Hot French Action

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 21:17

* New car * Hot French Action

Paid my deposit and ordered one of these last week, have a soft spot (no not my head) for French cars after owning a C2VTS and C4 coupe, and i've hardly seen any of these on the road.

Grey with a red roof

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Went for the standard seats as they're alcantara, 1.6 turbo 6 spd manual.
Managed to get 2 yrs free insurance and servicing into the mix too.

would have liked the racing version, but it's the same engine+remap, and some questionable colours :confused:

at about £6k more than this model

Just have to wait for delivery now

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 21:23

peterattheboro said:
Hate Citroens.

Like these!

Same, it's the only Citroen model atm that has the X factor imo, their models were going stale until this was released, and I was like WOW.

sigma said:
Is that a strip of chrome?

Just checked the Citroen site and it says "Chrome" so assume it is and not chrome effect plastique

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 21:31

Citroen DS3 THP Dsport to give it its full name.

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 21:58

Munkyman said:
It'll be ideal, a small hatchback which looks good

You can get the same look on the lesser powered models (style) for age/insurance reasons, as Citroen won't insure under 25's on the THP sport model.

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 22:27

ajstan said:
I love these, but they so outrageously expensive for what is just a small French hatchback.

Do you mind if I ask how much it cost?

List is £16.5k with the options I chose, managed to get it down to £15k and then £9.5k trade in on my current car, (59 plate C4 coupe HDI)

review http://www.usedcarexpert.co.uk/cars/citroen/ds3/advice/citroen-ds3-dsport-1-6i-thp-150/7201/

Citroen DS3 DSport 1.6i THP 150
Price: £15,900
Mechanical: 155bhp, 1,598cc, 4cyl petrol engine driving front wheels via 6-speed manual gearbox
Max speed: 133mph
0-62mph: 7.1 seconds
Combined mpg: 42.2
Insurance group: 22

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 22:34

Great engine really, same as Mini Cooper S, JCW and Pug 207 gti apparently. I was half tempted by this combo, but decided on the grey at the last moment

dave_beast · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:02

Munkyman said:
Lol, it's taken me a while to get round to learning to drive

Better late than never, and a great choice of car

dave_beast · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:56

Got it today, 7 weeks wait, GF doing a cheesy grin in 1st pic

Spent hours washing, polishing and waxing to get this far

dave_beast · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:00

DM said:
You reversed into the wall already Looks well that, good colour.

It's about 15cms from the wall, but looks like it's trying to climb it.
It has a red roof but I forgot to take a pic of that

dave_beast · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:09

Ricochet J said:
What options did you choose?

Just the colours and Alcantara seats, no satnav or parking sensors

[TW]Fox;19003437 said:
That actually looks awesome.

And with a BMW engine

Chives said:
Obviously not the 1.6 turbo Fox - they do a 1.4 don't they?

Yes, and it's a pretty low insurance group also, or you could go for the turbo diesel and pay £0 road fund licence.

dave_beast · 28 Apr 2011 at 02:08

I must admit i'm not 100% on the chrome "baguette" on the side

How about colour coding it and covering it in stickers and a big carbon picnic bench on the back?

http://www.larevueautomobile.com/images/image-actu/Citroen-DS3-WRC-4.jpg