Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The new DS3 “Parisian in every piece” … – La Gazzetta dello Sport

The new DS3

“A car full French, Parisian in every piece.” Yves Bonnefont, director general of the DS precise continuously showing for the first time the new DS3. But words count for little: the car is revealed under the glass pyramid of the Louvre in Paris, under the modern structure so as to create a sharp contrast to the City of Lights but extraordinary treasures which houses. France in its “sophistication and elegance” continues the director, “right here where the ancient and the modern meet, hugging.” This is the concept behind the renewed sedan DS3, of its convertible version and the sportiest performance of 208 horses, soon in Italy (“open house” at dealerships from February 9).

point – “The range is now complete.” The brand Ds seems to make a point, for now, the production of new vehicles of the brand that definitely separates from Citroen. This, in fact, the last car of the range that still bore the Double Chevron on the hood as its first model in 2010 sold 390,000 copies. Not so different from the DS3 six years ago, the target remains the same: the promotional video shown to the public reveal a strong affinity with the female, aggressive and confident.



Style – small, but with large trunk, comfortable, from city. Aesthetically model changes are concentrated in the front: as the frame of the hexagon radiator grille and a new design of the headlights. You play all booby car customization, manufacturers speak of 78 different combinations of base (from 10 sticker covering the roof to the limousine, in addition to 4 colors) that can reach 3 million by changing also the inside, the knob of the gear lever, the 15-inch alloy wheels 16 and 17. The style generally remains the one already known: the roof and two-tone body and waistline by drawing shark fin.

explained – The new technology is the system infotaintment protocol MirrorScreen with the possibility MirrorLink CarPlay and Apple for the smartphone. 7-inch touch screen, the app MyDS to remotely manage all the information of the automobile and the City Active Brake for emergency braking (if you travel no more than 30 km / h). In the range in 2016 in addition to more efficient Euro 6 engines, in line with the current legislation, there is the entry in the list of the 3-cylinder turbocharged engine PureTech 130 and the offer on PureTech 110 of the automatic transmission of the latest generation EAT6.



Ilaria Morani

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