No no, it was just the one office, I think in Detroit or something. To have a postal box in the US, and I guess do some market research too.

Well, the conventional supsensions you get in stuff like Benzes are hardly uncomfortable, are they? Of course the other reason is that PSA is only just coming out of a very bad situation and they had to cut corners.

It’s not the year 2000 anymore. Modern Peugeots sell well and get good reviews, I very much doubt they would have if they were shit. Also the 105 GTI doesn’t exist.

On the C6 they did, but it’s no longer in production. The last model to have it is the C5 and new models will not use it. They say conventional systems have gotten too good for hydropneumatic to still be necessary. However, both Citroën and DS are working on their own brand-new suspension designs, which won’t be…

The info came out this morning! They unveiled a three-step, 10-year plan to enter the US market (note that they didn’t say it would only be DS) :

They had a North-American presence until 2013 for just that purpose but the financial crisis put an end to that. I’m guessing they have some catching up to do as far as understanding the market is concerned. Still, with this plan they’re giving themselves the time to understand the market and actually develop models…

Just in case you guys don’t know yet, PSA unveiled their new development plan this morning and officially announced their 10-year plan to come back to North America, which is (paraphrasing) :

The front end is perfectly fine. The problem is the fat BMW 5 series Gran Turismo-like read.

I don’t know... I think the next generation of DS models will be designed for China first and Europe second, so there will probably be bigger and more powerful offerings than what we usually expect from French brands.

What model are you talking about? What year? There’s more than one Citroën you know. A C3 might be more boring than a Toyota GT-86, but a C5 sure as hell isn’t uglier than a Prius.

Under the hood is a petrol 1.6 turbo 4-pot with 160 or 200bhp. No diesel because it’s only sold in China. I’m not very good at American market segments, what do you call a subcompact? If you mean VW Polo or Ford Fiesta size, they have an SUV in that segment coming in 2018.

At least in France it’s now offered with a split rear bench. The rear windows may not roll down, but at least they pop out! On the DS 4 they don’t move at all. And the most powerful engine might only make 110hp, but the car is stupid light.

This is disgusting. First BMW, then AMG, now this... Yeah, let’s just throw Polestar’s decades-old know-how in proper engines and replace that with a soulless four-cylinder and a slushbox... Next thing you know BMW Alpinas will only be offered with an automatic...

Yes, it’s the letters “DS” made out of three Citroën chevrons.

Absolutely, DS is a decade away (if not two) from being a legitimate alternative to BMW or Mercedes. But they know that.

That purple interior is INCREDIBLE.

Europe to the rescue!

They really, really don’t in my opinion. Car design will never move forward if we cling to visual attributes that no longer have a technical reason to exist.

New Astra seems alright. But yeah, they’ve always had a bad reputation for poor handling and weight, boring image and styling, and not only have they never been on par with VW for interior quality but they also never seemed to be able to really cash in on that German quality image (wether or not it is true being…

My completely uniformed opinion is that there is still some lingering idea that Buick is a premium/luxury brand (as if), and they won’t bring themselves to completely merging Buick in the big Opel/Vauxhall/Holden mid-range melting pot. Which is dumb since trying to keep Buick as the GM premium brand makes no sense, as…