DS 9 - French Luxury Limousine Made in China (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @MarekDrivesENG
    @MarekDrivesENG  3 года назад +1

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  • @DeeoMaika
    @DeeoMaika 3 года назад +30

    I am so happy this channel exists.
    As a European I am fed up with the American review channels where "10lit/100Km" is an economical car and "250Hp cars lack power".
    Thank god for Marek. Keep up the good job and always stay honest.
    We appreciate you.

  • @Hell-Hound1
    @Hell-Hound1 3 года назад +26

    Big Citroens have in the past been "design icons". Always flawed but, mainly forgiven because of their stunning good looks. This DS9 imo does not have the looks to distract, so only the flaws are left.

    • @alliejr
      @alliejr 3 года назад

      Exactly!!!

    • @j.celgoog3275
      @j.celgoog3275 3 года назад

      But it's not a Citroen. :P

    • @Hell-Hound1
      @Hell-Hound1 3 года назад

      @@j.celgoog3275 And it shows!

    • @mindaugasgrigelionis3209
      @mindaugasgrigelionis3209 3 года назад

      Sadly, but yes. Clearly Asian market oriented design... No big surprise French president does not use it...
      This is some kind of Lexus to me - I mean ugly design, lines with no purpose, etc

    • @j.celgoog3275
      @j.celgoog3275 3 года назад

      @@mindaugasgrigelionis3209 Clearly Chinese market oriented.

  • @rocketdreamer
    @rocketdreamer 3 года назад

    I read 10 tests of it in magazines spanning 6 countries: nobody dared as much as you , actually nobody dared perhaps. BRAVO!

  • @cosmingosav
    @cosmingosav 3 года назад +10

    As a french car enthusiast I must say I'm not impressed. The new DS4 tech and design should've been launched with this car but oh well. Great review!

    • @j.celgoog3275
      @j.celgoog3275 3 года назад

      Just like the previous C6, that car was delayed (financial and industrial troubles) for quite some time .... and obviously the DS4 is the real flagship of DS line-up.

  • @w.k.7277
    @w.k.7277 3 года назад

    That's a great review, if not the best I've seen on this channel.

  • @paula200
    @paula200 3 года назад +4

    Love your reviews. The style is great and you highlight details that most other reviewers miss. I like the DS9, but in the company it is designed to keep, it is overpriced, in my opinion.

  • @Taliskerop
    @Taliskerop 3 года назад +1

    Reliable motor, excellent gearbox. TYN
    Waiting for yet another MINI Countryman review Marek.

  • @Forge17
    @Forge17 3 года назад +2

    Very disappointing that it’s only built in China and not France. but the car is beautiful and unique 😄

  • @freestick19822000
    @freestick19822000 3 года назад

    Thank you for the next level of reviews for cars 😀🙏👏👍🍾👌

  • @HISPEEDLEVEL
    @HISPEEDLEVEL 3 года назад

    Hello again Marek! You mentioned that DS is now separated side brand. How do you think, is it possible to appear for french interesting sedan with Citroën brand mark on it? Thanks.

    • @MarekDrivesENG
      @MarekDrivesENG  3 года назад +1

      Currently everything Citroen makes is a crossover, including the C5X. I guess the DS9 is their limousine, and if you want a sedan style car you buy a Peugeot 508.

    • @HISPEEDLEVEL
      @HISPEEDLEVEL 3 года назад

      Thanks. I've got your point. Well, we'll see to other side. BTW I saw you in 508, and with my 190cm... And that DS9, I can stand it for design but these door handles. I remember how people can't close doors new Jaguars here in winter Moscow. In cold Russia it's absolutely possible that I can't get into the car with some ice on these DS handles. Anyway have a good day, I'm looking forward to new videos!

  • @GaganGrewalf095
    @GaganGrewalf095 3 года назад

    At 10:00 min mark completing the fuel efficiency discussions just before Lexus ES drove past was a very good plan indeed.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      Well spotted :) I think it was a GS though.

