Perhaps more than any other designer, Robert Opron\u2019s work came to embody the qualities of idiosyncrasy and individuality in French car design, helping set the output of the country\u2019s factories at odds with convention. In particular, his long association with Citro\u00ebn took the company\u2019s engineering-infused brilliance to another level. One...
his first architectural job some three decades before). Following his studies, Opron worked first in aeronautical design, then for the French car maker Simca. His designs included the 1958 Simca Fulgur concept, a flying saucer-style bubble car intended to preview the roads of the 21st century. Its aviation influences were all too clear, from the passenger canopy to the fighter jet-like rear spoiler.
The SM remains quite unlike any luxury car ever built. A large two-door four-seater, it had its origins in a sporting variant of the DS that was prototyped in the early 60s but never produced. Opron put everything into the SM, from the fully glazed front end, through to the tapering rear with its faired-in wheels and large tailgate. The SM was striking and stylish, and although it shared an engine with its Maserati counterparts, it was a fast grand tourer, rather than a sports car.
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