DS 4 Tense 225 PHEV UK review
Citroen’s luxury offshoot presents a comfy, quirky take on the premium hatchback
There’s not much wrong with a BMW 1 Series, Mercedes A-Class or Audi A3. If you’re after a posh VW Golf-sized hatchback, there’s every chance one of those will fit your needs. But when they litter every residential street – the A-Class has been Britain’s tenth best selling car so far in 2022 – you’d be forgiven for wanting something a bit different, something like the DS 4.With a focus on being French, comfortable and slightly alternative, the DS 4 fills a very clear theoretical gap in the market. Time will tell whether that will translate to actual sales but to do that, the DS4 will also need to simply be a competitive product.Mechanically there are few surprises. The DS 4 rides on the EMP2 platform, just like the majority of the larger ex-PSA Stellantis cars including the Peugeot 308, Peugeot 508, Vauxhall Astra, Vauxhall Grandland X and the larger DS 9.That means the DS 4 gets the usual selection of petrol, and plug-in hybrid powertrains, as well as a diesel option. Depending on which trim level you go for, there are 178 and 221bhp versions of the 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol, a 129bhp 1.2-litre triple and a 1.5-litre diesel with 129bhp. All come with an eight-speed automatic gearbox.DS is heavily pushing electrification, so the current range-topper is the E-Tense 225, which uses the familiar combination of a 178bhp 1.6 (the same unit as in the PureTech 180) and an electric motor. In 2024, a pure-electric version will join the range.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ds/...-uk-review
Citroen’s luxury offshoot presents a comfy, quirky take on the premium hatchback
There’s not much wrong with a BMW 1 Series, Mercedes A-Class or Audi A3. If you’re after a posh VW Golf-sized hatchback, there’s every chance one of those will fit your needs. But when they litter every residential street – the A-Class has been Britain’s tenth best selling car so far in 2022 – you’d be forgiven for wanting something a bit different, something like the DS 4.With a focus on being French, comfortable and slightly alternative, the DS 4 fills a very clear theoretical gap in the market. Time will tell whether that will translate to actual sales but to do that, the DS4 will also need to simply be a competitive product.Mechanically there are few surprises. The DS 4 rides on the EMP2 platform, just like the majority of the larger ex-PSA Stellantis cars including the Peugeot 308, Peugeot 508, Vauxhall Astra, Vauxhall Grandland X and the larger DS 9.That means the DS 4 gets the usual selection of petrol, and plug-in hybrid powertrains, as well as a diesel option. Depending on which trim level you go for, there are 178 and 221bhp versions of the 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol, a 129bhp 1.2-litre triple and a 1.5-litre diesel with 129bhp. All come with an eight-speed automatic gearbox.DS is heavily pushing electrification, so the current range-topper is the E-Tense 225, which uses the familiar combination of a 178bhp 1.6 (the same unit as in the PureTech 180) and an electric motor. In 2024, a pure-electric version will join the range.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ds/...-uk-review
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