Citroen’s iconic DS nameplate has been out of production for over three decades, but the French automaker will re-launch the range later this year. Citroen will reveal its plan for the DS range later this week, with the first DS model surfacing next month.
Citroen’s first DS model will debut in concept form at March’s Geneva Motor Show. Dubbed the DS3, Citroen’s newest model will compete in the small car segment and is slated to hit the market in during the first half of 2010, according to Automotive News.
The second DS model – the lower-medium DS4 – will roll into Citroen showrooms dealers during early 2011, with the third and final model, the upper-medium DS5, bowing by the end of 2011.
The new DS range should complement Citroen’s C range, although the DS models will command a higher price point.
02/02, 7:46 PM
posted by:
eXige
Cool. I wonder what they did with it.
02/02, 8:54 PM
posted by:
carbonsigma
I highly doubt that the new DS can be anywhere near as cool, quirky or groundbreaking as the original. And they dare to call it DS.
02/02, 9:42 PM
posted by:
atoms
i wonder how they are going to do with a resurrection of the iconic DS, actually looking forward to this concept
02/02, 10:08 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
You people are scaring me.
02/02, 10:37 PM
posted by:
oxfdblue
Wonder if Citroen will ever come back to the US?
02/02, 10:52 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Why? Is Europe still pissed the Black Death never reached the Americas?
02/03, 12:00 AM
posted by:
drg
johnny, tell that to the dozen or so people that die every year in the us from it.
02/03, 12:25 AM
posted by:
zeeck
drg is right, we need to kill all the Prarie Dogs, NOW, maybe just contain all the squirrels though, they can stay
onto the topic:
with all of the cool concepts coming from Citroen, I bet it will look good, maybe not as quirky, but that is a good thing, that was an ugly-ass car…reminds me of a frog and a boat…
02/03, 8:12 AM
posted by:
peter g
Like it or not…The classic DS is truly iconic and is the queen and a benchmark in french automotive industry ( thus the name ), so why make another? It’s just like the new Camaro and what have you; they all remind me of those ghastly Las Vegas Elvis impersonators. Leave it be and come up with something new, fast, light and beautiful!
02/03, 10:08 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
drg, I’ll bet twice that many die from running with scissors.
02/03, 12:02 PM
posted by:
Struggle
Leave it to the French to do something this stupid.
02/03, 12:49 PM
posted by:
TomF
How is it that Citroen can announce the DS revival this week and have something in showrooms “next month,” but when Ford or GM announce they’re going to do something, the evidence trickles into showrooms three or four years later?
02/03, 1:58 PM
posted by:
Borat
Johnny, it was a beautiful car. I think it was more popular in Europe as representation of “classic” then Jaguar. It was a definition of “success” in 50-80’s just like large Benz.
Unlike Benz it was what most cars today are made of: front wheel drive (was evolutionary not revolutionary for Citroen), 4 cylinder motor, very roomy interior and panoramic view from airy saloon. Later was matched with Maserati engine. You have to give French pricks their dues – they did create marvelous engineering pieces: Concord, fast trains, smokeless powder and automatic cannons.