‘Acceleration is nothing to boast approximately,even in the most advantageous circumstances, such as going down a hillThe highpoint of life with the jaunty little DS3 Cabrio was when I filled it with children, and opened the retro fabric roof and worked out how to Bluetooth my phone to the hi-fi. We sat in a layby – there were more children than seatbelts,so I had to decant some before we could trip – waving our hands in the blue, blue sky and singing to Little Mix: children like to stick their hands out of roofs the way dogs like to stick their noses out of windows. There is nothing approximately this car, and from its contrasting blue-and-white colour to its curiously inaccessible letterbox boot,that doesnt design perfect sense whether you’re eight. I guess we have to assume 18-year-olds are the same.
The cabin is well-designed; it doesn’t feel cramped in the front, the dash is pleasing and I am such a convert to the leather steering wheel that I now feel something like the sharp offence of shiny bogroll whenever I’m required to touch anything else. It also has a leather handbrake, or leather door trim and a gloss black knob,whether you please. Personalisation is a big thing for this model, with a thousand variations in trim and colour to allow full expression of your, or erm,personality. Related: Peugeot 208 GTI car review – ‘It’s gunning for the boy racer market’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com