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Featured specification

Standard specification

Driver Convenience

12 inch HD touchscreen12.3" digital instrument cluster display
180 vision reversing cameraBlind spot monitoring
Cruise control + speed limiterDrive mode selector includes sport, comfort, hybrid and zero emission
Driver attention warningDS Connect Box emergency and assistance system
DS Iris system - 3D connected navigation, natural voice recognition and bluetooth connectivityElectric tailgate with handsfree function
Electric variable power assisted steeringEmergency call service
Engine start button in gloss black and chrome with Clous De Paris embossingExtended traffic sign recognition
Front parking sensorLane keeping assistant (LKA)
Mirror Screen with Apple car play/Android AutoMulti function on board trip computer
Outside temperature gauge with ice warningRear parking sensor
Service indicatorSpeed limit recognition and speed warning
Wireless charging for smartphone + Two front USB-C ports 

Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension

DS Active scan suspension 

Entertainment

DAB Digital radioStereo system and 6 speakers

Exterior Features

Acoustic and tinted windscreenAutomatic headlights includes welcome and follow me home function
Automatic lighting at car unlockingBody colour door handles
Body coloured bumpersBrilliant black front grille with chrome accents
Chrome DS badgesChrome finish DS emblem located on tailgate
Dark tinted rear windowsDS 3D LED rear lights
DS 7 inscription - chrome finish located on tailgateDS monogram front leading edge of bonnet
DS pixel LED vision 3.0 headlightsDS veil LED daytime running lights
E-TENSE inscription - chrome finish located on tailgateElectric folding, heated door mirrors with DS LED spotlights and reverse gear tilt function
Electric panoramic sunroof with sunblindFrameless electrochrome interior rear view mirror
Front door entry sill with DS designGloss black DS wings
Gloss black roof railsGloss black window surrounds
Heated windscreenHigh beam assist
Laminated and accoustic front and rear side windowsLED 3rd brake light
LED front fog lights with static cornering light functionMetallic paint
Pallas monogram - front, leading edge of bonnetRear scrolling indicators with one touch and self cancel function
Rear side wing doorsRear window wiper
Silver chrome front bumper skid plateSilver chrome rear bumper trim
Two tone gloss black upper and body colour lower door mirrorVariable front intermittent wipers

Interior Features

1/3 - 2/3 rear foldable back rest seats1x front passenger seat isofix mounting points includes top tether
2x rear cupholders armrest mounted2x rear outer seat isofix mounting points includes top tether
3 seat bench in 2nd row8 way electric adjustment and 4 way lumbar adjustment for front seats
Alcantara upholsteryAluminium sports pedals
Automatic dual zone climate controlBasalt black leather, satin chrome and piano black trim in gearbox selector
Cloth sunvisors with LED courtesy mirror and ticket holderDark cloth headlining
Door pockets in front and rear, flock lined, includes bottle storage up to 1.5 litresDriver seat memory function
Flocked glasses storage on driver sideFront + rear carpet mats
Front and rear door storageFront central armrest with storage in isabella mistral black leather effect
Front central storage closed with lid upto 11.2 litresFront double cupholders
Front headrests with 2 way mechanical adjustmentFront seats with rear pocket
Gear shift indicatorHeated front seats
Height and depth adjustable steering wheelLED interior lighting
Lower dashboard metal work detailing - satin chrome Clous DE Paris embossingMechanical extendable cushion nose for front seats
Open storage on driver sidePremium leather steering wheel with contrast stitching and leather covered airbag
Rear central armrest with storageRear headrests
Single front passenger seatSteering column mounted gear shift paddles
Two rear USB (type A) 

Passive Safety

3 point seatbelts on all seatsABS
Active city brakingAdaptive driver and front passenger airbags including passenger airbag deactivation function
Automatic emergency braking systemChild safety lock
EBD - Electronic brakeforce distributionElectric parking brake
ESPFront and rear curtain airbags, head protection for side impacts
Front ventilated disc brakes and rear disc brakesHeight adjustable front seatbelts with pretensioners and progressive load limiters
Hill start assistPassenger detection system - seat cushion mounted pressure sensors, illumination in roof control panel if belt unfastening detected
Rear seatbelts with pretensioners and load limiters to outer rear seatsSafety kit including first aid kit, yellow vest and Warning triangle
Thorax, abdomen, pelvis protection and driver and front passenger side airbagsTrailer stability control
Tyre pressure monitoring system 

Security

Automatic door locking when moving offDeadlocks
ImmobiliserKeyless entry and start
Perimetric and volumetric anti theft alarmRemote central locking
Stop/ Start function 

Trim

Black antantara door panel decor 

Wheels

19" Edinburgh diamond-cut alloy wheelsBlack centre caps with DS logo
The vehicle information above was correct at time of manufacture. Please speak to the dealership for full current specification.

