The DS 9 is an

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introduced in 2020 by DS. The company's first vehicle to be marketed to both Europe and Asia but assembled solely in

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, the DS 9 serves as the flagship DS luxury-premium line, slotted above the

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, DS 4 and the

DS 7 Crossback The DS 7 is a compact luxury crossover SUV from the French automaker DS Automobiles. Presented for the first time on 28 February 2017, the vehicle's public premiere was at the 87th Geneva Motor Show in March 2017 and was known as the DS 7 Crossba ...

in size.

Presentation

Originally, the DS 9 (internal code X83) was to be unveiled in April 2019 at

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, but its presentation was postponed for the first time in November for

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in China, then a second time until March 2020. Following the end of the

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Automobiles (CAPSA) joint venture of PSA and

Changan Automobile Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (CCAG) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Jiangbei, Chongqing.

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which took over the Shenzhen plant where Chinese DS are built, signed an agreement to produce DS, including the next DS 9 in

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

. 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

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on 3 March 2020. The Swiss show, however, was cancelled at the last moment due to the

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. Unlike the

, which is produced both in France and in China, the DS 9 is assembled only in China by Baoneng's Shenzhen factory. File:DS 9 E-Tense Auto Zuerich 2021 IMG 0395.jpg, Rear view File:DS 9 E-Tense Auto Zuerich 2021 IMG 0226.jpg, Interior

Technical characteristics

The DS 9 is based on the EMP2 modular technical platform of

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. 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 (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 . The 225 PS variant will be joined later by FWD and variants.

Safety

References

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