but you would only ever want to if there was a minor flood to cross or some rough ground, in which case you would select the highest setting. And, while in that position, there is no suspension travel, so it would be slow speed only. You wouldn't drive it in any position except for the normal driving one.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
As other pointed out, it's an on-the-fly adjustment by simply moving the lever into 1 of 5 positions at the base of the seat. Positions 2 - 4 can be used for normal driving.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
There's 5 positions and positions 2 - 4 can be used for normal driving.
@TheDrAkira10 ай бұрын
How in hell did that Citroën made it to the States! O_O Man, you surely have great taste. Look at that design, and those big green globes for the hydropneumatic suspension! That car was way a head of its time and looks beautiful! Cheers from the very South part of the continent, from a Citroën lover :D
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words. This Citroen was in fact a US model - as evidenced by the US headlights and front clip - and is 100% legal. Citroen stopped selling cars in the US in 1973 due to the height adjustable suspension which couldn't meet fixed bumper height regulations.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
LOL it is a US model and is 100% legal.
@bebobism10 ай бұрын
1972 and citroën was already producing low riders , that's like a "back to the future" moment . 😎
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Citroen was "stanced" before stanced was even a thing. Check out more great content at autosnob.net
@mjak99310 ай бұрын
Wow, I've known about the main dials being of that funky oval shape, but I've never seen the auxilliary indicators down to the lefff right I mean of course, D'OH... water temp, fuel and oil temp I'm guessing? Quite a unique layout there, too.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Exactly right. They are perfectly positioned for a quick glance during normal driving.
@valentinexristov891510 ай бұрын
What a great car. Please some more videos with it, Mike! :)
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
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@dajerade813310 ай бұрын
Citroen XM is better 😊
@silkdestroyer10 ай бұрын
That's like saying that an apple is better than a carrot.
@mehrzahl221910 ай бұрын
I'd rather have this incredible spaceship.
@silkdestroyer10 ай бұрын
And I do have a CX, 2 XMs, (one diesel, one petrol,) and an SM.
@autosnob10 ай бұрын
Well I owned a XM and a CX. And I wouldn't say there's a "Better" choice, they are just all very different. The XM was perhaps the most conventional of all the Citroens I've owned.