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All star jury team assembled by MotorTrend included among other the Conference of Automotive Research Specialists (CARS) included racer Phil Hill, racer and automotive safety engineer Bill Milliken, automotive engineer/designer/reporter/author Karl Ludvigsen, automotive designer and Art Center design professor Strother McMinn, and MotorTrend EIC Eric Dahlquist along with Bob Gurr of Disney Imagineering’s Monorail and Autopia and John Lamm voted the SM winner of MotorTrend’s 1972 Car of the Year – making it the very first foreign marque to achieve the honor. Gurr eagerly ordered one for himself and when the dealer said it would be a few days while they got it ready, Gurr insisted none of the US trim package or moldings be added – leaving the sides clean like a European delivery. Jay Leno had Jerry convert his own SM to Euro delivery specification as well, after seeing it at Autobooks Aerobooks where Gurr was signing his Imagineering books. This SM is likely the most original example anywhere, with even the yellow factory assembly paint dots remaining in the engine bay. The Maserati aluminum 90degree with weber 4cam is under 3liters at 2.7liters for 1972.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/ultimate-car-year-finalist-1972-citroen-sm/
Leno’s SM;