Citroen’s DS Range To Double By 2020, American Buyers Need Not Apply

Citroen’s luxury DS off-shoot will double the size of its global product portfolio before 2020, with the nascent brand keen to expand its range of style-driven vehicles.

Speaking with TMR at the Paris Motor Show, DS Vice President of Product Eric Apode said that the mid-term plan is to launch six new models over the next five years, including new versions of the existing DS3, DS4 and DS5.

Two other models also exist in the DS lineup - the DS 6WR and DS 5LS - though both are currently confined to the Chinese market.

“What we announce is that in the future, in the next coming years, we will launch six different cars,” Apode told TMR.

“Today in Europe and Australia we have three cars. In the future we will have six. We will also double the number of segments we cover.”

“Before 2020, we will have this complete lineup all over the world," he said. 

And though the DS6 WR and DS5 LS are China-only offerings (built on PSA’s outgoing PF2 platform), Apode says that the eventual goal is to have the entire DS product range available globally.