Citroen's luxury make DS, has made a mini Luxury SUV to go against cars like the GLA and Q3, sort of. It's a lot shorter than those cars.
FWD only, but it also has an all-electric version (E-tense) with a 50kw/h battery.
I for one, LOVE it. A lot of design details are kind of strange, but it's IMO what a luxury car should look like. Fashionable and trend-setting. I love Lexus, MB, and DS. BMW and Cadillac are boring as fuck.
(https://s3.paultan.org/image/2018/09/DS3-Crossback-feat-1-850x445.jpg)
(https://s2.paultan.org/image/2018/09/DS3-Crossback-leak-3-850x508.jpg)
(https://s2.paultan.org/image/2018/09/DS3-Crossback-leak-4-850x567.jpg)
(https://s2.paultan.org/image/2018/09/DS3-Crossback-leak-6.jpg)
(https://s3.paultan.org/image/2018/09/DS3-Crossback-leak-10.jpg)
https://paultan.org/2018/09/14/ds3-crossback-debuts-with-all-electric-e-tense-model/
Ay-yi-yi, that B-pillar is atrocious.
I like the front a rear, and even the diamond pattern in the interior. That funny bit on the side is just obtrusive.
I want to see this design language stretched to C-segment size.
I agree that most of the luxury manufacturers are painfully boring. Many of the more conservative brands have regressed a lot in design. An E60 looks newer than the 5s that replaced it.
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on September 15, 2018, 08:01:52 PM
I want to see this design language stretched to C-segment size.
I agree that most of the luxury manufacturers are painfully boring. Many of the more conservative brands have regressed a lot in design. An E60 looks newer than the 5s that replaced it.
The DS7.
The exterior is interesting. I am not really feeling it, but maybe if I see it in person I can finalize my decision.
Love the interior, though. Very Art Decoish. :wub:
Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds. It looks great but it might look dated in ten years. Or awesome. Past Citroens that went out on a limb ended up looking even more fantastic with age. ZX didn't count; it was much too conventional for the 80's.
Quote from: Laconian on September 16, 2018, 01:13:07 PM
Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds. It looks great but it might look dated in ten years. Or awesome. Past Citroens that went out on a limb ended up looking even more fantastic with age. ZX didn't count; it was much too conventional for the 80's.
Do you mean the BX? The ZX came out in 1991 and looked like this.
(https://i.wheelsage.org/image/format/picture/picture-gallery-full/c/citroen/zx_volcane_5-door/citroen_zx_volcane_5-door_92.jpg)
Here's the BX.
(https://i.wheelsage.org/image/format/picture/picture-gallery-full/c/citroen/bx/citroen_bx_1_1.jpeg)
ZX still looked like yet another Giugiaro hatch.
Citroen has always been crazy styled. I like it.
Quote from: Laconian on September 16, 2018, 06:55:13 PM
ZX still looked like yet another Giugiaro hatch.
That was for me the "Dull Era" at Citroen; mid-1980s to about the early 2000s. ;)