Citroën DS

Car Sedan

16 variants · 5 registers with powertrain counts · 1 source

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Citroën DS on record.

Netherlands: 1947–1985; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2007–2025; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Finland Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Variants & sources

16 variants · 5 registers with powertrain counts · 1 source

Researched from published references, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1947	1
1956	3
1957	3
1958	7
1959	3
1960	4
1961	8
1962	7
1963	25
1964	17
1965	35
1966	82
1967	142
1968	115
1969	83
1970	142
1971	227
1972	335
1973	344
1974	160
1975	28
1976	1
1982	1
1984	2
1985	1

Finland
2007	1
2010	2
2011	2
2014	2
2015	1
2016	1
2017	1
2019	1
2022	1
2023	1
2024	1
2025	1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/citroen/ds",
  "name": "DS",
  "make": {
    "id": "citroen",
    "name": "Citroën"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/citroen/d-special",
    "car/citroen/d-super",
    "car/citroen/d-super-5",
    "car/citroen/d20",
    "car/citroen/d20super",
    "car/citroen/ds-19",
    "car/citroen/ds-20",
    "car/citroen/ds-21",
    "car/citroen/ds-21-m",
    "car/citroen/ds-21-pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds-23",
    "car/citroen/ds-23-pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds-pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds-special",
    "car/citroen/ds-super",
    "car/citroen/ds20",
    "car/citroen/ds20-pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds21",
    "car/citroen/ds21-pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds21pallas",
    "car/citroen/ds23",
    "car/citroen/pallas",
    "car/citroen/safari"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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