"We are hoping for volume growth of around 5 percent in 2016 helped by new points of sale," he told reporters.

The DS brand, launched in 2010, has now abandoned the Citroën logo and adopted its own identity. It currently has 39 dedicated points of sale, 15 of them opened last year and 20 more expected to be opened this year, de Bourmont said.

(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Matthias Blamont)