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.

DS 9
Overview
Manufacturer	DS Automobiles
Production	2020–present
Model years	2021–present
Assembly	China: Shenzhen (Baoneng Group)
Designer	Romain Saquet[1]
Body and chassis
Class	Executive car (E)
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Transverse Front-engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive[2][3]
Platform	PSA EMP2 platform
Related	Peugeot 508 Citroën C5 X Citroën C6 II Dongfeng A9
Powertrain
Engine	Petrol: 1.6 L Turbocharger Prince (EP6FDT) I4 Petrol PHEV: 1.6 L Prince (EP6FDT/EP6CDTX) I4
Electric motor	80 kW Synchronous Electric Motor (DS 9 E-Tense)
Transmission	8-speed automatic (EAT 8)
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,895 mm (114.0 in)
Length	4,940 mm (194.5 in)
Width	1,855 mm (73.0 in)
Height	1,460 mm (57.5 in)
Chronology
Predecessor	DS 5

Presentation

Originally, the DS 9 (internal code X83) was to be unveiled in April 2019 at Auto Shanghai,^[4] but its presentation was postponed for the first time in November for Auto Guangzhou in China,^[5] then a second time until March 2020.

Following the end of the Changan PSA Automobiles (CAPSA)^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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  Rear view
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  Interior

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

Safety

Euro NCAP test results
DS 9 1.6 hybrid (LHD) (2022)^[12]

Test	Points	%
Overall:
Adult occupant:	30.4	79%
Child occupant:	42.2	86%
Pedestrian:	36.4	67%
Safety assist:	10.7	67%