Technical specification

Emissions - ICE

Standard Euro EmissionsEURO 6WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb146
WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEH161WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEL139

Engine and Drive Train

CamshaftDOHCCatalytic ConvertorTrue
CC1499Compression Ratio16.4:1
Cylinder LayoutIN-LINECylinders4
Cylinders - Bore (mm)75Cylinders - Stroke (mm)84.8
Engine LayoutFRONT TRANSVERSEFuel DeliveryCOMMON RAIL
Gears8 SPEEDNumber of Valves16
TransmissionSEMI-AUTO 

Fuel Consumption - ICE

WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb - TEH6.1WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb - TEL5.3
WLTP - MPG - Comb - TEH46.1WLTP - MPG - Comb - TEL53.3

General

AdBlueTrueBadge Engine CC1.5
Badge Power130Coin DescriptionBlueHDi
Coin SeriesPallasGeneration Mark1
Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 0727EManufacturers Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years12
Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years3Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage60000
Standard manufacturers warranty - Years3Vehicle Homologation ClassM1

Performance

0 to 62 mph (secs)10.7Engine Power - BHP131
Engine Power - KW96Engine Power - PSTrue
Engine Power - RPM3750Engine Torque - LBS.FT221
Engine Torque - MKG30.6Engine Torque - NM300
Engine Torque - RPM1750Top Speed121

Test Cycles

Emissions Test CycleWLTPRDE Certification LevelRDE 2

Tyres

Alloys?TrueTyre Size Front235/50 R19
Tyre Size Rear235/50 R19Wheel StyleEDINBURGH
Wheel Type19" ALLOY 

Vehicle Dimensions

Height1620Height (including roof rails)1625
Length4593Wheelbase2738
Width1906Width (including mirrors)2098

Weight and Capacities

Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres)55Gross Vehicle Weight2050
Luggage Capacity (Seats Down)1752Luggage Capacity (Seats Up)555
Max. Loading Weight540Max. Towing Weight - Braked1450
Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked750Minimum Kerbweight1510
No. of Seats5Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb10.45
The vehicle information above was correct at time of manufacture. Please speak to the dealership for full current specification.

Independent review

Review courtesy of Car and Driving

DS 7

If you want a premium mid-sized SUV in the current market, you're not short of choice. But there's nothing quite like this, the DS 7. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at the latest version.

Ten Second Review

As the DS brand points out, beyond the motor industry, three of the world's top five luxury brands are French. Why shouldn't Gallic style be equally desirable when it comes to cars? Perhaps it can be with this one, the DS 7, here usefully improved. This upper mid-sized Crossover was the first of the company's very own designs and it's still appealing for the right kind of customer.

Background

Back in 2017, the DS brand brought us its first uniquely-designed car, the DS 7 Crossback. Under its skin lay much that was shared with mid-sized Peugeots and Citroens, but it was all covered with a thick sheen of Gallic gloss that allowed this car to represent a refreshing alternative to the Teutonic ambiance that tends to dominate amongst premium mid-sized SUV models of this sort. There were a few signs of classic DS innovation here too. Given the marque's heritage in pioneering suspension technology, it was appropriate that the highlight from launch was a camera-driven active damping system that set new standards in this sector, recognising bumps and road undulations before you even reach them. Features like adaptive headlights and a 'DS Connected Pilot' package with 'level 2' autonomous driving were more familiar to buyers looking at the latest models of this kind, but the DS 7 Crossback aimed to set itself apart with a uniquely sumptuous, tactile interior. The idea was to bring a bit of Louis Vuitton and Chanel to the mid-sized premium segment. That's also the idea with this updated model, which has lost the 'Crossback' moniker and is just called 'DS 7'. Let's check it out.

