One step further still in style, connectivity and performance

Customization

New DS3 Cabrio exudes an inimitable sense of sophisticated Parisian refinement, coupled with superlative technology and high performance. Its highly expressive character enables motorists to express their personalities to the full, as well as enjoying extraordinary driving sensations.
New DS 3 Cabrio is an effervescent little city convertible extolling French art de vivre in the city streets and on the open road:

• Choice of four roof colours (Black, Emerald Green, Infinite Blue, Monogramme)
• Unique play on textures and motifs It is highly customizable, making each car unique: body/roof colour combination, wing mirror shells, wheels, dashboard trim, gearshift, linings).

Expressive outline

Attention to detail: chrome door handles, side trims and wing mirror stems. Full choice of alloy wheel sizes and colours (16 alloy wheels from 16” to 18”, in two-tone with diamond finish, for the ultimate in refinement)

Decors

Further emphasizing the fashionable Parisian personality of New DS 3 Cabrio, the Irrésistible Paris décor comes with side window markings and laser engraving on the dashboard trim. The wing mirrors, in the same colour as the roof, with chrome finish or laser engraving, add a touch of refinement to the distinctive, expressive outline.

Seats

There are new interior lining and décor choices (Dinamica Black Basalte textile, etc.). Napa leather upholstery with the characteristic DS watchstrap stitch is now available in a new colour: Trinitario Brown.

Avant-garde design

DS 3 Cabrio owes much of its success to a captivating personality, an inimitable and instantly recognizable style. The DS design teams therefore kept the car’s unique signature features of floating roof, two-tone body/roof and shark’s fin body line. New DS 3 Cabrio brings in a the new DS front identity (DS Wings), sculpted like a work of art, with verticalized hexagonal grille proudly bearing the DS badge. The main new design feature is the double DS Wings front end, which enhances the car’s connotations of French luxury.

Front light signature

DS LED Vision technology:

• Innovative combination of LED (three LED modules) ad xenon technologies.
• Scrolling indicators, unique in this vehicle segment.
• DS lattice embedded in the headlamps.
• LED features in front air inlets.

Style and modernity:

• Sensual, hypnotic appearance characteristic of the DS brand
• Enhanced comfort and safety: wide, deep, white light flux, for improved visibility at low and high speeds, and less driver fatigue
• Higher efficiency: economy (50% less energy consumed in dipped mode and 67% less in main-beam mode), and longer service life (20 times longer, or 20,000 hours) than halogen lamps.

Rear light signature

The 3D-effect LED rear lights on New DS 3 Cabrio bring further illustration of French elegance and attention to detail. The lamp unit comprises a rectangular lightguide with 30 LEDs plus a set of mirrors and semi-reflective panes forming infinite reflections of the lightguide image. This high-tech, high-performance light signature sets a new standard in lighting technology, with its (rectangular 3D module of 30 LEDs topped by an upper blade of 24 LEDs in each lamp). Another little detail: the DS logo is embedded jewel-like, in the rear lamps.

Exceptional refinement

French design flair is also seen in the leather upholstery (textured or Napa with watchstrap stitch), the dashboard with leather trim or exclusive laser engraving, the leather-covered panel hood, the smooth leather-covered steering wheel, the exclusive chrome trims, etc.
Along with a broad choice, New DS 3 Cabrio also offers a panoply of exclusive features:

• Watchstrap stitching in Napa leather, unique in the automotive world and exclusive to DS
• Embossed DS logo on front seats and leather dashboard trim.

Comfort

Benchmark acoustic comfort:

• Roof in three layers of composite material lined with interior finishing textile, for acoustic and thermal comfort
• Aerodynamic deflector Driving pleasure is enhanced by the low, wrap-around seats (heated on some versions) and exemplary soundproofing. Noise and vibration from engine, airflow and road are filtered out very effectively.

Convertible roof

DS 3 Cabrio offers a exclusive, intuitive convertible roof operable at speeds up to 120 km/h. The large, supple, electrically controlled sliding roof retracts to any degree, and folds up behind the rear-seat passengers in just 16 seconds.

