Editing Citroën SM (section)

==Prominent owners==
[[File:Citroën SM interior, brown (1).jpg|thumb|The dramatic dashboard was shared with the [[Maserati Merak]]]]

Like the [[Citroën DS]], the SM has had many celebrity owners.<ref name="jalopnik.com"/>
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the [[USSR]] [[Leonid Brezhnev]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klassiekerlogeren.nl/main.php/v/SM/Brez/pics/Brezhnev+at+Russian+Embassy+in+Paris_+France.jpg.html|title=Brezhnev and his Citroën SM|work=klassiekerlogeren.nl|access-date=31 January 2015|archive-date=3 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203083320/http://www.klassiekerlogeren.nl/main.php/v/SM/Brez/pics/Brezhnev+at+Russian+Embassy+in+Paris_+France.jpg.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rolling Stones]] bassist [[Bill Wyman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classics/bill-wyman-cars-at-goodwood-auction/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119094440/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classics/bill-wyman-cars-at-goodwood-auction/ |archive-date=19 November 2015 | title=Two Bill Wyman cars to be auctioned at Goodwood Festival of Speed  |date=6 May 2015 |url-status=dead |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> [[Adam Clayton]] of the rock group [[U2]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-citroen-sm-2/ |title=1972 Citroen SM 5-Speed |website=Bring a Trailer Auctions|date=15 February 2024 }}</ref> and Emperor [[Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia]] each drove SMs, while Ugandan dictator [[Idi Amin]] had seven of them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mink.net.au/?p=395|title=MinkMeister – Citroen SM|work=Some things matter|date=22 December 2014 }}</ref> [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|The Shah of Iran]] drove an SM.

Actors [[Lorne Greene]] and [[Lee Majors]], composer [[John Williams]], author [[Graham Greene]], and former Mauritian QC and Politician Sir Gaetan Duval (1930–1996), football player [[Johan Cruijff]], [[Rolling Stones]] drummer [[Charlie Watts]], [[Cheech & Chong]]'s [[Cheech Marin]] and [[Thomas Chong]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petrolicious.com/attaining-nirvana-in-a-citroen-ds |title=Attaining Nirvana in a Citroën DS |date=20 February 2015 |website=Petrolicious |access-date=14 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081457/http://www.petrolicious.com/attaining-nirvana-in-a-citroen-ds |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> motorcycle racer [[Mike Hailwood]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lap63.co.uk/#!sm-hailwood/cckw|title = Your Ultimate Destination for All Automobile News, Reviews and Vehicle Prices}}</ref> composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], and musician [[Carlos Santana]], all owned SMs as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citroens.citroen1.info/Amsterdam2003/cruijf.htm|title=AutoRAI 2003 – Johan Cruijf's SM|work=citroen1.info|access-date=31 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814184849/http://citroens.citroen1.info/Amsterdam2003/cruijf.htm|archive-date=14 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[SFRY|Yugoslav]] and [[Croatia]]n singer [[Mišo Kovač]] had his very own golden SM.

As of 2019, [[Guy Berryman]] of [[Coldplay]] was driving an SM.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/346266/check-out-coldplay-star-guy-berryman-s-garage| first =Tyler | last = Heatley | work=Motorious| title=Check out Coldplay star Guy Berryman's garage| date=24 April 2019}}</ref> Television host and comedian [[Jay Leno]]'s SM is seen frequently in the background of his ''[[Jay Leno's Garage]]'' [[YouTube]] videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/jay-leno/4227132|title=Jay Leno Ponders Charm (and Quirky Engineering) of French Cars|work=Popular Mechanics|date=October 2009}}</ref>