citroen recently announced it would revive the legendary citroen DS! this might very well spell the return of the wheelskirt... citroëns have always stood appart from the mainstream with their unique design and technology, much of wich was a head of its time, and recent citroens, especially the bigger ones, still had a bit of that DS flair about them.
i hope citroen will have the balls to reuse one of the best features of the ds wich is that fully faired boat tailed back... but even other clasic features like a warp around windshield might return.
i hope the first pictures won't be a disapointment, but here's a few recent citroëns as wel as the DS ... so that you can imagine or bether photoshop the DS3
the DS1
the DS2
with integrated and teering headlights... only in recent years cars began to adopt similar shaped headlights... for decades cars had simple square or round lights without much style....
the titroen C6
citroens curent luxury barge... not my favourite design but extra points for originality
the C5 sedan
the C4 coupé
with its swept back rear winshiedld... good for low drag and not at al dissimilar to the rear window layout of the original DS
the C3 pluriel
a semi convertible "fun" version of the subcompact C3... a car that echoes features of the lovable 2CV but wich has a nose wich wouldn't look out of place on the DS when it was a little stretched.
the C3 picasso
a very recent mpv based on the C3, included in this list becouse it brings back another interesting feature that has been lost in cars over the years... the warp around windshield... never cars have increasing thick a pillars and with the ever more reclined windows these pillars can become as much of a safety hazard as they protect you... the c3 picasso has semi A pillars to support the 3 piece front window, and thick structural A pillars at the doors...
i'd vote for this feature on the DS3 as well!
finally a concept wich has been nemtioned in relation with the DS3 the airlounge
anyway, if all the best features of the cars shown above end up in the DS3 it might end up a very modern car wich retains the character and look without sacrificeing the good things of modern cars for the sake of "retro" like the beetle and the mini did (they both have terrible aero and their pricetag puts them out of teh league of all round economy cars they once where)