I have owned this DS7 Performance Line since the beginning of the year. Yes, it has its own odd quirks and traits which you have mentioned but after a while you become to love it for what it is. Mine has the 1.6 petrol engine coupled with auto box, with a few cost options added to my own (namely Active Scan Suspension plus 20" wheels) which completely transforms the DS7 into a very smooth carpet-like ride. Plus, it's not often you can say to your mates that you own a flagship SUV from a car manufacturer. All in all, a fantastic SUV which provides me all that I need from it. Excellent review as always, Bob. Keep up the great work.
In fairness how do you design a seat that fits every driver perfectly so that the don’t move side to side. Make it too narrow and broad people can’t sit in it...
Strange place for a start button. I like the dash but it is a bit of a mismatch with a satin and gloss finish around touchscreen. Cant believe the steering is off-centre in a new car, that's my pet hate even in an older car, must be Irish standard? But yeah, its a good looking car.
As an outsider who doesn’t receive it in their market seeing it for the first time it looks like an early 2000’s design. Odd to me because I’ve seen the Peugeot 3008 and think it’s dynamite.
So Citroen still can't design an interior changed for RHD. You will notice most of the buttons are aimed at LHD cars. Did Peugeot not announce that future in car screen systems were just going to use google and PSA would give up on designing their own. Volume control and aircon should be knobs. Sadly the design decisions were made on this car years ago. If this was a german "GT" car it would have a sport diesel engine like a biturbo TDI....Then again Audi sells a Diesel TT and BMW offers a "Performance" Diesel 5 series. Lets be honest most "GT" mainstream models are not performance (look at the Golf GT) so its usually no more than better alloys, chrome bits and sporty looking interior trim.
Great no nonsense review, I’ve had a few Citroen’s albeit not since 2010, they have lovely diesels, but the car itself always felt knackered after about 80,000 miles, creaky rattling interiors so just gave up on them. Have to say there is not one hope in hell I’d spend almost 50k on one, they never seem to learn the basics of putting stuff together properly and using quality plastics. If your going premium, make it premium - not just a parts bin special with a few flares of design.
I disagree with you in saying they feel knackered after 80,000 miles, I have a 2003 C5 with 642,000 miles, still running fine not a rattle or squeak from it an ex taxi, my present taxi another C5 2011 with 257,000 miles as solid as a rock very smooth and quite the quality of that 2nd generation is amazing, my wife has a grand C4 Picasso 7 seat 2008 with 214,000 miles and gets a good going over with the kids and It's holding up well no rattles what so ever. None of those 3 card have ever left us stranded on the side of the road, we live out the country and there is a lot of the 7 seat citroen Picasso's around the school runs here. That's citroen of old for unreliability not anymore.
If I was in the market, i'd do a bit more overtime and go with a Skoda Superb combi. Hang on, you said 50k, yikes this DS is around 37k here in France and the Superb around 43k.
I was in one and I did not find any problems with plastic because everything thing I touched was soft touch plastic Prices top out around €66'545 for ultra prestige model with all options
Mate no offence but you really should invest some money in proper video cameras. Quality of your videos is sorry to say so poor ,like made with cheap mobile. Get some cheap gx85 andshoot in D cinema flat profile to get more dynamic and realism to your reviews,otherwise reviews are not bad at all.
It`s not a Citroën. It`s a DS. The separation officially occured back in 2014. Watch this (it`s about DS aswell): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OacI5qJKjiA.html
I know it's a terrible cliché but it's a women's car. I see them all over town, women with big sunglasses driving DS7's. It's stylish, it is practical, it's comfortable, it is upmarket and I am pretty confident that they didn't pay sticker price for it. Yes it has some odd quirks but, to some people, it hits all the right notes.
If ever there were a car brand that need not exist. They launch DS and then Peugeot goes full avant-garde and does DS better than DS. From the same stable. And as Bob confirmed that despite all the pretensions, its built of crap materials and VAG will not be concerned.
Great review Bob, tell it how it is. DS start with a lie; "performance" and it's down hill from there. Overpriced, unreliable, poorly engineered French vehicles: buy at your peril.
That was citroen of the late 80s and 90s not anymore, they are well built and reliable. Sure isn't the Toyota proace and aygo car a re badged Peugeot/citroen.
