Citroën tried to make the purchase of Maserati profitable by presenting the SM in 1970, a sporty and luxurious coupe which embodies the new GT road car and which is equipped with Maserati's C114 engine (the engine of the Merak).

To support the marketing of this model, the competition department decided to enter the SM in competition and modified a short SM chassis by lightening it as much as possible and pushing the V6 to 250 hp.

It allowed some places of honor during its participations in African and European Rallies, in particular a 3rd place in the 1972 Rally of Portugal, the miniature of which I present to you here.