DS has made a tribute to the Citroen SM, and it’s called… the Tribute

DS has revealed a tribute to a car that... bankrupted Citroen back in 1974 and caused its then-merger with Peugeot. A hearty welcome back to the glorious Citroen SM, then, via the medium of a gloriously wild concept car featuring all the hits: part-closed rear wheels, a squat, stretched silhouette and those rectangular lights at either end.

It's also literally called the DS Tribute, built to help showcase the marque’s future models. Sign us up.

Let’s get straight into the design where the SM's relaxed proportions have been retained, save for the now 22in wheel size. Almost everything else has been reimagined though, from the pillars' thickness to the roofline's shape.

The rectangular lights mostly remain, albeit with Y-shaped, diamond-tipped light clusters perched between a glass grille up front. The quirky single-wing mirror on the driver’s side has also been replaced by a thin (likely digitalised?) one on both flanks. Notice something different about that rear wheel arch? It’s got a slit so you can see the top of the wheels now. Very cool.

And then there’s the two-tone colour scheme. It’s called 'Gold Leaf', and comprises a satin varnish and patina with strokes of black applied for a bit more effect. This actual colour was also an option on the original Seventies car.

The original car's interior was a button-heavy buffet, whereas the Tribute swaps them for a curved ‘screen console’. Other notable bits include a steer-by-wire yoke, horizontal cushions on the seats and a lot of ivory-coloured Alcantara.

DS is yet to mention any details of a theoretical powertrain (the original had a V6), or whether the Tribute features the brilliant hydropneumatic suspension, so we’ll just assume it’s going to have both.

What do we think readers: yes, yes or yes?