What an utterly handsome-looking motor this is. Sleek like a feline into the wind, with subtle and clever styling that helps it look far less rotund than its dimensions would otherwise suggest. The opposite of some ‘traditional’ manufacturers’ new models (cough Volvo/cough Audi/cough BMW). The DS5’s fine form is complemented by a combination of external materials, shapes, textures and patterns that really work. ...read

Its front looks like a rhino that’s been in a head-on collision with Mount Rushmore. From the side it looks like something my three-year-old, Eli, might have scribbled while attempting to figure out if he is right-or left-handed and choosing the wrong one. From the back it’s as if someone has spray-painted a rear windscreen and some lights on to a slab of concrete. ...read