CITROEN XM - Who Designed What

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136 Who designed what
SM AND the CX (and also the GS and AMI 8) were designed by Frenchmen Robert Opron. In 1975 he
moved to Renault. Therre he designed: Renaults 9/11 (in America Encore and Alliance), Renault 25,
Renault Fuego, Renault Trafic and Master, Renault Express, Renault Super 5, Renault 21 Nevada and
some more.
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The SM originates, like the CX and the GS, from the french designer Robert Opron. When you compare
the 3 cars you can clearly see the same lines coming back. Compare for instance the sides of the car,
and you wil see that they all "stop" beneath the doors. This gives the impression of a "box-type" chassis.
When you look at the first series of the cars you also can see the lack of side-strips and other other
fancy striping. Three car clubs in the Netherlands invited 2 years ago Robert Opron to celebrate the
25th aniversary of the GS and SM and the 20th of the CX. For this event also a special book is made
named "style opron".By the way, Opron also did the restyling of the DS, and the third noseis drawn by
him !!!
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