New DS SUV Breaks Cover, Underwhelms.

"Kookanoodles" (Kookanoodles) 04/15/2014 at 03:40 • Filed to: DS 6WR, Citroën, Beijing Auto Show

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Remember Citroën's wonderful !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! concept from last year's Shanghai Auto Show ? Well, it's going to go into production (in China only, for now) as the DS 6WR, and this the first proper picture of it.

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I have to admit it's the first time Citroën has disappointed me on the "bring a concept car to market" front. It looks good enough, yes, but next to the concept it's a little underwhelming. The Wild Rubis looked most interesting from the side, though, so here's hoping this production version has retained some of that.

EDIT : well, apparently not. Damn thing looks like a CX-5.

As far as technical specs are concerned, the car is a strict front-driver with PSA's Grip Control "pretend-you-have-4WD" gizmos, and will be offered with a choice of 1.6 litres 4-cylinders petrol THP engines with either 160 or 200bhp. The only transmission choice is a 6-speed automatic, it appears.

In any case, what this means is that we live in a world where the venerable Citroën DS name has been applied to an SUV. Oh well. Let's hope it sells like hot cakes, at least.

Source : Citroën.

Mikeado > Kookanoodles 04/15/2014 at 04:33

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I'm honestly not seeing any major differences between the concept and the production car. The weird roof rails are there, the sheet metal is the same, the proportions are the same, etc. They've just given it an actual grille, about 5% less surfacing down the side and normal wheels (by their standards).

Kookanoodles > Mikeado 04/15/2014 at 04:39

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The proportions aren't really the same, the concept was longer and wider. It's not too different from the Wild Rubis, I agree, but i think it's lost the exoticity. Maybe it's just because of the color ! :-)

duurtlang > Kookanoodles 04/15/2014 at 05:12

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It's a SUV and it's for the Chinese market. A necessary evil. I had 0 expectations to be honest.

Kookanoodles > duurtlang 04/15/2014 at 05:16

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I expected it to be a little more like the concept. Citroën really aren't breaking a sweat on the styling of these China-only DSs.

Mikeado > Kookanoodles 04/15/2014 at 06:51

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It looks like it's on the Pug 2008 chassis, so maybe that's it.

Kookanoodles > Mikeado 04/15/2014 at 07:22

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The 2008 is on the PF1 supermini platform, that's too small for a midsize SUV like this. It's probably on the PF2 like the DS4 and DS5.