Driving Experience

Nothing major's gone on in terms of changing the dynamic engineering on offer here. Instead, DS has concentrated on broadening its 'E-TENSE'-branded Plug-in Hybrid powerplant line-up, relinquishing all the other previous conventional unelectrified units, save for an ill-promoted 1.5-litre BlueHDi 130hp diesel at the bottom of the range. The E-TENSE options start with a front-driven 225hp model. Beyond that, your DS 7 E-TENSE will be of the AWD sort that supplements the PHEV system's 1.6-litre petrol engine with an electric motor on the rear axle, as well as one at the front. In the E-TENSE 4x4 300 variant we tried, that means a total system output of 296hp and an EV range from the now-larger 14.2kWh battery of 42 miles. The new top DS Performance-fettled flagship model, the E-TENSE 4x4 360, is similarly engineered but offers 355hp and a 36 mile EV range, plus lowered suspension, wider tracks and bigger brakes. As with the original version of this car, the quality of ride on offer isn't quite as serene as you'd hope it might be from a brand founded on last-century history of tackling uneven surfaces with typical Gallic nonchalance. Even with the 'DS Active Scan' system on top models like the one we're trying here (a system which uses a forward-facing camera to anticipate bumps before you reach them), the low-speed ride can be fidgety, though with the system fitted, you do float over speed humps rather pleasingly. However you specify it, this Gallic model is at its best when you're wafting along and enjoying its more relaxed approach to life as the mandatory 8-speed EAT8 automatic transmission slurs its way smoothly through its various ratios. You can't ever set it to stick in the gear you want, but if haste really is required, it can get with the programme and play its part in propelling your DS 7 along at a decent lick. All DS 7 E-TENSE models get selectable 'Sport', 'Hybrid' and 'Electric' drive modes - with an extra '4WD' setting if your chosen variant has a rear axle motor.

Design and Build

This revised DS 7 gets a restyled front end, with slimmer 'DS PIXEL LED VISION 3.0' headlamps and 'DS LIGHT VEIL' daytime running lights. The DS WINGS and the grille are larger and the valance has been redesigned with a range of colours depending on the model. The slimmer scale-like LED rear lights with a vortex effect have also been redesigned with a dark metallic finish. And the boot lid and badge have been reworked with sharper lines, while DS AUTOMOBILES lettering replaces the previous 'CROSSBACK' badge to sign off the visually stretched rear section. The wheels are new too, with redesigned 19-inch rims for the usual models and more exclusive 21-inchers for the top E-TENSE 4x4 360 version. Inside, there's smarter upholstery, with specifically draped Nappa leather on the dashboard and door panels. The 12-inch high-resolution centre touchscreen has been redesigned too, now featuring a menu made up of widgets for accessing all its functions with a single movement: for controlling the connected navigation, the ventilation, the digital audio sources and journey information. As before, the cabin design is intended to be an extrovert celebration of everything that's cutting edge in French fashion. Alcantara, open-pore wood inlays and leather feature in copious quantities appropriate to the Parisian-themed trim package you've chosen. Even the techno-fest that must rather incongruously fit in around all of this frippery can't escape the Louis Vuitton treatment. So the centre screen gets a strange barrel-style crystal-like centre volume dial. And, like the 12-inch instrument binnacle TFT monitor, can be configured via a 'DS Sensorial Drive' feature to display its information in shades of either Cashmere or Titanium. Second row rear seat space is good; even for a six-footer sitting behind quite a lanky front seat occupant, the legroom on offer should be quite sufficient. But bear in mind that if you go for one of the E-TENSE Plug-in versions that you won't get the third seating row that's fitted to the more conventional diesel version; that back row's strictly for kids. Out back, there's a decently-sized 555-litre boot. Fold the rear seats and the capacity rises to 1,752-litres.

Market and Model

DS 7 pricing ranges from around £37,000 to nearly £63,000. There are five trim levels - 'Performance Line', 'Performance Line+', 'Rivoli', 'Opera' and 'Opera Premiere' - which feature distinctly styled interior packages (DS calls then 'Inspirations'), most themed and styled around the perceived ambiance of various Parisian districts. The core DS7 line-up is built around three Plug-in Hybrid E-TENSE petrol engines and a conventional diesel. Either way, you have to have auto transmission. Safety for this updated model is optimised with 'DS DRIVER ATTENTION MONITORING' and 'DS DRIVE ASSIST' level 2 semi-autonomous driving. 'DS DRIVER ATTENTION MONITORING' analyses the driver's level of attention with two cameras. The first checks the behaviour of the car in its surroundings and the second, positioned facing the driver, diagnoses where they are looking and their face and eyelid movement which translates to the level of sleepiness and attention. This is unprecedented in the segment. The DS 7 is also equipped with 'DS DRIVE ASSIST' adaptive cruise control that can initiate stopping and restarting without the driver intervening and an aid that enables the driver to keep the car either where it is or where they position it in the lane.

