The DS 9 is an

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introduced in 2020 by DS. The DS 9 is the company's first vehicle to be marketed to both Europe and Asia but assembled solely in

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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

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and

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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

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. 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

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, 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 will be offered only in turbo gasoline 1.6 & 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 . The 225 PS variant will be joined later by FWD and AWD eTense variants.

References

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