DS, which is part of the alliance PSA Peugeot Citroen, opened motorsport DS Performance. It will be headed by Yves Mutton, program manager of Citroen in WRC and WTCC championships
The first draft of DS Performance — powertrain for the electric car, «Formula-E» DSV-01 team Virgin Racing, which DS Performance will provide technical support.
In addition to the electric motor (engine control unit developed in partnership with Magnetti Marelli) DS Performance specialists have created for the car transmission, cooling system, a new rear suspension. Whether it is necessary to regard as a first step towards the preparation of «charged» road models DS, it is still unknown. But the head of the DS Automobiles Yves Bonfon stresses that DS Performance — not just research and development center, and the structure to demonstrate the technical expertise and an avant-garde spirit of the brand DS.
