DS · 2020–2023
DS 9
The DS 9 is an executive car introduced in 2020 by DS. The company's first vehicle to be marketed to both Europe and Asia but assembled solely in China, the DS 9 serves as the flagship DS luxury-premium line, slotted above the DS 3, DS 4 and the DS 7 Crossback in size.
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Presentation
Originally, the DS 9 (internal code X83) was to be unveiled in April 2019 at Auto Shanghai, but its presentation was postponed for the first time in November for Auto Guangzhou in China, then a second time until March 2020. Following the end of the Changan PSA Automobiles (CAPSA) joint venture of PSA and Changan Automobile, Baoneng Group which took over the Shenzhen plant where Chinese DS are built, signed an agreement to produce DS, including the next DS 9 in Shenzhen. On 20 February 2020, DS announced the imminent presentation of a new model. The DS 9 was unveiled to the press on 27 February 2020, and was due to make its first public appearance at the 90th edition of the Geneva Motor Show on 3 March 2020. The Swiss show, however, was cancelled at the last moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the DS 7 Crossback, which is produced both in France and in China, the DS 9 is assembled only in China by Baoneng's Shenzhen factory.
Technical characteristics
The DS 9 is based on the EMP2 modular technical platform of Groupe PSA. Its dashboard is largely inspired by that of the DS 7 Crossback.
Engines
The DS sedan is available with the 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol and eTense Hybrid (PHEV) version, with the 1.6 turbo petrol engine and an electric motor. The combined system output here in the DS 9 sedan will be 225 PS (165 kW; 222 hp). The 225 PS variant will be joined later by 250 PS (184 kW; 247 hp) FWD and 360 PS (265 kW; 355 hp) AWD eTense variants.
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Specifications
- name
- DS 9
- Manufacturer
- DS Automobiles
- Production
- 01/2020–12/2023
- Assembly
- China: Shenzhen (Baoneng Group)
- Class
- Executive car (E)
- Body style
- 4-door sedan
- Platform
- PSA EMP2 platform
- Related
- Peugeot 508, Citroën C5 X
- Layout
- Transverse Front-engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
- Engine
- Petrol:, 1.6 L Turbocharger Prince (EP6FDT) I4, Petrol PHEV:, 1.6 L Prince (EP6FDT/EP6CDTX) I4
- Transmission
- 8-speed automatic (EAT 8)
- Wheelbase
- 2895 mm
- Length
- 4940 mm
- Width
- 1855 mm
- Height
- 1460 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1615 –
- Predecessor
- DS 5
- Successor
- DS No. 8
- Designer
- Romain Saquet
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60853548CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_9CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1365123396 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DS_9_E-Tense_Auto_Zuerich_2021_IMG_0396.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Alexander Migl · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Manufacturer website (link only) — https://www.dsautomobiles.co.uk/ds-models/ds-9/presentationLink only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.