Cost of Ownership

Let's get to the exact WLTP figures that the DS 7's various engines can produce, all of which are helped by the light weight of this car's underlying EMP2 PSA Group platform. The base 1.5-litre BlueHDi 130 auto diesel model manages 53.3mpg on the combined cycle and up to 144g/km. With the E-TENSE Plug-in derivatives, there's a WLTP driving range of up to 43 miles thanks to the larger 14.2kWh battery. The DS engineers reckon that even running the car in its more usual 'Hybrid mode' (whether the engine and the battery work together) you should still get very frugal returns. All of this assumes you keep the car fully charged. If you drift into using it just in petrol-powered form, your returns will drop like a stone. But let's assume you're fully bought into making full use of the electrified tech. On the move on a DS7 E-TENSE PHEV variant, energy is regenerated whenever the driver decelerates or uses the brakes, which extends the battery range. Another function, 'E-SAVE', also allows the driver to generate extra energy to drive in all-electric mode for the last 6 or 12 miles of a journey. The map on the centre-dash touchscreen shows to the driver in real time the distance which can be driven in the car's full-battery 'Electric' mode or where charging stations are available nearby. You'll need to spend rather a lot of time in 'Electric' if you're to get anywhere close to the official efficiency figures, for the E-TENSE 4x4 225 model quoted at 250mpg on the combined cycle and 28g/km of CO2. Charging time for the 4x4 models, empty to full with a 7.4kW garage wallbox, is 1 hour 55 minutes. The E-TENSE 225 variant can only charge at up to 3.7kW, so needs almost twice as long - 3 hours 45 minutes. With all E-TENSE models, you'll need six and a half hours with a traditional 3-pin domestic socket. What else? Well, a little annoyingly, the fuel tank is 20-litres smaller than it is in a conventionally-engined DS 7: blame battery packaging for that. Still, enjoy the tech. Through a provided 'MyDS' app, you can programme or switch on charging and follow your car's state of charge on your smartphone. The warranty is an unremarkable three year/60,000-mile package. Service intervals are every year or every 20,000 miles with normal usage or every year or 12,500 miles if the car is regularly driven in an arduous conditions.

Summary

Charismatic, elegant and satisfyingly rare, the DS 7 has brought something different to the upper class part of the mid-sized SUV segment and continues to do so in this improved form. It's an interesting confection this, relatively conservative in its overall exterior shaping but extreme and individualistic in its Gallic cabin demeanour. Will there be enough premium segment customers wanting that kind of combination? It'll be interesting to see. Ultimately, we like it most because it feels special - or at least it will for the right kind of buyer. That customer will love the painstaking attention that's been paid to almost every detail of this design. In some respects, the execution isn't perfect - but then, as we've remarked before when reviewing this boutique French maker's products and considering its competitors, there's something rather soul-less and clinical about perfection. The DS brand is about a 'Different Spirit' - a different way to go. Other marques have promised that: with this car though, this one delivers it.

Performance
70%
Handling
60%
Comfort
80%
Space
90%
Styling
90%
Build
70%
Value
70%
Equipment
80%
Economy
90%
Depreciation
70%
Insurance
70%

* Depending on the age of the vehicle, MPG and CO2 may be quoted using either NEDC or WLTP testing standards.  Find out more

Figures are provided for comparison purposes. Fuel consumption under real world driving conditions and the CO2 produced will depend upon a number of factors, including any accessories fitted after registration, variations in driving styles, weather conditions and vehicle load.

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47 monthly payments of£585
Deposit£585
Ds deposit£2000
Total amount payable£43,336
Representative APR2.9%
Cash price£40,310
Credit amount£37,725
Contract mileage32,000
Excess mileage charge10.0p per mile
Optional final payment£13,256
Term (months)48

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