You can’t see many of these on the road but I quite like it, bit of unusual kind of design but DS loves being ‘different’ from the competition. Nice review Jim 👍🏻
Great review Jim. We’ve got the DS-4 in that colour. We’re really enjoying it. We’ve just got the 1.2 litre 3 banger and it’s surprisingly refined. Never short of power thanks to the 8 speed auto box. It’s rare too. We’ve had it since December and haven’t seen another one on the road yet. We did indeed get a good lease deal. Cheers, Ant Cooke
@@DefinitelyNotAGuru one problem is that you can only have them serviced at DS Salons. You can’t take them to the Citroen dealer. My nearest is over an hour away. So for each service, recall or issue I lose at least a days work. It’s my one regret. I wouldn’t have leased it knowing that.
I am in a minority but I am a French car fan. So music to my ears. Some of the quietest, smoothest comfortable cars imo. Never had electrical problems people have. Had a life of them back as far as 2cv6, renault 4 onwards. Newest one is 2007 though 😂. Its the ride that I love
As ever mate great review the only thing that puts me off french cars is the paint work and trust me after my issues will my old Peugeot 3008 I said I would never touch a French car but I guess if you lease it it’s not your problem love the design of their car thanks for sharing mate 🤔👏😎
I did consider buying one of these last year. The interior was very pleasant and plush but I interior was short on space as was the boot. The bonnet area was also almost identical to my old Citroen C4 and at this point, I legged it out of the dealership! It looks like the German brand are still trouncing the DS - I rarely see one on the road.
A new premium badge is always difficult to sell in the UK, Lexus wasn’t an overnight success and Genesis has had a much tougher ride in this country than it has in the US for example. Infinity didn’t work here either. I wish there was a bit less badge snobbery here as the wider public often misses out on some great alternatives 👍
I think DS has two problems. 1)DS have not done enough to separate the brand from Citroen, Vauxhall, Fiat and, people don't want to pay premium prices for a car associated with the latter brands 2) Reliability. (Citroen were the only brand I used to purchase, in spite of constant issues with reliability and electronics and I was so looking forward to taking delivery on a DS4 until I opened the bonnet and saw much similarity to that of my old C4). DS poor sales are not just restricted to the UK but globally too. DS set itself ambitious targets based on the timeframe for Audi to become a sales success, with Lexus being its key target. There's only a few countries in Europe, including France where DS outsells Lexus. It had promising sales in Greece but even that has dwindled. Argentina, was were DS was hoping by now, to be the best selling Premium brand had initial success but again sales are dwindling in that country. Despite of poor sales, I think the DS brand will still be profitable as a result of parts sharing...
Yes, I was recently tempted but it possibly has the wet timing belt engine which puts me off as I generally like to take cars past 6yrs/60000 miles. Also, dealerships are not quite handy for servicing and warranty work with my closest being 40 miles away - wasn't sure if Citroen dealerships are allowed to undertake warranty work? This is perhaps a prompt for one of your investigations regarding disappearing dealerships with even large cities no longer having dealerships for particular large brands any more!
The wet belt system on these works brilliantly well (unlike the Ford system), as long as it’s serviced as it should be using the correct oil it will be completely fine. I’ve had a personal car with the 1.2 wet belt before without any concerns.
Great video Jim, wonder what colour it will be as I see it’s still in primer like most cars these days! Why do people choose this colour I don’t know imo
I considered the DS4 , however they took the bad habits from German premium and took it a step further in terms of having all desirable features as options. Rivoli for example which is a higher trim has leather electrical seats but...not heated, that's part of a package. The only good trim to have is Opera but that's bloody expensive so I said no , with regrets to DS4.
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Cheers Jimbo looks nice inside but I can't see the badge snobs going for it, another car that's better to lease than buy.have a nicely chilled Sunday
Cheers Dave 👍
You can’t see many of these on the road but I quite like it, bit of unusual kind of design but DS loves being ‘different’ from the competition. Nice review Jim 👍🏻
Thanks Matteo
I have had mine for about a month now on a very good lease deal and I love it, a very classy car 👍
Great to hear!
Great review Jim. We’ve got the DS-4 in that colour. We’re really enjoying it. We’ve just got the 1.2 litre 3 banger and it’s surprisingly refined. Never short of power thanks to the 8 speed auto box.
It’s rare too. We’ve had it since December and haven’t seen another one on the road yet.
We did indeed get a good lease deal.
Cheers, Ant Cooke
Cheers Ant. Yea, definitely an undiscovered gem in my book, really nice car and I remember it being a great deal when you got yours.
@@DefinitelyNotAGuru one problem is that you can only have them serviced at DS Salons. You can’t take them to the Citroen dealer. My nearest is over an hour away. So for each service, recall or issue I lose at least a days work. It’s my one regret. I wouldn’t have leased it knowing that.
