Test – DS 3 e -Tense (2023), a restyling to get anonymous

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Test – DS 3 e -Tense (2023), a restyling to get anonymous

Do not call it Crossback ! For its restyling, the DS 3 changes its name and reviews its electric copy: more powerful and with more autonomy. The objective, finally cut a part of the cake.

We have known for several months, DS will become 100% electric in 2024 . While waiting for its total conversion to the Watts, the French brand has only one battery representative, the DS 3. Released in 2019, the urban SUV was not successful, whether in thermal or electric (7,000 copies sold in 2022). Fault at a salty price and above all, a low autonomy .

To remedy this image and results deficit, the DS 3 draws the famous restyling card, abandons the name Crossback and finally intends to take off its sales. Especially in its 100% electric E-Tense variant, preserved opulent atmosphere and fully reviewed mechanics . The DS 3 vintage 2023 can indeed boast of inaugurating the brand new electrical traction chain of the Stellantis group, then intended for the Peugeot, Citroën and Opel models.

Forget it (not frankly unforgettable) 136 horsepower engine and its 46 kWh battery, make way for a block developed by Emotors (brand born of the joint venture between Nidec and PSA) developing 156 horses (260 nm of torque) and manufactured In the Trémery factory . The battery, of Chinese origin, is also assembled in France, but above all, it now claims 51 kWh of useful capacity for an autonomy announced at 404 km in WLTP cycle cycle.

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Better energy management

No more radius of action for the one that is almost completely made in France, without lengthening its charging time. It takes 30 minutes to go from 10 to 80% on a 100 kW terminal, 5:45 am on an 11 kW terminal, 8 hours on a 7.4 kW terminal and for the most patient, 27 hours on a domestic outlet.

At driving, the difference in power is almost imperceptible. Certainly the DS 3 claims more vigorous reminders (1 s from less than 80 to 120 km/h), it does not prevent it from remaining more chic than shock in its driving experience . It is also the sweetness of its orders as well as its damping at good speed that will delight urban.

For athletes and the biggest rollers, you will have to come back. The behavior, rather neutral (far from its grandmother the DS 3 sedan), invites to a flowing driving and to benefit from the entire cavalry, you must either try Kick-Down, or switch to the most energy-consuming fashion Sport. Too bad that a few tunes at sustained rhythm only disturb the tranquility of a cabin blooming good French class.

Especially since progress is really there in terms of autonomy. On a mixed course, at normal pace, we observed a consumption of 17 kWh per 100 km, an autonomy of 300 km. A value that could reasonably reach 330 km, paying attention to its eco-driving and playing a little more with mode B. On the other hand, no miracles on the highway, the DS 3 tends to lighten more than reason by exceeding 25 kWh of consumption per 100 km (just over 200 km of autonomy). Rather logical you will tell me for a car with a city vocation.

Controlled inflation

More efficient thanks to its mechanics, the DS 3 has also grabbed a few kilometers of autonomy thanks to its style . Restyling obliges, the front side changes very little but the few modifications made on the shield or the full rims improve its aerodynamics. On the other hand, the entourage of black lights, the name in full and the abandonment of the chrome at the back are only cosmetics.

What allow the DS 3 not to swell its already premium prices . Sold from 41.€ 700, it is even better equipped than before for a slightly lower price. An observation which fades as the highest finishes progresses, with the high end opera culminating at € 48,800, and therefore ineligible to the ecological bonus.

• – Raising autonomy
• – Best reminders
• – Comfort

• – High price
• – Rear seats
• – Ergonomics

Difficult to transfigure the DS 3 with a simple restyling. This small update will at least have the merit of advancing its e-tens version in its energy management. Not sure that it is enough to make her a future commercial card, especially since with her salty rate, she really does not address a general audience. Too bad because it is the only one in the premium electrical urban SUV segment.