汽车传家宝：继承一辆车的乐趣与痛苦

here’s a reason Alex Roy still has the humble 1973 Citroën SM his brother, Max, left behind when he died of cancer in 2024. They had planned to drive the teardrop-shaped coupé cross-country, honoring the brand that spirited their father and his German Jewish family out of Brussels during World War II. Today the blue SM needs repairs. The windows and AC don’t work, so driving in summer is “hell on Earth.” But the Arizona resident won’t give it up. “My girlfriend’s like, ‘You should sell the car,’ and she’s right, because it never works,” he says. …