Maserati and Citroen

[T10YYY]

Does this ring any bells!! So our cars share the same parts as a Citroen!

 

[safrane]

And proably 100s of other cars...most parts are hidden away and made by Velo and the like.

 

[T10YYY]

I might just buy a Citroen as a daily driver then! Sounds like they use quality parts!!

 

[dem maser]

French cars the only ones that are worse for electrics than italian

We have italian cars with french parts

 

[ManInBlack]

Citroen SM, anyone remember them?

 

[allandwf]

Citroen owned them in the 70s. Filled them with spheres and other such gizmos.

 

[ManInBlack]

The last shot is of my old DS before she had her UK plates issued!

 

[highlander]

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The last shot is of my old DS before she had her UK plates issued!

simply stunning.........

 

[safrane]

That SM is just art

 

[Parisien]

Had a few DS's.......those were the days......

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[ManInBlack]

Had the black one in the photo left hand drive & also a right hand drive, but the right hooker never felt right!!!!!

 

[Parisien]

My main one was a 1 owner car......from Rhodesia......no rust anywhere......magic

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[Pibbow]

My old man had a 1974 SM in white with red velor & leather interior! fantastic I was the talk of the school can't find a picture of it anywhere. He had big citroens after that until he stopped driving in 2002 I have his XM 24 valve in my garage with 60k on it although its in need of some TLC now

 

[safrane]

XM estate was my chariot of choice when I had the Golden Retrievers

 

[Brainsick]

Citroen leads and the world doesn't follow... That said, I love the design of the DS and SM.

 

[Parisien]

They were ahead in many areas for quite sometime as regards the mass market...but then the automotive world passed them by

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[BennyD]

That SM is just sh!te

Correct. The SM looks as if it was designed by a 3 year old using blunt crayons; what an ugly pos. Citroen hydrospastics, what a nightmare; if the spheres lose pressure you lose everything, brakes, steering and suspension and how could that end badly? French aesthetics and Italian reliability, a match made in h3ll. I feel there are a lot of rose tinted specs being worn around here when remembering the 'good old days'. Hateful pieces of cr4p.

 

[Parisien]

Nonsense Ian.....the hydraulics were aerospace spec.......in reality was quite reliable. I used several DS/CX/CMs over 6 odd years....never any bother.

Sounds as if the myth industry is at it again...much like the Maserati myths!


The reservoir retained plenty of pressure if system failed allowing safe braking and the rest.

Loved them all.

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[Chrisbassett]

I remember my dad had a Citroen with floating suspension, scary brakes, a single spoke steering wheel and spinning instruments - looked even more futuristic than "Space 1999" and had me fascinated for hours. **** the FIA and their safety campaigns...

 

[CatmanV2]

We had a couple of BX's Great things. Never had a problem with the spheres that didn't give *loads* of early warning without impacting performance.

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