Really? How daft is that? You’d think it would be any Stellantis dealer really but certainly any Citroen one.
@@DefinitelyNotAGuru They want to be fancy and luxury, hence calling it a Salon. There is nothing luxuirous about going to Stafford. 😁
Nice review Jim, have a soft spot for French cars, family had a few and I've had some great company ones, 406 was bling in the day as a sales rep!
Nice
Great vid Jim, very happy with our ds4 rivoli from lease loco. Gotta be honest not used the centre console screen in 5 months of having it 😂
Yes it’s an easy car to like for sure. I can’t live without my screens 😂
I am in a minority but I am a French car fan. So music to my ears. Some of the quietest, smoothest comfortable cars imo. Never had electrical problems people have. Had a life of them back as far as 2cv6, renault 4 onwards. Newest one is 2007 though 😂. Its the ride that I love
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Great review Jim, nice one. Interesting car that I'd never really thought about before.
I'm loving those rear lights.
Yes, very nice eh
Thanks Jim, great honest video as always. Nice car and should be a bargain 2nd hand
Absolutely, some great lease deals around at times too
Great review. Interesting car and agree that inside the car that pad does appear to be superfluous.
Yes, it's perhaps one quirk too many but otherwise a very decent car
'Tis a nice looking thing for sure.
Thanks Jim!
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As ever mate great review the only thing that puts me off french cars is the paint work and trust me after my issues will my old Peugeot 3008 I said I would never touch a French car but I guess if you lease it it’s not your problem love the design of their car thanks for sharing mate 🤔👏😎
Yep, it does have its benefits.
Another great video! Thank you for this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've decided to go for one Jim on a very good 3 year lease deal, what's not to like 👍😁
Not a lot! 👍
I did consider buying one of these last year. The interior was very pleasant and plush but I interior was short on space as was the boot. The bonnet area was also almost identical to my old Citroen C4 and at this point, I legged it out of the dealership!
It looks like the German brand are still trouncing the DS - I rarely see one on the road.
A new premium badge is always difficult to sell in the UK, Lexus wasn’t an overnight success and Genesis has had a much tougher ride in this country than it has in the US for example. Infinity didn’t work here either. I wish there was a bit less badge snobbery here as the wider public often misses out on some great alternatives 👍
I think DS has two problems. 1)DS have not done enough to separate the brand from Citroen, Vauxhall, Fiat and, people don't want to pay premium prices for a car associated with the latter brands 2) Reliability. (Citroen were the only brand I used to purchase, in spite of constant issues with reliability and electronics and I was so looking forward to taking delivery on a DS4 until I opened the bonnet and saw much similarity to that of my old C4).
DS poor sales are not just restricted to the UK but globally too. DS set itself ambitious targets based on the timeframe for Audi to become a sales success, with Lexus being its key target. There's only a few countries in Europe, including France where DS outsells Lexus. It had promising sales in Greece but even that has dwindled. Argentina, was were DS was hoping by now, to be the best selling Premium brand had initial success but again sales are dwindling in that country.
Despite of poor sales, I think the DS brand will still be profitable as a result of parts sharing...
Looks great inside and out. I like it.
Yes, really nice little car
Really nice style car. Slightly put off by the RRP, but worth considering at the right deal.
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Looks like a very nice car a far cry from Citroën from the past
Very much so
Yes, I was recently tempted but it possibly has the wet timing belt engine which puts me off as I generally like to take cars past 6yrs/60000 miles. Also, dealerships are not quite handy for servicing and warranty work with my closest being 40 miles away - wasn't sure if Citroen dealerships are allowed to undertake warranty work? This is perhaps a prompt for one of your investigations regarding disappearing dealerships with even large cities no longer having dealerships for particular large brands any more!
The wet belt system on these works brilliantly well (unlike the Ford system), as long as it’s serviced as it should be using the correct oil it will be completely fine. I’ve had a personal car with the 1.2 wet belt before without any concerns.
Great video Jim, wonder what colour it will be as I see it’s still in primer like most cars these days! Why do people choose this colour I don’t know imo
😂 I would choose exactly that colour, I love it.
£46,000? Holy cow! Not likely.
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I considered the DS4 , however they took the bad habits from German premium and took it a step further in terms of having all desirable features as options. Rivoli for example which is a higher trim has leather electrical seats but...not heated, that's part of a package. The only good trim to have is Opera but that's bloody expensive so I said no , with regrets to DS4.
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👍👍👍. Thanks Jim
You bet 👍
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Have disliked Citroen for a while now. Just here to help the algorithm. Would never buy a Citroen again sorry.
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