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Citroen SM Maserati Gold Norev 1:18

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Citroen SM Maserati Gold Norev 1:18 181585 Diecast
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Norev's 1:18 diecast Citroen SM in gold reproduces the 1970 grand tourer built from Citroen's short-lived alliance with Maserati, which supplied the V6 engine. The SM paired DS-style hydropneumatic suspension with genuine GT performance, and this diecast captures its long, tapered nose and six-headlamp front in solid metal at an accessible price.
Citroen SM Maserati Gold Norev 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Citroen
Model Manufacturer
Norev
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
181585
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Citroen SM Maserati Gold Norev 1:18

TL;DR: Norev's 1:18 diecast Citroen SM in gold reproduces the 1970 grand tourer built during Citroen's ownership of Maserati, which supplied its V6 engine. The diecast captures the SM's tapered nose and six-headlamp front, offering a French GT with an Italian engine at an accessible mass-market price.

The SM is the strangest hybrid in Citroen's history: a French flagship coupe running an Italian V6, born from a corporate marriage that lasted barely long enough to build the car.

How Norev Casts the SM's Elongated GT Body

The SM's nose is unusually long and tapered, tucking six headlamps behind a glazed cover, and Norev's diecast reproduces that front treatment with clean lens detailing rather than a flattened approximation. Gold paint suits the era well, sitting with reasonable depth over the coupe's smooth, uninterrupted flanks, panels that Citroen's designers kept deliberately free of brightwork to emphasise length. The diecast body carries enough weight to feel substantial off the shelf, and opening doors reveal a cabin styled with the single-spoke steering wheel Citroen favoured across the period. It will not match a specialist resin builder's shut-line precision, but the SM's silhouette is dramatic enough to carry a mid-tier diecast without the shape losing impact.

A Short-Lived Alliance That Produced a Genuine GT

Citroen bought a controlling stake in Maserati in 1968 chiefly to secure an engine supplier for a proper flagship coupe, and the result, launched in 1970, combined Maserati's compact V6 with Citroen's hydropneumatic suspension and power steering, a genuinely novel mix of Italian performance and French ride comfort. The partnership did not survive the 1973 oil crisis, and Maserati passed to new ownership shortly after, leaving the SM as the clearest physical evidence the alliance ever existed. That short window makes the SM a story piece as much as a design one, a car built during a moment of ownership that no longer applies to either marque today.

Placing the SM Among French and Italian GTs

On a shelf, the SM reads as a genuine contrast piece: badge it as French and the hydropneumatic underpinnings back that up, but the V6 note and coupe proportions pull toward Italian GT territory, making it an interesting bridge between two collecting themes. Next to a DS it shows the family design language stretched into something sportier; next to an Italian coupe of the same era it shows how differently two marques solved the same brief. Either pairing works, which is unusual for a car this specific.

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