New Citroen DS3 premium hatchback unveiled!
Citroen has unveiled the new DS3, a hatchback that Citroen wants to give a premium positioning. Think MINI and you’ll understand what I mean. It’s for buyers who have seen past the need for a large car and more metal to offer premium features and a premium image.
The DS line of cars will feature three models and this is the first: the DS3. It measures 3,950mm long, 1,710mm wide and 1,450mm tall. This makes it similiar in size to the new MINI Clubman, though the DS3 is slightly larger in every dimension.
Typical of Citroen, the exterior styling details are a little quirky, such as the shark-fin B-pillar. The DS3 is fully customisable in term of trim level, even the colour of the wheels, fabric, gearknob, exterior trim, and even the ‘floating roof’ is customisable – you can have it in either black, white, blue or red, to contrast it with the main body colour.
A choice of 5 engines are available – the 90hp and 110hp HDi diesels with DPFS fliters, and three petrol engines – the VTi 95, VTi 120 and the turbocharged THP 150. Only manuals are available for now, either 5-speed or 6-speed depending on the engine specified.
Look after the jump for a photo gallery of the new DS3.
August 26, 2009 @ 10:28 am
Black definitely looks better!!
August 26, 2009 @ 10:35 am
The “shark fin” is not suitable for white color .. but ..who cares ..
August 26, 2009 @ 10:35 am
nice!! difference perspective
August 26, 2009 @ 10:51 am
wAA… Very Impressive.. I’m drooling..
August 26, 2009 @ 10:51 am
Wow. What a cool car although a bit bulky
August 26, 2009 @ 11:01 am
Wow! The new Citroen looks absolutely sleek and sexy!
August 26, 2009 @ 11:01 am
the grey 1 demmn nice..
August 26, 2009 @ 11:34 am
shishh…. My wife want it as her birthday present. What is the retail price ?.
August 26, 2009 @ 11:35 am
MyDear said,
August 26, 2009 @ 10:35 am
The “shark fin” is not suitable for white color .. but ..who cares ..
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When the car moving forward, the shark will look like moving the other direction..gostan
August 26, 2009 @ 11:42 am
Different! but looks beautiful!
August 26, 2009 @ 11:44 am
African bull frog inspired. no wonder there put pretty ladies to kiss the frog to become a prince?
August 26, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Good to see Citroen is not bound to the current design languange, I mean the audi like slanted eye look.
Personally the car is kinda nice, wonder how much it will cost when it reaches malaysian shore?
August 26, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
french is back……
August 26, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
I bet you some artist will draw a shark on the body when he gets his hand on one. Great for Chinese Sharkfin’s restaurant ad?
August 26, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
This is wrong wrong wrong! This ain’t no DS! Please call it anything but a DS…Arghh!!
August 26, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
This is mini muscle car….
like it..
August 26, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
d 1.4 turbocharged is getting popular nowadays among compact car…
August 26, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Citroen has been of late churning out pretty nice looking cars starting from the C4 “Dancing Transformer” and the recently lanched C5.
Even the cutesy C1 is quite good looking in the flesh.
August 26, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
sexy
August 26, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
I’m kinda lost. Which part of the car suppose to be from DS? Nice looking Citroen. But a DS? I’m not sure about that!
August 26, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
much stylo than MINI…
August 26, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
nice … cute … and small…
August 26, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
hope someone can bring in Citroen cars and make it cheaper, like what Naza did to Peugeot…
August 26, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
GT Concept when go into production?..hehe
August 26, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
I really like to seet the interior photo of the rear view of that car. It looks like it has good visibility
August 26, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Impressive! towards futuristic. very kan ah~
August 26, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
white with black will be nice. shark fin gives a touch of “quirkyness” to differentiate it from other cars.
i’ll take this over the mini, if reliability aint an issue.
August 27, 2009 @ 6:34 am
the car front-side looks not great in white colour, others is o.k for me….but i won’t buy this kind of minicar, urghhh~
August 27, 2009 @ 9:22 am
citroen has broke away from the spirit of original DS and the results to me…well, it seems to me that the new DS has lost its unique charms (elogated form) compared to its predecessor.
looks like a tough sell for citroen.
August 27, 2009 @ 9:39 am
now that is a very beautiful car.
August 27, 2009 @ 10:04 am
‘The shark fin is going the other direction’…
ready to bite tail gaters?..hihihi…I like the body in white..it brings up the strong and funky design line..
August 27, 2009 @ 10:10 am
hm…need to work harder after this, more harder than usual…what a car if i can buy this one.
August 27, 2009 @ 2:51 pm
wow, what the price in Malaysia? 150k?
August 28, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
better DS than BS..
August 30, 2009 @ 10:52 am
i like the meter instruments & i’m SO GLAD to see a temperature gauge which some car makers no longer offer in their cars. at least citroen knows the importance of a visible temperature gauge for drivers.