Citroen has revealed the Citroen DS High Rider Concept - the Citroen DS4 to be
Citroen has revealed details of the Citroen DS4 in concept form as the DS High Rider Concept. The concept will show at Geneva and go on sale early 2011.
Citroen are calling this the ‘DS High Rider Concept‘ and have announced it will be at the Geneva Motor Show in a couple of months. But this is the new Citroen DS4 which was teased earlier this week and is Citroen’s next in the DS range. The ‘High Rider’ Concept is actually showing as a three door, but it will certainly spawn an extra pair of doors before it hits the road.
The DS4 uses the new C4 platform (the new C4 will hit later in 2010), but it’s a bigger departure from the C4 than the DS3 is from the C3. The front end of the DS4 follows many of the styling cues from the DS3, but as you would expect some of the concept flights of fancy will disappear before production starts.
The DS4 Crossover is likely to come with the same range of engines as the C4 but also with a hybrid lump. We revealed last year that the Citroen DS5 will come with a diesel hybrid powertrain when it laiunches in 2011, and it seems certain that the DS4 will too. The High Rider Concept is certainly touted as having ‘…an advanced ‘Full Hybrid’ diesel drivetrain that combines a refined HDi DPFS* engine under the bonnet with an electric motor located on the rear axle.’
The DS4 looks as if it will demonstrate more convincingly than the Ds3 Citroen’s intention to make the DS4 a ‘Luxury’ Citroen. Citroen are calling the DS4 ‘…an expression of automotive luxury and elegance.‘ We should see a production version by Frankfurt in September with the DS4 hitting the roads in early 2011.
And we have to admit it does look convincing.
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Müller, Roberto says
Die Bilder zeigen uns, das Citroen sich immer weiter entwickelt. Ich find den DS4 sehr gut, es wird mein vierter Citroeon sein den ich kaufe.Ich fahre seit 1992 Citroen, hab noch keine großartigen schlechten Erfahrungen mit dieser Marke gemacht.
Ich bin ja gespannt, wie die 4 türige Version vom DS4 aussieht.
Stuart Romain says
If this is to be the New DS-4 then I will buy one myself next year! It is a pleasure to own a new DS-3, Well Done Citroen, I cant wait for the ds-4. This is undoubtedly the most distinctive shape yet, and not to mention the brilliant build quality of Citroen today! Who in there right mind falls for the Sales Patter of a German Car Sales Specialist, when its quite clear that Germanic design and quality is long dead! Viva-le-france!!!
CarsUK says
Or perhaps the sales patter of a Citroen salesman?!! But no matter, you are right – Citroen are starting to do an awful lot right and not very much wrong.