Citroën DS3 (2010 - 2015) 1.6 e-HDi Airdream DStyle 3d (2012/12) Owner Review

What does this car say about you?

The car deffinately captures the drivers personality, with the colours available everyone will find a colour they like. The interior is a pleasure to be in, everyone that gets in the car are surprised about how good looking and modern the interior looks. The exterior design of the car is completely different to any car available at the moment, the floating roof and shark fin pillar deffinately attract attention, as well as the LED's which are surprisingly bright. There arent many DS3's around so you deffinatley feel rare driving it.

What do your friends / family / neighbours think of the car?

Friends love the car, are quite surprised when they heard how much the car is, its very luxury for the price you pay compared to other cars in the price range. I have had a lot of comments about the car saying its a really good looking car. I got it in Thorium grey / carmen red roof with grey 17 inch alloys.

Would you buy this car again and why?

Deffinately, it is really good looking, really pleasant to be in, amazing to be seen in and it drives really well. Its quite nippy if you put your foot down in 2nd or 3rd gear yet it gets upto 60mpg around town, Ive had the car a week, and have mainly driven around town and have dropped to 58mpg once, mainly around 60-65mpg.

What are you likely to buy next?

Possibly a citroen ds4 or ds5, if not a ds3! The whole range are the best looking cars for the sort of price range available. If a DS4 or DS5 where out of my price range when my lease deal ends, i would not hesitate to get a new DS3.

Type of dealer you bought from?

Franchised

Did you buy this car new?

Yes

What price did you pay?

£15,700

When did you buy the car?

March 2012

Did you get a good deal and why?

Got a good deal, leasing the car for three years with everything included.

Is there any special reason why you bought this car?

Best looking car on the market.

What was the dealer like?

Very helpfull, informative and did everything to get the car to me as soon as possible.

What's it like to drive?

Very easy to drive, smooth ride, quiet engine. Handles high speeds well, and takes corners very steadily. Steering is very nice, the electric steering is so easy to use, much better than powersteering.

What's it like to park?

The steering makes it a pleasure to park. Ive always had old cars, 9 - 11 years old with normal power steering and ive always been terrible at parking, but in this car its such a pleasure to park because the steering goes light at low speed, which makes it completely effortless. Parking sensors where an option that i didnt go for, and i was a bit worried id made the wrong decision not selecting them but to be honest ive not missed them at all.

Have you had any problems with the car?

Nothing has gone wrong with it at all so far, cant say a bad word about it.

What's most practical about your car?

The size of the car is very misleading, it looks like a small car, feels like a sporty car, feels like a small car to drive with the small windscreen but then when you actually think about it and look around its really spacious, comfortable and people who have sat in the back have never complained about having no space. It also is very good economically with the eco stop start technology. Does around 60mpg around town.

Favourite gadget, option or accessory?

Cruise control and speed limiter is helpfull when driving on long journeys and past speed cameras, gives peace of mind that you wont go above the limit.