
Citroen SM Maserati Unite Rapide d'Intervention Chimique Minichamps 1:43

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Specifications
- Brand
- Citroen
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 400111091
- Year
- 1970
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Liftback & Fastback
- Vehicle Class
- Service & Emergency Vehicles
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138068872
About the Citroen SM Maserati Unite Rapide d'Intervention Chimique Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:43 diecast reproduces the Citroen SM Maserati in French Unite Rapide d'Intervention Chimique service livery, a rare emergency-vehicle variant of Citroen's 1970s Maserati-engined flagship. The body is a sealed one-piece casting. It is a used model, box showing traces of storage, casting itself intact.
The SM paired Citroen's hydropneumatic engineering with a Maserati V6, and this chemical-response livery puts an unusual institutional job on a car better known for luxury grand touring.
Minichamps Citroen SM Livery and Casting Detail
The SM's long, low fastback profile is a demanding shape for any scale, and at 1:43 the diecast holds the car's distinctive nose taper and sweeping roofline without softening the proportions. The intervention-unit livery adds warning stripes, lettering and an equipment-panel finish that sits apart from the smooth paint of a standard road-car casting, and Minichamps applies it with clean, legible registration. The zinc alloy body is sealed, so the model's presentation rests entirely on exterior finish: panel lines scribed into the metal, glazing fitted flush, and paint depth consistent across the fastback's curves. This is a used model, its box showing traces of storage while the casting itself carries no matching wear.
The SM's Unusual Institutional Life
Citroen's SM is remembered mainly as an executive grand tourer, so a service-vehicle variant like this one is a genuine departure, the kind of specialized livery that appealed to French municipal and civil-protection fleets in the 1970s. That combination of an exotic Maserati-engined platform doing everyday emergency work is precisely what makes the subject interesting to a collector who already knows the standard road car.
Where This SM Fits a Themed Shelf
This model rewards a collection built around service and emergency vehicles or one tracing Citroen's model range beyond its familiar road cars. Displayed next to a standard-liveried SM, the contrast highlights how differently the same platform could be dressed for different jobs.








