Paris 2014: Citroen Divine DS Concept is a mad reptile

Paris 2014 Citroen DS Divine 18

It’s not Paris Motor Show without a crazy concept from Citroen, and the French brand’s Divine DS is this year’s wild child. Described as a true expression of the DS brand’s DNA, the Divine DS is a four-door car that’s 4.21 m long and 1.98 m wide, putting it in the C-segment hatch ballpark.

The wide front end of Divine DS features ‘wings’ that were first seen on the DS 5LS and DS 6WR. The radiator grille is a sea of floating diamond shapes of different sizes and in varying shades of chrome.

The front light signature, inspired by the eyes of the DS 3 facelift, consists of LED modules designed to resemble diamonds, with Swarovski Crystal Fabric at the base to “bring the light to life.” The headlamps are laser diodes. At the back, the LED lights feature retracting scales that create what Citroen calls a “magical, hypnotic effect.”

More scales inside the four-seat cabin, which features work from Maison Lesage, France’s most prestigious embroidery house. There’s no rear window, so passengers can immerse themselves in an intimate, sophisticated cocoon, Citroen says.

It’s not important in a exploratory styling concept, but the Divine DS is powered by a 1.6 THP engine with 270 hp and 330 Nm of torque.

A mad reptile of a car that wouldn’t look out of place in an alien movie, sci-fi dreams of year 2114, or a next-gen shootout with the VW Scirocco R and Renault Megane RS.



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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • Something wrong with your website on Oct 09, 2014 at 10:31 am

    Paul Tan & crew, what is wrong with your website, it seems to be loading the mobile version all the time even on my computer & ipad, the whole website seems to have shrunk down to your mobile site version, I’ve tried ie & Mozilla, still the same, cleared the browser settings put only your website comes out like this, it started like beginning of this week.

    Can you all provide some info as I believe others have also alerted you all on this…very hard to read & view your site, please help, thanks.

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    • seancorr (Member) on Oct 09, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      I’m also getting the mobile version on my iPad but not on my desktop but I remember as some point my iPhone managed to load the full website but its back to the mobile version for a good few weeks now.

      Back to the topic, reptile it is but it looks cool, reminds me of those limited edition Lambos

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      • Paul Tan on Oct 09, 2014 at 2:11 pm

        Can you guys share your User Agent from the affected devices?

        Go here: http://whatsmyuseragent.com

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  • venven81 on Oct 09, 2014 at 10:57 am

    wow! it certainly is a madly-designed machine. just look at the grille, the headlamp and the RIMS OMG! they have definitely upped the ante on the design and it is a beautiful machine i must say

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  • rizal on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:48 am

    hohoho…check out the wheels….

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