Thoughts on Citroen DS3...

fonzee · 19 Feb 2010 at 21:04

no surprise there

peterattheboro · 19 Feb 2010 at 21:06

fonzee said:
no surprise there

I'm glad my hatred of Citroen is known in these parts

Duke · 19 Feb 2010 at 21:12

fonzee said:
a true ethusiast will judge a car on it's ability, not a badge

I'd give it a test drive but wouldn't own one. Reliability aside, I would just have that feeling in the back of my head that they would compromise some parts and find some of the parts used from a C2 or something. Meh.

Bennie-Mac · 19 Feb 2010 at 21:28

I think it looks great. Far more interesting that a Mini or a Mito imo.

Sparky · 19 Feb 2010 at 22:29

I think it looks fantastic although was put off when the Mrs said "its cute"

Fr0dders · 20 Feb 2010 at 23:05

DS Racing version confirmed

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21535

Spunj99 · 21 Feb 2010 at 20:36

MrLOL said:
DS Racing version confirmed

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21535

Try and keep up eh, only a day behind.

Draeger · 21 Feb 2010 at 21:03

The missus likes these, its on her list to replace her ageing Punto puddlejumper.

I drove by my local Citroen dealer last week and there were a couple out on display on the forecourt in prominent positions. I have to say its a very unusual and eyecatching design in the flesh.

Possibly a "Marmite" car?.

ajstan · 21 Feb 2010 at 21:05

Draeger said:
The missus likes these, its on her list to replace her ageing Punto puddlejumper.

I drove by my local Citroen dealer last week and there were a couple out on display on the forecourt in prominent positions. I have to say its a very unusual and eyecatching design in the flesh.

Possibly a "Marmite" car?.

Yh I thought that, I think it probably is a 'marmite' car

CliffyBiro · 21 Feb 2010 at 21:05

So THAT's what that was. Saw one of these very briefly on a roundabout last week and thought it had been in an accident.

AtomicBanana · 21 Feb 2010 at 21:14

There is just waaaay to much going on with the body work. Does feel very over designed. But hey apparently it drives well so . . .

fonzee · 24 Feb 2010 at 13:35

yes please.

TriedandTested · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:50

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/cars-motorbikes/2010/03/citroens-french-fancy-is-a-min.html

Apart from a slightly gritty gear change and rather too familiar Citroen knobs and switches on the dash, the DS3 is Citroen's best car since, well, the DS. Believe me, it really is a miniature masterpiece.

ajstan · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:53

Citroen would appear to be onto a winner here

And here's the thing - the DS3 is cheaper and drives better than the mighty Mini.

Irish_Tom · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:54

It's French.

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danza · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:58

Panzerbjorn said:
It's an apparently good French car.

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???

fonzee · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:03

GravyMonster · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:12

My father in law has ordered one and it should be arriving in a week or so. He loves his Citroens. He showed me the brochure and it actually looked ok.

Then he mentioned he'd gone for the 90hp 1.6 diesel. That does eleventy million miles per gallon and only costs £30 a year road tax. He lives on the Isle of Wight and does about 5k miles a year.

I can't remember the rest as I had some kind of seizure.

Irish_Tom · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:20

danza said:
It's an apparently good French car.

Oxymoron I'm afraid. The two are mutually exclusive, it's a scientific fact.

GT3 · 16 Mar 2010 at 21:34

Panzerbjorn said:
Oxymoron I'm afraid. The two are mutually exclusive, it's a scientific fact.

Never driven a 205 GTI, S1 106 Rallye, 306 Rallye, Clio Williams, Clio 172 Cup, Clio 182 Trophy, Megane R26 etc then have you.