    • @GaganGrewalf095
      @GaganGrewalf095 3 года назад +1

      @@MarekDrives Looked again... it is a 2021 ES Base model or Premium Edition (due to the non-triple LED headlights) and of course... I need to get a life :D

  • @teokuzmic6382
    @teokuzmic6382 2 года назад

    As I can see, every time when you are testing french car, it is obviously that you do not like it. It is so clear. But you cannot say it is bad car when we are talking about ds9. Pure luxury

    • @MarekDrivesENG
      @MarekDrivesENG  2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/dXeF0ViN1Fw/видео.html

  • @cubular3000
    @cubular3000 3 года назад +1

    The post-pandemic world is looking for luxury that's simple and straightforward. Practical and unpretentious. And definitely quirk-free.
    And if you consider these points carefully enough... even a fully-trimmed Skoda Octavia is more luxurious than a DS 9.

  • @mirkozlikovski9553
    @mirkozlikovski9553 3 года назад +1

    DS 9 is a "transition car" from "Citroen DS" into "stand-alone DS", that was planned to be presented in late 2018!!! ...and as a model of a newly formed brand that (at the time especially) sorely needed new models, but didn't have the luxury to be "out there" by design or by used technology, it was bound to have a bunch of compromises! this simple fact is obvious to every car enthusiast, if not sooner, then at latest by sight of DS 4! and a professional car tester should understand that and judge the car accordingly.
    this does not mean that its flaws should be overlooked, but it would put them into slightly different perspective!

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      Transition? What about the DS7? And does delaying the car by 2 years mean it can be dull?

    • @mirkozlikovski9553
      @mirkozlikovski9553 3 года назад +1

      @@MarekDrives yes, a transition model!.... as in design-wise "not Citroen anymore" but "without its own design identity yet"! DS7? ...closely related with similar "problems", similar compromises and with similar, generically dull design, with (as in case of DS 9), few design details to try not to make it so obvious!
      and if years of delaying do have some impact on its design, then I would say that they make it "dated", not "duller"... 😉

  • @blex5579
    @blex5579 3 года назад +3

    here`s a thought on how to attact sales in europe for upscale french cars- i`m talking to you, Renault and Citroen:
    bring back the STATION WAGON-
    like in the XM...i know, not popular in asia, but for europe it would be a perfect niche market...think 7 series BMW station wagon at a substantially lower price- with same amenities...i`d take that over ANY gnarly SUV in a heartbeat- and i know, lots of germans feel the same...
    cheers from germany.

    • @odracirsotam
      @odracirsotam 3 года назад +1

      Lots of Germans and other Europeans, but not enough of buyers for paying the development costs!

    • @blex5579
      @blex5579 3 года назад

      @@odracirsotam yeah sure, but before the SUV-BS set in, we in germany had the highest ratio of station-wagons sold annually in europe- like 50% plus of the market...lots of people here won`t buy into the SUV-craze, but market is thinning out...

  • @abhishekfinch4825
    @abhishekfinch4825 3 года назад

    Great review . specially how you have picked up small things that can matter a lot. !

  • @niprbmw_210
    @niprbmw_210 Год назад

    This is off topic but...
    I was wondering what music you used in this video?
    Perfect review and I absolutely love the thumbnail...

    • @MarekDrivesENG
      @MarekDrivesENG  Год назад +1

      It's stock. Probably from Artlist.io. I don't remember.

    • @niprbmw_210
      @niprbmw_210 Год назад

      @@MarekDrivesENG I'm probably talking all lot but, do you remember the tittle of the music? It doesn't matter if you remember or not.
      Also, thank you for the link. =)

    • @MarekDrivesENG
      @MarekDrivesENG  Год назад

      I'm sorry, but there are dozens of tracks my editor downloads for videos every week, so I don't have a clue.

