The new DS 3, now with the new Puretech 130 engine

The brand’s current range, DS, Citroën’s “premium” flagship, currently consists of three models: the DS 3, DS 4 and DS 5.

The youngest member of the brand has undergone a slight restyling just a few months ago, but today it becomes even more attractive with the addition of a new engine option.

The DS 3 was born in 2010, going on sale in early 2011. Built on the platform of the second-generation Peugeot 2017 and Citroen C3, the small DS 3 kicked off the new brand with premium overtones, marking the revival of the company after several decades of being extinct.

In the middle of last year, the model’s facelift was unveiled, showing more character and elegance thanks to a more refined design that already included the brand’s new logos, a more aggressive trapezoidal grille and better finishing and equipment details.

On the technical side, one of the cornerstones of PSA in recent years has been the Puretech family of engines, three-cylinder units developed from scratch with the aim of maximising performance while combining it with remarkably impressive efficiency figures. This family of engines has brought many successes to the French manufacturer, and has gradually found its way into practically every model from both Citroën and Peugeot.

The Puretech 130 replaces the ageing VTi120

Although the DS 3 already introduced some Puretech engines with the facelift, it is only now that the brand has begun offering one of the best exponents of this engine group. We are talking about the Puretech 1.2 130, an engine that we at Highmotor have already thoroughly tested in the Peugeot 308.

This engine, which has already started to go on sale, arrives to replace the previous 1.6 VTi with 120 CV. In this way, the Puretech increases power to 130 CV, although the biggest gain is in peak torque, which rises to 230 Nm, 44% more than the previous engine. It will come as standard with a 6-speed manual gearbox, although optionally it can be specified with an EAT6 automatic gearbox with the same number of ratios.

In terms of consumption and emissions the gain is also notable: the VTi120 had an average consumption of 5.9 litres, with CO2 emissions of 136 g/km. With the Puretech 130, combined-cycle consumption drops to 4.5 litres per 100 km, while emissions stay at a surprising 105 g/km.

Source | DS Spain