Citroën DS3: artwork on four wheels
Test driver of the Citroën DS3: ChroniquesDuVasteMonde employee Judith Liere
The car wobbles in greeting with the ears. At least that's what it looks like when I press the remote control's open button: Then the Citroën DS3 unfolds its exterior mirrors, which it had previously attached to the side windows like a pair of earmuffs. Drolly that works.
No question, the little one wants to rise and fall, more or less as a total work of art. The Citroën DS3 can be individually designed with eleven body and eight roof colors as well as four different roof stickers. Baby blue carriage with white roof and zebra pattern? Or maybe canary-yellow paint to wine-red roof with white dots? The more unusual the styling, the more expensive it? S, however: Alone for the punctuated roof, you'll pay well over 400 euros extra - and in its finest equipment, the car quickly costs around 22,000 euros.
Under the bonnet, the fashion-conscious Citroën DS3 resembles its somewhat down-to-earth brother, the Citroën C3. Outwardly, he gives himself but sportier: alloy wheels, double exhaust, deep-drawn grille and chrome strips on the sides. The French want to compete with the Mini Cooper.
Whether it succeeds? Even with a 156-horsepower engine and a tight chassis I miss the Citroën DS3, for example, this special go-kart driving experience. Nevertheless, the little sporty heats so spirited through winding country roads, that someone shakes their ears again - I, for sheer driving pleasure.
INFO: The Citroën DS3 (92 to 207 hp) is a bit flatter than the C3 and comes to a top speed of 235 km / h. It consumes from 3.6 (diesel) - 6.9 l / 100 km (CO2: 95 - 158 g / km). price: from 15 200 euros.