    • @niprbmw_210
      @niprbmw_210 Год назад

      @@MarekDrivesENG Alright, I see.

  • @nikolayrayanov2895
    @nikolayrayanov2895 3 года назад

    How would you compare it to the Skoda Superb?

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      I wouldn't.
      Skoda is a much better, albeit uglier car.

  • @dalibormilic139
    @dalibormilic139 3 года назад +8

    A BMW ? He had to be joking! No BMW looks this good anymore .
    On the other hand DS9 does look bland as poridge. DS4 shows how it's done better.

    • @Oklm23
      @Oklm23 2 года назад

      Agreed, the DS9 was supposed to be launched in 2020 but postponed because of the pandemic and it shows…I heard that the DS9 should get the new infotainment of the DS4 at the end of the year so we’ll see.

  • @colingarner6175
    @colingarner6175 3 года назад +1

    Would be perfect with hydropneumatique suspension .

    • @MarekDrivesENG
      @MarekDrivesENG  3 года назад

      But does it really need hydro-pneumatic, when there are other adaptive damper technologies?

  • @asterixovelix9492
    @asterixovelix9492 2 года назад

    Great job marek telling the truth

  • @bokichko
    @bokichko 3 года назад

    DS3 crossback is the best ds currently on sale in my opinion

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +1

      If they ironed out some of the issues I had with the press car then possibly.

  • @odracirsotam
    @odracirsotam 3 года назад

    @marek in my opinion you should had mentioned that this DS9 is in fact a Peugeot 508L , along with the mention of the chinese DS6.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      I have no experience with the 508L/DS6, so the best reference I've got for my European viewers is the C6.

    • @odracirsotam
      @odracirsotam 3 года назад

      ​@@MarekDrives my comment was not in the sense of making the comparison between them, but as an information for the viewer to contextualize the placement of the DS9 in the Stellantis group.

    • @Da_StormtroopeR
      @Da_StormtroopeR 3 года назад

      @@odracirsotam 👍

  • @vvp1002
    @vvp1002 3 года назад

    I like it.......Something back to Citroen's old good days/ roots.....Non practical but lovely, like fancy woman......

  • @g00dfeeling
    @g00dfeeling 3 года назад +1

    I want to like it but I don't see it as TA, DS, CX, XM, C6 lineage successor. Hope Citroen will make real C6 successor under its own brand.

  • @NemanjaPantelic
    @NemanjaPantelic 3 года назад +1

    I love the review, but I can't say the same about the car. Two words should end most discussions on this matter - Skoda Superb. I'm probably as far from a fan of the multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wolfsburg as you can get, but I am objective.

  • @NigelRudyard
    @NigelRudyard 3 года назад

    That bonnet strip makes it look like one of those medieval helmets with the nose guard. I'm sure it would be very entertaining until one of those rotating lights went wrong (or the handles stop popping out when they should, or my passenger's coffee pops out when it shouldn't)! But .... French .... quirky .... cool. I found the C6 to be a more cohesive design, though.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +1

      DS actually refers to it as a spade or sword, so you're on the right track :-)

    • @NigelRudyard
      @NigelRudyard 3 года назад

      @@MarekDrives If I ever go to an Agincourt re-enactment, this is the car I'll go in (if I can get the door handles to work).

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +1

      🤣

  • @marexdx3820
    @marexdx3820 3 года назад +2

    Zdecydowanie wolę, jak Marek robi testy bez Ani. Sorry, ale Ania powinna zająć się gotowaniem rosołu i wprowadzaniem kotka. Marku 👍

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      A gdybym ci powiedział, że to Ania pisze scenariusze do tych odcinków?

