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by Bas Leesberg · Autoblog NL · Jan 9
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Wow! Is deze DS No.4 de dikste Citroën van de afgelopen tijd?

DS No.4 Custom Build Debuts at Brussels Motor Show

A bespoke DS No.4 turned heads at Brussels, built by Taylor Made (yes, that's the actual shop name). The piece highlights how Citroën's modern DS line is attracting serious customizers willing to invest in one-off builds rather than buying stock. This matters because it signals the DS nameplate is finally getting attention from the builder community.

Citroën's DS revival needed this—a custom build from someone who actually cares beats another press release about "connected features" or whatever bean counters think sells cars.

Autocar UK · Jan 9
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New DS 3 to be inspired by 2010 original

DS is betting the next DS 3 can recapture the original's spark

The first-gen DS 3 (2010-2019) was French quirk done right—affordable, styled with actual opinions, built on the PF1 platform. Now it's DS's forgotten child, sales in freefall, and the bean counters want nostalgia to fix what mediocrity broke. Sporty simplicity sounds nice. Whether they'll actually deliver it is another question.

Chasing your heritage only works if you remember why people cared in the first place. The original DS 3 didn't sell because it was simple—it sold because it had character. That's not something you can brief into a design studio.

Autocar UK · Jan 8
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Debate settled: We name every car maker's best model of all time

Every manufacturer's peak, ranked—and yes, the arguments are worse than you'd think

Autocar's staff went to war over which model defined each marque. From the MG ZT-T 260's sleeper credibility to whether a 911 variant beats the 356, they're parsing the real difference between good and generational. The gap between what journalists remember and what the market actually values keeps widening.

Ranking 'best ever' by brand is content comfort food—safe, divisive, and missing the point. The real story isn't the pick, it's that half these manufacturers peaked 15 years ago and everyone knows it.

Autocar UK · Jan 8
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Who actually deserves the Car of the Year title in 2026?

2026 COTY is six crossovers and a punch line—here's who actually deserves it

Autocar's annual award season landed with the expected lineup: a sea of crossovers and one saloon that somehow stands above the noise. The real story isn't which one won—it's that testing methodology matters when everything else looks the same. One model actually proved something worth knowing.

COTY awards died when crossovers became the only thing manufacturers would fund to make. The one saloon winning tells you everything about what's left worth driving.

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