What Will Sports Cars Look Like In 2035? DS X E-TENSE Has The Answer

What will sports cars look like in 2035?

Well, perhaps the answer to this question lies with the DS X E-Tense, which is basically a Formula E machine with a sidecar attached and tailored in futuristic haute couture. The design proposal, which DS goes projects as a future production car, is a bold showcase that also serves as a mission statement for the brand’s direction of travel.

For this trouble, it is packed with interesting new lighting, materials and driver assistance technologies – some of which will filter into upcoming DS production cars in the coming years. The DS X E-Tense’s asymmetrical design is down to the need to serve two purposes.

On the left, is the autonomous side of the car, accessed via a gullwing door. The external design is deliberately retro, but the strong ‘X’ theme on the car’s flanks will run through all future DSs.

If you want your E-Tense to drive itself, you climb in this side, sink into the soft leather seat, and indulge in a cabin that’s a rhapsody in red, trimmed in wood and metal, and has no instrumentation – just a coffee machine. On the right hand side, there’s an open cockpit designed to evoke memories of pre-war grand Prix cars.

The driver’s seat is semi-reclined, and there’s a small steering wheel, that’s flanked by minimalist instrumentation. This side of the DS X E-Tense is trimmed in blue; the autonomous side is red.

It is rumored to put out as much 1350 bhp. With only three of you able to occupy the cabin at a time, you have reason to feel that your life is at risk.

However, this projection into what the future of super sports car may look like adds yet another interesting phase of life for the mooring fraternity