Citroen DS5 test drive since 2011 hatchback
Citroen DS5 test drive: when I was the president ...
The new Citroen DS5 left more questions than answers. He also caused difficulties with the definition of the type of body, made me think about impressionism and surrealism and put a journalist in the presidential chair. God, yes, I have work for half a day here!, - the photographer exclaimed, seeing the Testy car alive. Citroen DS5 The most bold and avant -garde design project on the car market over the past few years. Let's see if there is a place for this car in everyday life
Sitroenovites not in vain allocated DS cars into a separate gamut. Each of the three hatchbacks of this line of individuality, which emphasizes the desire of its owner to stand out from the crowd. It is only a pity that in the dealership of everyday cas-first, third and fifths are stood mixed with Deans. I would put these three works of art separately, and Citroen DS5 - and completely on a rotating podium.
In the stylish Citroen DS4, having looked closely, you can find out the usual C4. And the fifth turned out to be unusual and not like anything, but one hundred percent recognizable Citroen. Bright, but not defiant. With an abundance of chromium and other decorative details, but not tasteless. This Citroen subtly balances between elegance and kitsch, without crossing the line of either one or the other. Workshop work.
Extravagant front and rear lights, fog lights merged with a boomerang with a daytime lights, complex body stamping, chrome swords above the front wings and two -color discs of a bizarre drawing, DS5 designers were torn off in full.
At first glance, the type of Citroen DS5 body is a cross between hatchback and station wagon. Although, when you open a luggage door with a glass that is setting onto the roof, divided into two parts, you understand that it is still a hatchback. The volume of the trunk is 468 liters, some of which are eaten by an optional subwoofer. This, for example, is a little more than that of the standard C4.
Why do I compare with C4, not C C5? Everything is simple. Despite the five in the title, the Citroen DS5 is built on the elongated platform of the fourth series, the same on which the related Peugeot 308SW and Peugeot 3008 are standing. That is why it is quite difficult to determine exactly which class belongs to. In its dimensions, DS5 stuck between segments C and D.
It is precisely because of the PF2 platform, which in the suspension implies the McPherson racks in front and a half-dependent beam from the back, on the Citroen DS5 will never be a proprietary Hydractive pneumatic system. But in Europe, a full -wheel drive hybrid version of Hybrid4 is available in such a DS5 rode the new French president Francois Hollande to the inauguration.
Only its interior can give the head of the designer delights of the DS5 body. To study the interior of the hatchback is no less interesting than to look at the paintings of the artists-screenshists. It seems that the components of the elements are the same as that of others, the climate, blowing deflectors, the screen of the multimedia system, but with what exquisite chaos they are collected in a single picture. And most importantly, at least symmetry. A beautiful car is a beautiful musical accompaniment. Denon optional system with eight speakers, amplifier and subwoofer sounds great.
Even such a familiar element as the control of the windows and the central castle, the French turned into a artistic mini-groove. Tumbblers on the central tunnel have a mirror display on the ceiling, where the screen control unit is located on the windshield and curtains covering three (!) Section of the glass roof.
The car created an atmosphere of premium. There are stylish mechanical watches, and inserts made of polished and corrugated aluminum, and salon pockets and glove compartment, trimmed with velvet. But all this is a props. Aluminum in fact turns out to be high -quality, but with plastic, and velvet is not real. But the goal was achieved in a solid DS5 salon is really nice.
Another flight of fantasy of the color and the texture of the seats, called the Citroen Bracelet of the watch. True, despite the abundance of electro -regulations, the front chairs lack lateral support. But the driver has a massage function, and free space is enough in all places without exception.
Pressing the button responsible for the awakening of the engine a little upset in the car was a gasoline 1.6-liter turbo engine with a capacity of 150 horsepower. I expected that under the hood there would be a magnificently tuned diesel, which delighted me last winter on the Peugeot 508 test.
Well, gasoline is so gasoline. Moreover, it is with this engine that Citroen DS5 has the most attractive price.
The tandem of the turbo engine and the six -speed Aisin machine gun is well familiar with both its capabilities and settings. By pressing the gas pedal, I already knew that this couple would be dragging a one and a half -ton car, if not with difficulty, then without hunting. And so it happened. In general, in the city at short engine power, there is enough engine power. And the smooth and timely switching of the machine only add driving comfort.
