INSIDE LINE ON CITROEN’S STUNNING DS4
Central band on Citroen’s beauteous DS4 We get absolute admission to hatch… and acknowledge acute cabin
It’s the Citroen that’s demography on Audi and BMW – and we’ve got the central story.Â
The DS4 is the firm’s new upmarket ancestors car, and if it goes on auction in the summer, it will aim to allure A3 and 1-Series buyers with a adventurous physique and aloft ride height. Auto Express was accepted some absolute time with the car on the roof of PSA Peugeot-Citroen’s Velizy architecture centre in Paris – and we got our aboriginal attending at its chic interior.
Following on from the DS3, the additional archetypal in the new affluence agency has a arresting shape. PSA architecture arch Jean-Pierre Ploué is a big fan of the Mercedes CLS, and the DS4’s neatly arced roofline mirrors the four-door coupé. Elsewhere, aciculate edges mix with sculpted wheelarches, while the low roofline contrasts with the abnormal top stance.Â
The car is 4cm college and 6cm beneath than the latest C4 on which it’s based, and has amplitude for five. While the rear doors are absolutely small, there’s still acceptable admission to the back. Boot accommodation is 370 litres – hardly beneath than in a Nissan Qashqai.Â
Up front, the Audi-inspired dashboard is adopted from the C4, but the accomplished berth gets absolute abstracts and finishes – these cover a DS logo on aperture handles and aniline covering centre bench squabs, shaped like a watch bracelet. As allotment of a customisation programme Citroen is alive on, buyers will get the advantage of two-tone upholstery and atramentous chrome trims for the exterior.Â
Under the bonnet, the DS4 will be offered with a best of three diesels, including a 160bhp 2.0 HDi and a 110bhp 1.6-litre e-HDi with stop-start. The petrol engine options will bear 120bhp, 155bhp or 200bhp outputs.Â
There’s no abounding amalgam agent yet – this will abide absolute to the bigger DS5, which is appointed to be apparent at the Shanghai Motor Show in April. But the DS4 range is acceptable to alpha from about £16,000.
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