Interior space

New DS 3 Cabrio stands out for convenience and practicality:

• Five full-size seats
• Exemplary luggage space, with the largest boot in its category (285 litres)
• Generous glove compartment and door cubbies
• Stowage space in movable central armrest
• One-touch asymmetric rear-seat fold-down

Connectivity

New DS 3 Cabrio offers satnav from a high-resolution 7” colour touchscreen

• Jukebox function, Bluetooth audio streaming and USB/AUX connectivity, for the utmost listening pleasure
• Satnav in Birdview mode – Safe phone capability with hands-free function
• DS Connect Box* services (geolocalized emergency and assistance calls), for peace of mind, plus a range of other packs (Monitoring, Mapping and Tracking) for added functionality
• Touchscreen (7”) for highly intuitive use at the wheel: centralized information, Mirror Screen connectivity (Apple CarPlay™ and MirrorLink®) with Text to Speech / Speech to Text function for safety and comfort
• MyDS for interactive access to full vehicle use data

* in some countries.

Active City Brake

The Active City Brake system avoids low-speed collisions using a short-range laser sensor located above the windscreen At speeds up to 30 km/h this operates the brake system controller to avoid collision, or reduce the impact of collision.

Driver assistance systems

New DS 3 Cabrio has extensive safety and comfort features:

• Cruise control with programmable speed limiter
• Reversing camera coupled with touchscreen navigation, with image shown on the 7” screen
• Front and rear parking assist
• Hill-start assist for all versions with S&S
• Crawl function for all versions with automatic or automated manual transmissions

Fragrance diffuser

The interior fragrance function releases a subtle, pleasant perfume, at adjustable intensity, throughout the passenger compartment.

HiFi System

The New DS 3 HiFi system has exceptional acoustic performance, with a third channel located in the dashboard and an amplified bass unit in the boot.

Sensations

Brisk, agile, responsive roadholding affords a sensational ride on board New DS 3. Sensational driving pleasure entails no penalty on comfort: the comfort/roadholding balance is the best there is.

Automatic transmission

The new EAT6 automatic transmission (Efficient Automatic Transmission 6) is the ideal engine-transmission combination for smooth yet dynamic driving response.
Driver advantages:

• Faster, smoother gearshifts
• Improved driveability
• Response and acceleration The EAT6 transmission is coupled with the three-cylinder PureTech110 S&S petrol engine, to give fuel mixed-cycle consumption of 4.6 litres per 100 km and CO2 emissions of 105 g/km.

PureTech technology

“New DS 3 Cabrio is available with a choice of new PureTech three-cylinder engines (International Engine of the Year 2015):

• PureTech 82 S&S, with manual or automated manual transmission, meeting Euro6 standards with consumption from 4.2 l/100 km (mixed cycle) and CO2 emissions from 97 g/km
• PureTech 110 S&S, with manual or EAT6 automatic gearbox (consumption from 4.5 l/100 km and CO2 emissions from 104 g/km). The EAT6 new-generation six-speed automatic transmission gives prompt, supple response from low engine speeds.
• The THP 165 S&S petrol engine is renowned for its firm and supple response from low revs. Fuel consumption is 5.6 l/100 km and CO2 emissions 129 g/km.”

BlueHDi technology

The powerful, ecological BlueHDi diesel engines (75, 100 and 120) available for New DS 3 Cabrio stand at the forefront of technology. They include an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) module upstream of the additive-based particulate filter to cut out NOx (90%) as well as reducing CO2 emissions. The BlueHDi 100 S&S, for example, achieves fuel consumption from 3 l/100 km and CO2 emissions from 79 g/km.

Ultimate expression

DS 3 Cabrio Performance is distinguished and dynamic, with an energetic disposition immediately apparent in the distinctive dual tailpipe, wide wings, 18” ‘diamond’ alloy wheels, gloss black front brake callipers, and specific DS Performance décor.

Power

The figures speak for themselves: power 208 bhp, torque 300 Nm, CO2 emissions 125 g/km. The results testify to the steadfast work of the DS Performance design teams, who opted for a 1.6 THP S&S engine to power this spectacular car. Coupled through specially-staged six-speed gearbox (MCM) and Torsen® limited-slip differential it is powerful, civilized and economical, giving exceptional drive and trajectory-holding. Suspensions and power unit were specially tuned to deliver intense driving sensations backed by a reassuring sense of unwavering control.

Customization

Customization capability extends to a choice of two trim levels:

• Trim level 1 offers five body/roof colour combinations
• Trim level 2 —Black Special— is the ultimate expression of the car’s refined sports outlook, with mat black body and gloss gold roof, carbon side strips, dashboard and gearstick base in gloss gold and additional comfort and safety features.