Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for:
00:39:56 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2005-12-31 17:42 |
At least 4 or 5 are visible in the warehouse: |
◊ 2005-12-31 17:52 |
Cool pictures, but what a waste of such a fantastic car as an Citroën SM!!! |
◊ 2005-12-31 18:01 |
They seem to destroy only one actually (but maybe several were used for the scene). The director of the movie seems to like them, since there are few of them in the warehouse between Ferraris and other luxury cars, and there was already one in the previous movie: /vehicle_5769-Citroen-SM.html There is also a "Citroën" plate on the wall of the wharehouse: -- Last edit: 2005-12-31 18:03:03 |
◊ 2005-12-31 18:16 |
Citroën was for sale in the USA untill the mid-seventies. They kept garages for service untill 1984 in LA and New York. But they never had any wide spread dealer network, so it had to be quite a challenge to gather all those cars and the sign of course. It is 'funny' to see in some movies when directors try to create a european scene, they always use the ds, 2cv and sm, and of course the 505, 405 and Renault american cars. But it is always easy to tell that the real location is the USA, since all the cars look very different due to US regulations. For example, wider bumpers, double headlights. |
◊ 2006-01-01 13:31 |
I've read that about 50% of the SM produced were for US marked, so I guess it is not more difficult to find one in the US than in France? By the way, here on the site we have more of them in American movies than European movies -- Last edit: 2006-01-01 13:32:14 |
◊ 2006-01-02 20:17 |
Perhaps, but they make more movies in the US than they do in France, so the chances for a car being in a movie is much higher in the US.... (sad enough, because I like French cars a lot more than US cars). You could be right though that it is more easy to find one in the US than in France, for the SM certainly. For other French cars of that age I don't know. |
◊ 2006-08-04 20:34 |
I love the colour scheme |
◊ 2006-08-04 21:10 |
Why exactly 1973? |
◊ 2006-08-04 21:11 |
It was probably the worst automotive rubbish ever unleashed on mankind, even worse than the atrocious and ugly DS. |
◊ 2006-08-04 21:13 |
Please, one Explorer4x4 is enough, do not start like him |
◊ 2006-08-04 21:20 |
I won't. But someone please explain to me what is great about these very occasionally rolling disaster areas Citroen had the audacity to unleash onto the uninspiring motorist? They are hideously ugly and make one seasick as soon as they are in motion, which they are actually quite rarely because most of the time they are either in the workshop, or sitting on the hard shoulder with one of their numerous fluids polluting the surrounding area. |
◊ 2006-08-04 22:01 |
Bon... Je vais essayer de donner mon avis. Pas partisan (enfin j'essaie!) sur la SM. Qui mérite tous les qualificatifs, positifs et négatifs... Esthétique? Tout se discute. Pas une voiture passe-partout, contrairement à certaines Ford... Perso, j'aime bien, extérieur comme intérieur. Et elle me faisait rêver quand j'étais môme. Mais des coups et des douleurs... Mécanique? Pour ne pas être trop négatif, des idées magnifiques torpillées par un service commercial et une crise du pétrole qui sont passés par là en même temps. Coïncidence funeste... La SM a toujours souffert d'un moteur théoriquement beau (V6 Maserati) et pratiquement... calamiteux. Surchauffes, tendances à l'auto-allumage de la voiture entière (immolation de la bête!), chaînes de distribution désastreuses (et budget d'entretien pharaonique), légère tendance à la corrosion, circuit hydropneumatique solide si très bien entretenu. MAIS les SM ayant touché vite le fond en terme de cote argus (et plus tard collection), rien de ce qui devait être fait en fait d'entretien n'avait été suivi (à moins d'être agent Citroën soi-même), pour cause d'explosion budgétaire, il était difficile de trouver une SM potable, à moins qu'elle ne soit passée entre les pattes du Sorcier (Régembeau, pour le plaisir de le nommer!). Le seul capable de fiabiliser et de vitaliser une SM... Plus de 300 ch de la sienne, plus quelques centaines de milliers de kilomètres... Comme quoi, pour ces Citroën, il eût suffi d'un peu plus de mise au point pour en faire des voitures de rêve (et non de cauchemar pour leurs propriétaires)... Suffit de demander à ceux qui ont acheté les premières DS. PS: si quelqu'un veut m'offrir une DS 23 boîte méca 5, peut-être que je ne refuserai pas... |
◊ 2006-08-04 22:33 |
junkman, don't get me wrong - I accept your opinion, as probably most members here as very respectable. I just would like to ask you, is it really necessary to provoke others with this style of reply? I mean OK, you don't like it, you don't like DS, it is your opinion, but you probably noticed, that most members here like these cars, so why offend the car they like in such a way? It suits to 14 y.o. boy, but not to a guy like you I think.. But that is only my opinion.. |
◊ 2006-08-04 23:22 |
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Random/O_RLY.jpg |
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-08-04 23:29 |
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◊ 2006-08-05 00:10 |
..did you had a DS or SM or any Citroen experience Junkman? |
◊ 2006-08-05 01:00 |
Unfortunately - both. I then had the masochism to buy a new CX. -- Last edit: 2006-08-05 01:01:26 |
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-08-05 01:02 |
YES! Finally someone who has experience with Citroen (and the DS) and doesn't like them! |
◊ 2006-08-05 01:57 |
...Yes ...some 'ONE' ... not much to go on ...as the majority of us Love the DS,SM,CX etc.... |
◊ 2006-08-05 03:26 |
I know what a DS is, but Ive never driven one. I think one of the most facinating items about the DS is it does not come with a jack, correct me if Im wrong, but doesnt the DS have the ability to lift a flat tire off the road and stand balanced on 3 wheels? |
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-08-05 03:40 |
I know what a DS is too , thanks to IMCDb. |
◊ 2006-08-05 11:09 |
Well, it comes with a spare wheel, and it is probably better to use that one rather than drive on 3 wheels. But you can remove one of the rear wheels: /vehicle_19681-Citroen-DS-19.html |
◊ 2006-08-06 01:07 |
No offense or insult, I just stated mere facts. |
◊ 2016-08-02 19:00 |
The part where they crashed all of those Citroens was the dumbest crash sequence in movie history. And offensive too! |
◊ 2020-07-25 09:04 |
What’s up with all the lights? |