After a rather quiet 2024 in terms of product news, DS Automobiles should have a much more active 2025 with the presentation of several new products that will make the news. In addition to the No. 8, which will be launched in the first half of the year, the French premium brand will also present the 100% electric DS 4.
The special Edition France series brings the year 2025 to DS, with a version on DS 3 and DS 7 that highlights French art and luxury, while the DS 4 presents a Gold Line version with the same features. This Edition France will be marketed in a number of European countries, further reinforcing the link between DS and France, as Stellantis' premium French brand aims to embody French luxury.
A No. 8 that embodies a new era
2025 will also be the year of the launch of the new n°8, which will be launched in the first half of the year, probably around the summer. This large saloon with SUV coupé codes embodies a new era for DS, which wanted to become a 100% electric brand by 2025, but which seems to be reviewing its plans due to the level of sales of electric cars. Although it has not yet been confirmed, it is almost certain that the second generation of the DS 7 will offer a hybrid engine in addition to the 100% electric versions. In any case, the DS No. 8 embodies a new philosophy for DS, with a much simpler style that focuses more on elegance and attention to detail than on demonstrating know-how, and it works rather well.
With the N°8, DS finally has a weapon that is really up to the task of fighting the competition, even if the latter is particularly sharp and strong in this segment, but the brand's new large sedan has real advantages, including a range of up to 750 km, including 500 km on the motorway.
DS 4 electric: extended autonomy
2025 should also allow DS to present the new DS 4 in a new and 100% electric version / Based on the EMP2 platform, the DS4 should logically take the engine/battery assembly of the Peugeot 308 to display a power of 156 hp and an autonomy of around 400 km, but it seems that DS, in accordance with its status as a premium brand, has been entitled to some developments that will allow this future DS 4 electric to offer a greater autonomy with a target range of between 450 and 500 km.
2025 should also be the year of the restyling of the DS 4, which will be launched in 2021 and is beginning to run out of steam. The restyling should give it a sales boost, especially as the changes will be significant, especially on the front end, which could take on the gimmicks of the new N°8.
Future DS N°7: a hot SUV
If 2025 will be the year of the launch of the N°8, it should be the year of the presentation of the second generation DS 7, logically called N°7. Based on the same technical base as the N°8, it should be significantly smaller, with a length of around 4m60, and should take the front style of the new N°8 up to the front doors, the differences coming from the rear doors. As mentioned above, it will offer 100% electric motors, probably the same as N°8, but would also offer a non-rechargeable hybrid variant.
In conclusion, 2025 will be a very different year from 2024 for DS cars, which will have a fairly significant production news between the launch of its large saloon and the presentation of new models including the electric DS 4. Let's bet that this new year will allow the French brand to regain the market share lost in 2024 and that it will begin better days, the new products have the capacity to allow DS to win new customers.
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