Citroen DS4 test drive since 2010 hatchback
Citroen DS4 test drive: not for everyone
Bright and unusual colors, a stylish design, a rich decoration of the Citroen model from the premium DS line are distinguished on the road. The lawmakers of modern design DSs were clearly attracted. Will they take root with us? To figure out this, we took the Citroen DS4 hechtbek test.
The appointment of the youngest of the glamorous chevrons - Citroen DS3 - is understandable: he fell in love not only for the appearance, but also for the gambling chassis, and in addition, he imposed at least some kind of competition between Mini Cooper. But what about Citroen DS4? How justified is its price and is it very different from the usual C4?
Let's start with the design. In the appearance of the DS4, the connection with the usual ceshka is unmistakably visible. Here are the same chrome lines of double chevrons and the formidable look of the front optics, similar forms of the rear bumper and lamps, pumped up the reliefs of muscles on the sidewalls. But at the same time, DS4 and C4 have no common body panel!
If the C4 is simply cute, then his glamorous brother DS seemed to leave the beauty salon after all kinds of peeling and suspenders. Stylish boomerangs of LED running lights appeared in the front bumper, the radiator grille turned into a single ensemble, stamping parallel to the wheel arches on the hind wings, and the rear doors were hidden in racks in the manner of Alfa Romeo. What can I say, designers have changed even the roof line! At the same time, the road clearance of 170 mm for envy to many all -terrain vehicles, and in the profile of Citroen DS4, even a mixture of hatchback, coupe and crossovers combined.
The bright design of Citroen DS4 fits perfectly into any landscape. The driver must be ready for increased attention on the streets, so not everyone is ready to possess such a machine.
The interior was decorated with unusual doors handles, installed more extreme front seats and added expensive materials like a metallic palette of the manual transmission. Even in the simplest trim levels, you can’t hold on the quality of materials. The options for decorating seats are a mass from a combination of fabric and skin for 5 thousand rubles to the full decoration of the noble brown skin Club Habana for 90 thousand. And if you add another 70 thousand, the entire dashboard and doors will be covered with the same skin. No worse than any business class! Of other options, there is a system for tracking dead zones, an optional Denon audio system with 8 speakers and a subwoofer, as well as rotary bi-xenon headlights and the EMY WAY navigation system, which for some reason has not yet been Russified.
Ergonomics are not bad, the lateral support of the front seats is sufficient, and the backlight of the dashboard can be changed from the poisonous blue to neutral white. Despite the fact that, upon reaching 6,000 rpm, the electronic tachometer scale becomes red, its readability is not the best, and it is more convenient to monitor the speed from the digital speedometer, which can be displayed on the display in the center of his analog brother.
The interior is good. For an additional fee, the front panel and doors sheathing will be lined with velvet skin. For those who are not ready to spend 160 thousand rubles on decor, there are a lot of budget decoration options.
Even if a driver of medium height, then he can sit behind himself almost without a reserve. Places in the back row at the end. It does not differ in the width and the opening of the rear door, and the handle hidden in the racks looks, of course, stylish, but using them is inconvenient. The apogee of worship before the design was the absence of rear windows! Yes, yes, you didn’t rush, the rear doors of the Citroen DS4 do not fall!
The volume of the trunk even with an optional subwoofer is not 359 liters. Under the floor there was a dock, and on the side of the transformer flashlight. The rear sofa folds in parts, but does not form a flat floor.
DS4 turbo engines do not suffer from a lack of power. For lovers of automatic transmission, a 150-horsepower unit is offered, but connoisseurs of mechanical transmission can choose a powerful 200-horsepower version. There is also a budget option with an atmospheric 120-horsepower engine and a five-speed manual transmission, but its character does not fit with the bright appearance of the hashtbeck.
Citroen DS4 is supplied to Russia with three 1.6 -liter gasoline motors: one atmospheric VTI with a capacity of 120 liters. With. and two turbocharged Thop with a capacity of 150 and 200 liters. With. Each engine has its own transmission: for the basic and most powerful options- 5- and 6-speed mechanics, and the Thop 150 turbo engine is offered with a 6-speed automatic transmission.
