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Stellantis brand DS has developed an electric sports car that serves as rolling laboratory for performance technology.
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The DS 4 is a handsome hatch from Stellantis' French luxury brand
DS is a French luxury brand that forms part of Stellantis, and it's just unveiled a redesigned version of its DS 4 compact hatch.
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DS Aero Sport Lounge concept hints at flagship crossover
DS's new concept could hint at an electric crossover SUV coming down the line.
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DS 9 is a French flagship sedan
A new flagship sedan from PSA Group's DS luxury brand will enter production in China in the second half of 2020.
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Official: Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group agree to 50/50 merger
The merged company will be the fourth biggest automaker in the world.
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2019 DS 3 Crossback: French luxury crossover debuts with EV option
DS wowed audiences on Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show with the introduction of its new DS 3 Crossback. DS is the luxury arm of PSA Group, the French auto giant on a mission to enter the United States. It started out life as a sub-brand of Citroën, taking its inspiration from the classic...
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DS, the luxury brand of French auto giant PSA Group, announced Monday that it will partner with top Formula E team Techeetah for the 2018/2019 season of the electric car racing series. Techeetah was originally Team Aguri but had its name changed after the team was sold to Chinese investment firm China Media Capital at the end of the 2015/2016 season. Techeetah's Jean-Eric Vergne won the Drivers' Championship for the 2017/2018 season, which concluded earlier this month with the final round in New York, and the team itself just missed out on the Teams' Championship, with the title going to Audi...
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DS 3 Crossback to offer EV option, target Audi Q2
PSA Group's luxury brand DS launched its first standalone model last year in the form of the DS 7 Crossback, a small SUV with the refinement and technology to match the German marques. Now DS is in the final stage of testing of its second model, a compact SUV to be called the DS 3 Crossback. The...
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DS electric car set for 2018 Paris auto show, full lineup to be electrified starting 2025
DS is the latest automotive brand to announce plans for a fully electrified lineup. The luxury arm of French auto giant PSA Group announced Monday that every new model launched from 2025 will either feature a hybrid or pure electric powertrain. DS already sells a hybrid in the form of the DS 7...
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DS X E-Tense is a futuristic supercar with Formula E engineering
DS, PSA Group's luxury division, brought its vision of the future to the 2018 Beijing auto show in the DS X E-Tense concept, which follows the E-Tense concept from 2016. The brand previously teased the battery-electric GT concept in a brief teaser video, but now we have the details of the supercar...
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DS teases DSX E-Tense electric GT concept
DS is preparing a successor to its E-Tense electric sports car concept unveiled at the 2016 Geneva auto show. The French premium brand is holding back details but has given a glimpse of the new concept, called the DSX E-Tense, in a shadowy teaser video that hints at a sporty grand tourer with a...
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2019 DS 3 Crossback spy shots
The next vehicle to join the growing lineup of DS has been spotted testing for the first time. The vehicle is a subcompact crossover SUV related to the C3 Aircross from sister brand Citroen, and will likely be known as the DS 3 Crossback when it reaches showrooms sometime next year. DS is the...
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France's PSA Group, the maker of Citroën, DS, Peugeot, and now also Opel cars, has a mission to sell cars in the United States, though the automaker, which is Europe's second biggest by volume, isn't rushing things. It has a decade-long plan split up into three phases, and right now we're only in the early stages of the first phase. Progress is being made nonetheless and a new milestone was reached this week with PSA's announcement on Tuesday that it has chosen Atlanta, Georgia for its U.S. headquarters. The site will be opened in February and initially house a core team focused on...
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Maker of Peugeot and Citroën cars establishes North American ops
French automaker PSA Group only last month agreed to purchase Opel from General Motors. The automaker has also got around to establishing PSA North America, with former TrueCar and Nissan executive Larry Dominique put in charge of the new operation. But PSA isn’t ready just yet to establish a...
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GM sells Opel to France’s PSA Group
General Motors confirmed on Monday that it has reached an agreement to sell its struggling European division Opel to French auto giant PSA Group, the parent of French brands Citroën, DS and Peugeot. The deal, which is valued at 2.2 billion euros (approximately $2.33 billion), will see PSA...
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French luxury brand DS launches DS 7 Crossback
At next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, French auto giant PSA Group will unveil a new model from its fledgling luxury brand DS. The new model is the DS 7 Crossback, a small SUV in the same vein as the Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60. DS started out life in 2009 as a sub-brand of Citroën but was...
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2017 DS 7 spy shots
The new luxury brand of French auto giant PSA Group, DS, is about to launch a small SUV to rival the likes of the Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60. It will be called a DS 7 and feature a design inspired by the Devine DS concept car unveiled at the 2014 Paris auto show. The DS7 will have its own unveiling at...
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Maker of Peugeot and Citroën cars confirms LA car-sharing service
PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares on Monday confirmed the French auto giant will launch a car-sharing service in Los Angeles and possibly more cities in the United States. PSA, which represents brands Peugeot, DS and Citroën, will work with fellow French firm Bollore to launch the service. Bollore...
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DS, the new luxury brand of French auto giant PSA Group (formerly PSA Peugeot Citroën), used this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show to launch its latest model. The car is a compact hatch not much bigger than DS’s first model, the DS 3. It’s been developed exclusively for the Chinese market where DS also sells the DS 5, DS 5LS and DS 6WR. In the longer term, PSA hopes to see DS have a global footprint and that means selling cars in the United States. Recently, the French automaker outlined its plans for returning to these shores. But getting back to the DS 4S, it will be...
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PSA Peugeot Citroën outlines three-step plan for US return
PSA Peugeot Citroën’s return to the United States has been making headlines ever since Peugeot pulled out of the market back in 1991. Now, though, we have our first official confirmation that the French automaker is gearing up for a return to the U.S. The confirmation was made by CEO...
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DS rolls out E-Tense electric sports car concept
PSA Peugeot Citroën’s nascent luxury brand DS will mark its first auto show appearance as a standalone brand with the unveiling of an electric sports car concept. Set to debut at next week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show is the DS E-Tense, which boasts a powerful electric motor and a...
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New Look For DS 3 From French Premium Brand DS
The DS 3’s arrival in 2009 marked the launch of the new DS premium brand for French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroën. DS started out life as a sub-brand of Citroën, taking its inspiration from the classic Citroën DS sedan, but since then we’ve seen DS become a standalone...
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PSA Peugeot Citroën’s Fledgling DS Brand Gets DS Performance Motorsport Division
French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroën is in the midst of forming a new premium brand called DS. At present the brand is focused on the Chinese market, where most of its models are sold, but slowly it will offer its growing lineup of cars in other markets, perhaps even in the United States at...
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PSA Peugeot Citroën to expand brand heritage efforts
Both Peugeot and Citroën left the United States during the dawn of the Reagan administration. But even before their exits, vehicles from the French marques were generally seen as the domain of dedicated Francophiles or liberal arts college professors. Or both. That said, each...
John Coyle