    • @marexdx3820
      @marexdx3820 3 года назад

      @@MarekDrives A to przepraszam Marku, to już inna sprawa. Ania to w sumie taka szara myszka, ale nie wiedziałem że piszę scenariusze. Ok to jest dobrze 👍

  • @faceless30s
    @faceless30s 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely love how the car looks, but they gave the most boring combination possible for a press car. The dullest deep blue with all grey and black interior.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +4

      Probably all the three cool trim combinations were sold to the only three people in the world, who were willing to pay for it :)

  • @christianronn5301
    @christianronn5301 3 года назад

    Unlike most big PSA cars we've had over the decades, the DS9 feels a bit half-assed. Judging by the comments I'm probably not the only one that feels this way. Such a shame what they did to the DS brand.

  • @blex5579
    @blex5579 3 года назад +4

    i wonder where french a-segment would be these days, if their governemnt wouldn`t have regulated the market by hyper-taxing anything with a +3 litre engine back in the early 70`s....they basically waved the white flag to german competition without a fight...

  • @mihhan9760
    @mihhan9760 3 года назад

    You never reviewed a 7 seater mpv like a vw sharan or ford galaxy…. Thank you

  • @bojansalmic9811
    @bojansalmic9811 3 года назад +1

    excellent test...i like this car...but in geneerall i like French cars, because they are comfortable &they are bit special....but, still the king is Mercedes..

  • @nigelwarburton608
    @nigelwarburton608 3 года назад

    As always, a really good review, Marek. I just wonder who the DS9 is aimed at - someone who wants a 50K euro + car but doesn't mind it being made in China? Those sort of people are still writing their name with crayons.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +5

      I think it's aimed more at the Chinese market, and selling it in Europe is only to make it more appealing to the Chinese.

    • @mindaugasgrigelionis3209
      @mindaugasgrigelionis3209 3 года назад

      @@MarekDrives I really think exactly the same!

    • @omnitraveller
      @omnitraveller Год назад

      @@MarekDrives The problem is that the Chinese don't really buy petrol cars anymore

  • @Niro.C
    @Niro.C 3 года назад

    I love it !!! Too bad it's too expensive so most potential customers will keep choose one the the German Trio 😏

  • @sevesellors2831
    @sevesellors2831 3 года назад +2

    Looks too much like a 508. The design foibles that you mentioned will also become annoying over time. Still can’t see this model selling in big numbers here in the UK. Shame as I love big Citroens.

  • @DaveDVideoMaker
    @DaveDVideoMaker 3 года назад

    The DS9 I’d have is the 360hp version.

  • @MARIBERSELAWAT234
    @MARIBERSELAWAT234 3 года назад

    Wow,, mantap mobil nya

  • @mattesrocket
    @mattesrocket 3 года назад +2

    History - is constant changing:
    2010 European middle class car manufacturer workers making luxury cars for rich Chinese people....
    2020 ....Chinese low budget worker making luxury cars for the European car companies... ...
    2030 European poor workers making luxury cars for rich and middle class Chinese people
    2010 making luxury cars = the luxury brands making luxury cars with nice materials and at least some really new (electronic) functions (that work at least okayish)
    2017 avarage car brands became so jealous about the profit margin that they decided to produce also a lot of luxury cars, adding a lot of piano black and many screens
    2021 avarage car brands are happy about the customers and say: we just call most of our cars luxury cars and make shiny brochures, where plastic looks nice and write, that the shopping hook in the trunk is a special feature. (2 exceptions: VW does this already for many years and Tesla is doing different: saying we are upper class but simply don't producing upper level quality)

  • @Muushondje
    @Muushondje 3 года назад

    A bit late but what a superb review again. The DS9 is a big pretender It promises every thing but almost nothing comes true. I would rather go for a fully loaded Citroën C5X which IImho looks much more elegant.

  • @emptyMan0
    @emptyMan0 3 года назад +4

    The C6 was the last beautiful Citroën IMO. In comparison, this is just boring.

  • @adamuppsala1931
    @adamuppsala1931 9 месяцев назад

    As a French citizen, I profusely apologise for this car. What a blasphemy! The real DS, from the 60s, is still today superior to this something.

