DS DS 3

Car Hatchback

2 production runs · 13 variants · 8 registers with powertrain counts · 1 source

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the DS DS 3 on record.

Germany: 2025–2026; New registrations per year. Our data starts in October 2025.
Netherlands: 2015–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2015–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Argentina Finland Germany Israel Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom

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

Production history, variants & sources

2 production runs · 13 variants · 8 registers with powertrain counts · 1 source

Researched from Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

Germany: New registrations per year

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Germany
2025	15
2026	4

Netherlands
2015	524
2016	755
2017	662
2018	403
2019	400
2020	604
2021	273
2022	362
2023	369
2024	286
2025	55
2026	14

Finland
2015	2
2016	25
2017	7
2018	2
2019	9
2020	14
2021	18
2022	38
2023	13
2024	2
2025	8
2026	4

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

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{
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  "name": "DS 3",
  "make": {
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    "name": "DS"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
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    "ch",
    "de",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "oc",
    "sa"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/ds/3-crossback",
    "car/ds/ds3",
    "car/ds/ds3-crossback",
    "car/ds/ds3-crossback-e-tense"
  ],
  "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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