Citroen confirms the DS9 saloon for Europe

Citroen Metropolis Concept front view

PSA Peugeot Citroen showcased their latest concepts recently, Metropolis, which is a 4-door saloon and Survolt a 2-door sports car. Citroen is working on bringing the two concepts into production. Once into production, the Metropolis will be called DS9. The DS9 will be the flagship model in the Citroen line-up. Citroen’s recent attempts at breaking into the European executive saloon market did not go well. The C6 didn’t do as well as Citroen had expected.

Citroen Metropolis Concept

PSA design boss Jean-Pierre Ploué told Autocar that Citroën must persevere, and the Metropolis is the model that could do this, coming to European showrooms as a range-topping DS model.

Citroen Metropolis Concept profile

“We cannot afford to let the likes of Audi, Mercedes and BMW forge into Citroën’s heartland supermini territory without fighting back and pushing into theirs,” he said. He added: “Selling large luxury cars in Europe is not easy at the moment, but I believe Citroën has a great deal more to bring to the market. “A large, characterful DS flagship model — we could call it a DS9 to reference the original DS19 — could do great things for us.”

Citroen Survolt Concept

As far as the Survolt is concerned, “It’s still our intention to put it into low-volume production, and we’re pursuing the idea of a one-make race series.”

Images and news courtesy: autocar

Citroen Metropolis and Survolt Photo Gallery:

: Citroen Metrolpolis Concept front view

: Citroen Metropolis Concept

: Citroen Metropolis Concept profile

: Citroen Survolt Concept

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July 20, 2010 | By Tushar Kelshikar · Tags: Citroen DS9, Citroen Metropolis Concept, Citroen Survolt Concept, PSA Peugeot Citroen

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2 Responses to “Citroen confirms the DS9 saloon for Europe”

shourya on July 21st, 2010 11:24 am

This concept was floating around for a bit. It’s an amazing piece of contemporary design.
valdet vali on May 10th, 2011 6:35 am

The best design I have ever seen, from all kinds of perfect auto 8-) 8-) 8-) :shock: :shock:

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