In the movement, bright design solutions turn into ergonomic shortcomings: massive double racks are overlapped forward, the rear window and narrow lateral luggage wires divided back into two parts. In addition, rotating the filled steering wheel with interception is completely inconvenient.
As soon as the Citroen DS5 falls on suburban marathon distances, especially with two or three passengers on board, excess weight immediately affects the dynamic characteristics. Acceleration, even with a gas press pressed into the floor, turns into uniform accumulation of speed. Moreover, the Sport mode present in the machine does not change it, it only makes the engine hang out at peak speeds, giving the sensitivity of the gas pedal.
But the handling is excellent. Disagning the runaway air streams with a double chevron, DS5 turns does not pass, he licks them! There are rolls, but they are minimal. The steering wheel is accurate and informative. And eighteen -inch tires tightly dig into wet asphalt. Emotions from driving are hit with a key. But only to the first pit on the road. Joints, potholes, potholes of all sizes are clearly audible and in addition are reflected at the fifth point of the inhabitants of the cabin. So far, to find the perfect balance between controllability and smoothness of the course of Citroen engineers does not work. Either one or another
Does all this mean that the Citroen DS5 is doomed to become in the showroom only an exhibition exhibit, the decoration of the situation of the dealer center? Not at all.
Citroen DS5 as any creative personality object is bright, interesting and charismatic. True, with, if not disadvantages, then sort of ugly features that are especially annoying when you begin to constantly pay attention to them. Only for one who can at first glance love such a nature for her beauty, it is able to go around sharp corners and sincerely forgive all character characteristics, this car is perfect.
Citroen DS5 price in the Russian market
Extravagant hatchback is represented in our market with two engines: a 1.6 gasoline turbo engine with a capacity of 150 horsepower and a 2.0-liter 160-horsepower diesel. Both of the engines are relied by an exclusively six -speed Aisin automatic transmission. According to the tradition of DS models, the equipment of the five is divided into three chic configurations, each of which can be supplemented from the list of options.
The basic version of the Chic with a gasoline engine will cost 1,119,000 rubles. For this money, the buyer will receive a fairly generous equipment that includes ABS and ESP systems, six airbags, rain and light sensors, two-zone climate control, control, MP3-magnetol, engine start-up and alloy wheels.
The second version with the same engine is called SO Chic, costs 1,209,000 rubles already and additionally includes rear parking sensors, a standard alarm, a panoramic glass roof and a combined leather/fabric finish.
The last level of Sport Chic is estimated at 1,354,000 rubles. In addition, a color projector for windshield, rotary bixenon headlights, an electric drive of the front seats with a massage function and memory, front and rear parking sensors, a multimedia system with navigation and a rear view chamber, and a completely leather decoration of the salon are added.
The diesel engine is not available only for the basic version. The equipment 2.0 HDI SO Chic will cost 1,334,000 rubles, and the top performance 2.0 HDI Sport Chic will cost 1,479,000 rubles.
In addition, each of the configurations can be individualized by ordering individual options, color and texture of the salon, panel finishes and size, color and pattern of wheeled discs.
The choice of the portal kolesa.ru
From the point of view of aesthetics, you can choose any version, even the most basic. However, in order for the content to correspond to the form, we recommend that you still spend more and primarily on the diesel engine, which will better reveal the potential of the drive-minded chassis.
The performance of SO Chic has, in general, an exhausting list of options, but without a completely leather cabin in the style of a watch bracelet, Acoustics Denon Hi-Fi class, a standard multimedia system and two-tone 18-inch discs, the image of Citroen DS5 will be unfinished. So, whatever one may say, we see the most harmonious DS5 precisely in the maximum equipment. And the color of the body in combination with the interior will be the most difficult, but interesting choice
Competitors Citroen DS5 in the Russian market
Such an unusual car has no direct competitors. The only one in the parameters by the car can be called the Audi A5 Sportback. But its cost only begins from the mark, at which the price of DS5 ends.
If you navigate exclusively in price, then the Citroen DS5 is at the level of the entire segment d starting with the Ford Mondeo hatchbacks, Opel Insignia, Mazda 6 and ending with the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3-Series sedans. True, it is unlikely that any of these competitors will be able to compare with Citroen in terms of the number of escorting views.
Source: Wheel magazine [September 2012]