  • @mickdaly6537
    @mickdaly6537 3 года назад +1

    Glorified Peugeot 508

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад

      There's noticeably more space in the back.

  • @MrAndrei4777
    @MrAndrei4777 3 года назад

    Design wise modern french cars are ok, but quality is very low. I drove some new Peugeots and Citroens not so long ago and I was very dissapointed by the build quality and the driving experience in general.

  • @DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo
    @DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo 3 года назад +8

    Informative video about an interesting car.
    As you mentioned the C6, this was a car which (at the time of its' launch) was a very different car. At the time of the C6 launch, this was a car which really stood out from the equivalent BMW, Audi, Jaguar and Mercedes cars.
    As you say, the DS9 is just a collection of old bits from the Citroen parts bin.
    If I had the amount of money required to buy this type of car, I would go for a Jaguar or a Mercedes or BMW or maybe a Lexus.

  • @Da_StormtroopeR
    @Da_StormtroopeR 3 года назад

    1:35 Down to earth and sarcastic. 😏

  • @TheAllMightyGodofCod
    @TheAllMightyGodofCod 3 года назад +2

    This fails miserably at what Citroen is good at: ergonomics and keeping it simple in terms of number of buttons.
    As James May once said, true luxury is not about how many buttons and gadgets you have, it is about everything being easy to operate and automated.
    Furthermore, the car doesn't seem to stand out from the crowd that much... And I really hate all the buttons labeled with letters, not icons. Come on, Citröen! As David Bowie famously said "This is not America".
    I guess it is a good thing I can't afford this.... But even if I could, I would go for a C5X.
    And before some says it, yes, I am fully aware it is a DS and DS is no more part of Citröen but I couldn't care less, it has the heritage of the DS, it is a Citröen.

  • @baginatora
    @baginatora 3 года назад

    Thank you for the review, Marek! This is not a true flagship Citroen it seems. Just a cheap chinese copy of it.

  • @nathanwolf5547
    @nathanwolf5547 3 года назад +2

    DS has lost its way. The car has none of the grace of the original or the sci-fi feel of my beloved Cx. It’s just more Citroen corporate engineering crap. The lines are dumpy, the details over styled. There is nothing about the Citroen/DS lineup that justifies spending any money on, let alone the premium DS prices.

  • @iberiksoderblom
    @iberiksoderblom 3 года назад +1

    Rear doors are made, so that old and weak people can close the doors with ease.
    Not like in Ze Zerman's, where it takes eight weeks of training in a camp to build strengh.
    That aside, I would never choose any DS !
    Except the original, that showed intelligence.

  • @EV6-Gear
    @EV6-Gear 3 года назад

    A Citroen with a fancy frock. I will never buy French again after having four. Christ they lose so much value so quick. Yet very comfortable and economical cars. Shame DS are not what they are supposed to be.

    • @darkojurak3807
      @darkojurak3807 3 года назад

      And what are they supposed to be?

    • @EV6-Gear
      @EV6-Gear 3 года назад +2

      @@darkojurak3807 A French answer to the Germans, Lexus, Genisis.

  • @mainiotaainetta
    @mainiotaainetta 2 года назад

    It´s just peugeot 508 but more expensive. Looks like a bit like mondeo too. Disgrace to Citröen DS

  • @rmariu
    @rmariu 3 года назад

    No hydropneumatic! No way

  • @SunJetViking
    @SunJetViking 3 года назад

    Imagine how much those twisting headlamps will cost to repair/replace after they (of course it’s a French car) stop working in a few years. Probably upwards of part of the cars total worth.

    • @blex5579
      @blex5579 3 года назад

      imagine what german matrix headlight replacement costs- roundbout 8 grand that is.
      cheers.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +1

      @Daniel H they say that if you have to ask for the price, you clearly can't afford it. It's not the first owner's problem. Their problem may be the depreciation hit they will take on this car, but this is the case with most premium vehicles.

