New Family member - DS3 SUV

[WTF]

Best-selling brand, DS3 carries 64% of DS sales in the world and its cumulative production reached 330,000 units to date.

After the restyling of 2014, the chic city will be remodeled again in 2016, when it will integrate the DS Wings grille and the second generation will be launched in 2019.

But before that, in 2018, the DS3 family will have a new member.

Two projects were in the pipeline: a classic five-door hatchback in the vein of the Audi A1 Sportback and SUVs such as the Mini Countryman .



In late spring 2014, Carlos Tavares , head of PSA, ruled in favor of the second. A coherent choice since this model will have global visibility while a "simple" 5-door DS3 would have found its audience in Europe.

Since then, the team of Thierry Métroz, responsible for the design of the DS brand works hard.

Source - HERE

[DigitalCal]

By the time 2019 comes around, that'll be a very long time for the current car to have been in production - 9 years! Unless the 2016 'remodelling' is a heavy Corsa/Golf-style makeover.

[Soran]

It actually would make sense for PSA to expand the DS3 range, as you only have to look at the model range for M*N* and Fiat 500 to see that they is money to be made from it.

[mk2k41]

Grim...

[Chris_Blue]

Gordon Bennet...

[Gazski66]

Jeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz what rubbish

[Kat]

Grim...

My thoughts exactly!

[WTF]

C3 XR details here; http://www.monautonews.com/citroen-c3-xr-235732014

Ds6 WR


http://m.autocar.co.uk/blogs/beijing...ld-come-europe

[FLP]

this makes me sad.. I'm not a fan of making every type of car from a certain model, as a lot of manufacturers are doing these days.

[TypeDS3]

The butt ugly BMW A1 series has been around over 10 years, so I'm sure the current DS3 design will be around for a while yet! Didn't Citroen keep producing the old Picasso shape even when the newer design was available as the public still wanted to buy it?
If they do expand the family then I don't have a problem with that!

[moranphotography]

this makes me sad.. I'm not a fan of making every type of car from a certain model, as a lot of manufacturers are doing these days.

Fiat 500 perfect example of that, hate it. The L that is, quite like the normal one and of course the Abarth versions.

Wife said she liked the 500L the other night. If looks could kill she'd have been tickled [emoji12]

Think they should make the DS4 funkier than it currently is.

[DaveB]

I'm sure the current DS3 design will be around for a while yet!

Further down that first link it says that the DS3 SUV will use the new EMP1 platform, which was to have been shared with the Opel Corsa from 2015 but since the "divorce" between GM & PSA, PSA is developing it on its own, which has meant a delay. Looks like that's why the 2016 changes will just be a facelift rather than a completely new car.

[cameron20020]

I hate it. The B pillar which I love on our DS3 looks like an absolutely terrible copy on this. Really hope they don't make it.
Looks like a cactus with some DS3 slapped on. Difference is, I love the cactus, but hate this.

[pmk]

First pics look like an Audi A1.

[TypeDS3]

The rounded top makes it look like an 'Adam' so immediate fail.