New Citroen DS: a Kinky MINI Mini-me?

by Robert Farago

Published: February 6th, 2009

Zees ees ze DS concept, timed to coincide with the last auto show standing in Geneva. (I keed. TTAC will be in The Big Apple in April for the show and a meet.) The nouvelle DS builds on the aesthetic tradition established by the world’s most beautiful car, the original DS. Son of DS—just when you thought it was safe to worship an icon—relies on the same purity of form, startlingly simply but bold proportions, design originality and lack of affectation the made “Dessie” such a legendary design. And if you believe that, I’ve got a classically sculpted Lexus IS-F to sell you.

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Areitu on Feb 06, 2009

Sorry, Citroen, not feeling the "DS" in this design.

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MagMax on Feb 07, 2009

Putain! Ils ont fait un bordel!

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