Ugliest, most overpriced French car on CL

Pretty amazing car for it's day...far more advanced than anything the Big Three was producing especially at that time..

Looks are debatable but Ma Chrysler produced the first Charger and barracuda which are not universal loved and quite controversial.

"Contemporary automotive journalists were most effusive about the SM's dynamic qualities, which were unlike anything they had experienced before. The SM provided a combination of comfort, sharp handling, and high performance not available in any other car at the time. The magazine Popular Science noted that the SM had the shortest stopping distance of any car they had tested."

This car had features which are still not included on most cars..

Innovative features:
. hydro-pneumatic (oleopneumatic) self-leveling suspension
. self-leveling lights that swiveled with the steering
. steering is self-centering and fully powered (as opposed to hydraulically assisted)
This feature allows the front wheels to run near-zero caster, and means that there is no camber change as lock is applied, and
also ensures that the maximum amount of tyre area is in contact with the road at all times. The system also adjusts the
hydraulic pressure on the steering centering cam according to vehicle speed so that the amount of steering feel remained
almost constant at any speed, counteracting the tendency of manual and ordinary power assisted steering to feel light at
high speed. Thus the car turns easily at low speed, emphasized by high gearing given two turns lock-lock, and relatively
more effort is required at higher speed.
. the wiper mechanism is 'sensitive' to rain, by measuring the current needed to drive the wiper motor
. he steering column is adjustable in both height and reach.
. braking system, adapted from the DS, employs disk brakes at all four corners with the front brakes being inboard, and cooled via large
ducts on the front underside of the car.
. hydraulic braking pressure front to rear balance is self-adjusting according to the weight in the rear of the car.
. factory option wheel was available for lightweight wheels made of composites. These wheels weigh less than half the standard weight
and are possibly a unique application of composites on a production vehicle.