All Citroen Design articles
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ArticleDS goes luxury chic with flagship No.8
Since Stellantis launched the DS brand back in 2009, you could say the models have been somewhat over-designed. Now the design team are reining things back in, starting with a brand new flagship model, the DS No.8. Mark Smyth travelled to the DS Studio in Paris to take a look
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ArticleDS X E-Tense concept: high fashion meets high performance
With one side dedicated to racing and the other to chauffeured comfort, DS Automobiles’ new concept has a split personality
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ArticlePierre Leclercq: “If we don’t manage to do something different, the job doesn’t interest me”
Car Design News chatted with Citröen design director Pierre Leclercq at the Paris Motor Show
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NewsDS creates tribute to iconic SM, just don’t call it retro
DS Automobiles’ design boss gives a walkaround of the inspired SM Tribute concept which was created from scratch just in time for its public debut this month
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ArticleCar design round-up: new logos, old names and succession planning
Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Audi, JLR, DS and more…
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ArticleC3 angles Citroën towards new design future
Citroën is introducing a new design language with its latest generation C3. Mark Smyth takes a look at the new model with the designers behind it.
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ArticleWatch: Citroën design director Pierre Leclercq speaks to CDN about the brand’s design direction
Fresh from his team’s triumph at the CDN People Awards, Citroën design director Pierre Leclercq speaks to Laura Burstein about what the wins mean to him, why the French OEM needs to be bold and why he encouraged the designers to go for extreme solutions with the OLi concept car
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ArticleWatch: Car Design News takes the Citroen Oli for a drive in Milan
Launched in October 2022, the Citroen Oli concept is still the subject of much discussion owing to its chunky form and materials innovation. Car Design News took the concept for a spin in Milan during the design week
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Article“Making beautiful cars is not enough” – Pierre Leclerq on decarbonising the design industry
Citroën design boss Pierre Leclerq talks to Car Design News about decarbonisation
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ArticleFrom Paris with love: a comment on French car design
Christopher Butt takes a look at the return of robustness in French car design, as illustrated by two new concept cars in the Dacia Manifesto and Citroën Oli
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ArticleItalian coachbuilder modernises classic Citroen vans
Car Design News speaks with Italian coachbuilder Type H about the revival of the restomod
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Citroën Eole (1986)
Introduced at the 1986 Geneva Motor Show, the Eole was a four-passenger luxury wagon based on the production CX. But while that car had its roots in the 1970s, the Eole was an exploration of where the genre might go in the next decade and beyond
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Citroën C-Airdream
In the 1990s and early 2000s one of the most charismatic, brave and forward-thinking car makers, Citroën, had been reduced to the maker of budget, mainstream Euro boxes such as the Saxo and Xsara.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Citroën Karin (1980)
With the 1980 Paris Motor show approaching and no new model to unveil, Citroën needed something to wow the crowds on its home turf.