3 other times DS got brave
NEVER AFRAID TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE, HERE ARE SOME STANDOUTS
One
DIVINE DS 2014
Reptile-scale roof, no rear window, embedded Swarovski crystals inside; elements of the Divine’s design live on in the DS 7 (though not those ones)
Two
DS E-TENSE 2016
E-Tense badge, since applied to electrified production DSs (and other concepts), arrived on this future-EV supercar-driven by-a-diamond-thief design study
Three
DS X E-TENSE 2019 Asymmetrical shape, Formula E powertrain, glass floor: this way-out design study for 2035 is DS design daydreaming at its unshackled best
GOOGLING YOURSELF is maybe one of the worst things you can do, according to actress Winona Ryder. “I did it once and someone had to talk me off a ledge,” she said at the time. If DS Automobiles should collectively feel the need to type its own name into the all-seeing search engine, it might empathise. In the ever telling ‘People also ask’ box on the results page, two of the most-searched queries include: ‘Who makes DS cars?’ and ‘Are Citroen and DS the same company?’
This story is from the January 2021 edition of Wheels Australia Magazine.
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