Citroën has released details and an official image of the DS 6WR, prior to the model’s public launch later this month at the 2014 Beijing Motor Show.
Citroën’s lastest “wild & refined premium SUV” is basically a production version of last year’s Wild Rubis concept and was designed in Paris.
The DS 6WR rides measures in at 4550mm long, 1860mm wide and 1610mm tall, meaning it’s shorter, lower and narrower than its main rivals the BMW X3 and Audi Q5. The dimensions of the production model have been reduced slightly over the concept which previewed it.
Engine options are likely to include the company’s 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 160hp and a more powerful version with 200hp. Both transfer power via a six-speed automatic gearbox to the front wheels. Citroen has also decided not to offer four-wheel drive but in its place fit a grip control system, which benefits both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Just like the Citroen DS5 and DS 5LS, the DS 6WR will be the third DS model built in China at the Shenzhen site. Citroen isn’t giving any official date as to when the SUV will be introduced but it will arrive in China first by the end of the year.