    • @TheAllMightyGodofCod
      @TheAllMightyGodofCod 3 года назад

      Daniel H probably not that much... French car parts are never that expensive and I must say, I have driven a lot of French cars and everything was working just fine after 20 years... Rattles and squeeks? Yes, sure. Things not working? Not really.

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +2

      The 90s French cars just had disintegrating electrics. Otherwise they were fine.

  • @Niewiemnic
    @Niewiemnic 3 года назад

    Kiedy po polsku?

  • @jehib8533
    @jehib8533 2 года назад

    This car, like the whole DS brand, is an insult to the innovate original DS.

  • @HISPEEDLEVEL
    @HISPEEDLEVEL 3 года назад +1

    C6 looked like french car. This DS9 looks like half german half korean. I don't want french Genesis. I want french XM/SM version but in 2022 version. Until Citroen is owned 1/2 china 1/2 peugeot we won't see any good "voitures" soon.
    It is really sad. World's been wated decades for new flagman and get this crap.

  • @RaduB.
    @RaduB. 3 года назад +3

    I don't get this DS at all...
    It looks like a giant kitsch. Or a prop for a thick parody.
    Sorry...
    (By the way, the first time I saw a DS I thought that someone had vandalized its emblem. I must be getting very old...)

  • @benghazi4216
    @benghazi4216 3 года назад

    Funny, my old 2 grand Ford Fiesta has a heated windshield, and that covers the whole thing, not just the edges.
    And the cup holder? I think people at Citroen aren't taking their job seriously enough.
    And then we have the Chinese component on top of that...

  • @sasopraznik4305
    @sasopraznik4305 2 года назад

    This car is so unatractive, especially for the price.

  • @kevinn1158
    @kevinn1158 3 года назад

    OMG, that chrome strip is sooooooo 1970s!!! My grandfather had a car that was 35 feet long that had a long chrome strip back in the day.
    I swear to god, every car manufacturer needs a "that's too much design" dept. And before every car design gets the stamp of approval it goes to this dept and they cut out 50% of the superfluous and excessive design cues. They simply have frowny face stickers to indicate what needs to be cut out. :(. LOL.
    Thanks for the fun and informative video Marek. And Merry Christmas!

    • @MarekDrives
      @MarekDrives 3 года назад +1

      Merry Christmas! I hope you have some snow, because we have rain :-)

    • @kevinn1158
      @kevinn1158 3 года назад

      @@MarekDrives we are having bizarre weather. 3 days ago it was 14 degrees, then it dropped to -1 and we had snow, and now it’s 5 and it’s all melting. LOL.

  • @pintexim
    @pintexim 3 года назад

    Bravo Marek! You practicaly destroyed this new french stupid car! These car manufacturers starded to think that we are all stupids and we can buy all the cheaps plastics made in china!

  • @pumpuppthevolume
    @pumpuppthevolume 2 года назад

    xD DS9

  • @stuartbear6126
    @stuartbear6126 3 года назад

    Nice looking car but style over substance

  • @charlesdr1981
    @charlesdr1981 3 года назад

    Marek hater.

  • @supersonicsid5930
    @supersonicsid5930 3 года назад +2

    Made in China ,,,, never

    • @EV6-Gear
      @EV6-Gear 3 года назад

      What wait...made in China....now I am interested...reliable...well put together...dodgey proof electrics...this is looking good now it is Chinese.

    • @supersonicsid5930
      @supersonicsid5930 3 года назад

      @@EV6-Gear 😅🤣😂

  • @mac22011964
    @mac22011964 3 года назад

    This car brings nothing new or exciting….destined to be purchased by the French government only unless massively discounted…and even then….,

  • @匿名的-1
    @匿名的-1 Год назад

    Such a shame that it's chinese made...

  • @fadd6895
    @fadd6895 3 года назад

    a chineese car ? no thanks .

  • @vitazm1436
    @vitazm1436 3 года назад

    Ugliest luxury car