A 200-horsepower machine with 6-speed mechanics, no doubt, choosing a driver. Good traction, confident acceleration, the necessary power supply. But the maximum pleasure of the most powerful dea can only be obtained at speed, when the driver holds the motor in good shape and does not allow the tachometer to drop below 2000-2500 rpm. But Citroen sleeps on the bottoms. Turbopal is aggravated not by the most informative clutch pedal and a damping accelerator. I did not finish the gas pedal - and when starting from the place DS4, he immediately pecks with his nose, trying to stall. He stomped a little stronger - and 18 -inch discs are torn into a slip.
The front seats have a good profile and lateral support. In expensive versions, the driver's seat is even equipped with a massage function, which is performed by a roller roller moving back and forth. The color of the dashboard lighting can be changed from white to poisonous blue. There is a household outlet 230V in the armrest. The optional Denon audio system for 22 thousand rubles did not impress.
But there is no lack of traction at overtaking, and the gearbox lever pleases with small moves and good selectivity.
The combination of a 150-horsepower engine and a 6-speed Aisin machine is far from the first time. This tandem has already declared himself at the Peugeot 308, 508 and the latest 408. Its main advantages are good, almost diesel traction from 1400 rpm, which goes into assertive acceleration at medium -speeds. The automatic transmission is perfectly adapted to the work of the power unit and knows in advance what to do next.
It is convenient to control the acceleration, you rejoice at the smoothness of the machine gun in trials, and on the highway you do not feel flawed due to a lack of power supply during overtaking. There is only one complaint: the gas pedal is too sensitive at the beginning of the course, which is why it is easy to provoke a slip. Thanks to the coordinated operation of the motor and automatic transmission, when accelerating to 100 km/h, the 150-horsepower Citroen DS4 is inferior to a top machine with two hundred horses only 1.2 seconds, which, you see, in the life of an average motorist.
Citroen DS4 is well. To achieve this with a 170-mm clearance, in the chassis of the usual C4, Citroen engineers introduced other springs, shock absorbers and reptile stabilizers. As often happens in such cases, the car is very good on a flat road, but harsh on the pits.
For 45 thousand rubles, you can install optional rotary bi-ksenon headlights and front parking sensors. One of the main designer chips is hidden rear doors. This is just the case when practicality fell in a victim of design. 18 -inch discs - a work of art.
On the Citroen DS4 arc is accurate, the roll is manifested only on redeems, and the steering wheel amplifier provides sufficient feedback to choose the right angle of turn of the steering wheel at an intuitive level. Citroen is good at a straight line: the haschtack ignores the buildup and clearly follows the wheel during rebuilding. Without complaints and brakes.
As soon as the coating spoils, the DS4 interior makes a shiver, and the haschtbek no longer seems so collected. Pits are given more to the steering wheel, and the most beautiful 18-inch discs do not contribute to improving the smoothness of the course. Like the nozzle PEUGEOT 308 and Citroen C4, DE-ES feeds from the trajectory if a more or less tangible bump gets on the arc.
Prices are not humane. If the base machine with a boring 120-horsepower engine is estimated at 757,000 rubles, then for a 150-horsepower hatchback with the automatic transmission you will have to lay out at least 945,000 rubles. The machine in the rich configuration of SO Chic and with a good list of additional equipment that was on our test costs 1,246,000 rubles, and the 200-horsepower DS4 Sport Chic 1 278 500 rubles.
Citroen DS4 product is largely an image, a machine for an egoist and a connoisseur of conceptual design. To have such a car, you need to, at least, compromise with flaws in practicality like the absent rear electric windows and a considerable price. That is why not everyone is ready to possess them, and the entire DS line was conceived to stand out from the total mass and not be for everyone. And Citroen DS4 is doing this task.
Source: Carclub.ru
