DS Automobiles

DS Automobiles is a French luxury-premium marque brand of Automobiles Citroën S.A., a subsidiary ultimately owned by Stellantis. The independent DS marque was created in 2014 from the former DS subbrand and line of models of Citroën cars made since 2009, although it had been separated from Citroën in Asia since 2012.

DS Automobiles
Spirit of Avant-Garde
Product typeLuxury vehicles
OwnerAutomobiles Citroën, a subsidiary of Stellantis
Produced byStellantis
CountryFrance
IntroducedFebruary 5, 2009 (2009-02-05) (as a Citroën brand)
June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01) (as an independent brand)
Related brands
MarketsWorldwide
Websitedsautomobiles.com

DS can be an abbreviation of Different Spirit or Distinctive Series, although it is also considered a nod to the classic executive car Citroën DS. The name is also a play on words, as in French it is pronounced like the word déesse, meaning "goddess".

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