Why the Citroën SM is not a GT car
It's the opinion piece many have been waiting for. Having started as a heated debate in the realms of obscure automotive humour on Facebook, the whole thing became a joke in itself, consisting mostly of me arguing with a horde of angry admirers of the car. Jokes aside though, it opens the door to an important debate. Before I start to make my case, I want to put on record that I love the SM. It looks gorgeous, the Maserati engine is a unreliable yet beautiful unit and there's no denying that it put a giant stamp in automotive history by outperforming much of that era's competition. It's not that I don't like the car to not grant it the title "GT" for 'Gran Turismo' or 'Grand Tourer". It's a matter of terminology. Not just once have I been made aware of the Citroën SMs Wikipedia page, where under 'class' it's clearly listed as a "Grand tourer". However, on the same table it reads "three door hatchback&