Start with what the DS 5 is: a 5-door hatchback with 1.6L THP163, built from 2011 to 2018, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Frédéric Soubirou (exterior).
How it came about
The DS 5 is a subcompact executive hatchback which was designed and developed by the French automaker Citroën, and launched in the market in Europe in November 2011. It was the third model in the premium sub brand DS. Released as the Citroën DS5, the car was relaunched as the DS 5 in 2015, following Citroën's decision to rebadge its DS models and market them under the brand DS.
The hardware
The engine is 1.6L THP163; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1500 kg. Drive goes through a 6 speed Auto Aisin / 6-speed automated manual. The wheelbase is 2727 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Peugeot line-up the DS 5 has a clear place: it replaced the Citroën C5 (as a hatchback); it handed the line to the DS N°4 (as a hatchback); the factory was Sochaux. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lamborghini Aventador, the Tesla Model X, the Mazda CX-5. Its Peugeot stablemates include the Peugeot Onyx and the Peugeot Pars.