The Honest Car Review | 2019 DS 3 Crossback - far too French for its own good

I quite like it.

Great review, Mark. Is it just me, or does the DS3 Crossback look like a black Skoda Fabia either in a coloured fat suit, or sinking into some coloured gloopy slime? Either way, not for me.

Like the idea but the Xc40 does most of this stuff better whilst not being entirely forgettable.

I might just say this every week, just buy a fiesta😁

Quite nice from the outside..,.. but the interior is bobbins

Mark.This channel will always be 100 times better than Carwow. If anyone wants an unbiased review,this is the channel to watch.

Makes the Germans look boring as they are

For me, Italian, French and Japanese cars. No overrated, overpriced with basic equipment, copy-paste design, the most generic tasteless looking, unreliable German rubish.

First advert when I started watching ..? Carwow! The specialists in telling you “does my bottle fit?” ...

Like there onion seller top. Another canny review mind, thanks Mark

I would rather have a Camry instead.

Yet again honesty first, passion second ! And I almost lost all hopes that Mark would dislike a cross over, one day !

Je suis troisième

continuity beard fail

I like how Mark actually says what other reviewers only think. Good stuff!

Aye man, very canny an all that but where is your stick of truth? Thankfully completely absent.

DS has a bit of an identity crisis here. As comfortable as a Citroen C3 Aircross albeit with much plusher materials but a whole lot more expensive, but not markedly better quality than a new Peugeot 2008 which happily trades in some of the ostentatiousness and a bit of ride comfort for something that's better to drive (if the new 208 is anything to go by), yet will likely cost a good deal less. The problem is, this isn't an issue confined to the DS 3 Crossback. Would you get a DS 7 Crossback instead of a 3008 or 5008 for anything other than the bling?


The cheapest DS 3 Crossback will set you back £220pm and a near five grand deposit on personal lease from DS themselves for three years and 10,000 miles per annum, but strangely you can actually step an entire trim level up and get the Performance Line PureTech 100 for rental at £163pm (£1,500 initial payment, £199 processing fee, 10,000 miles per annum, 24 months term) through ZenAuto.

Your style of delivery and editing is top notch 😂

This car should have been so much better. Is there still a 3-dr version? It would be much better looking.

Tres Bon review.....also like the french traditional dress...looking forward to you doing a German car in Lederhosen or
perhaps surprise us all and wear Dirndl...never miss one of your reviews....even my darling wife watches...true.

For the love of all that is holy, NEVER buy a brand new French car.
As Mark illuded to, depreciation can be your friend and a PCP-surrendered model could offer (maybe) several miles of trouble free motoring, without the worry of knowing how much you still owe the finance company and the actual car value.

Cette revue représente 80% de vérité et 20% de préjugé contre la France, but it's funny though. Il n'est quasiment pas possible de faire un bon produit pour le marche britannique car les revues seraient systématiquement négatives, so it's not surprising that les français s'en fichent quant la boîte à gants est fourrée de câble!

I actually really like this car. It's not perfect, but unlike any VW group car at the minute it has character. This makes it more polarising for sure, but I'm on the positive side of that.

You speak of the DCT transmissions as if they were the best of all transmissions. I beg to differ. I drove for 15 years a 4 speed torque converter and now I am driving a 7 speed DCT, the famous DSG, for the last seven years. Both have their share of defects and virtues. But with my experience, if I have to choose one now, I think I would choose a torque converter.

I want to defend this car (and brand) by saying it took Audi and Lexus over 30years to get anywhere and also that you can easily pay over 20k for most small cars nowadays but the thing I can't forgive is the lazy engineering + the fact that overall this car looks sh*t. Must do better next time DS!

Like an ADHD child's rubber duck at bath time. . . .priceless!

How weird is it that this effeminate man reviews cars. I find it amusing and im just looking his neck and head gestures. All covered in tats and 100% tutti frutti. Hillarious. I subbed

Alright, alright, alright, I get it. You hate this car! BTW, so do I :)

Not being prejudice or anything but does the stripes on the t-shirt and the tattoos suggest 'dodgy' activity when filming ends? Oh yea, usual excellent review, don't sulk about the door bins, your above that.

By far the most clever and entertaining cars' reviews...... Excellent my friend.

Is the facelift Skoda Superb on your list ? How good is the NVH compared to so called premium A6/5/E ?

Love the channel. Subscribed blah blah . But watching these cars only reminds me of how dull and boring the car industry is to the lower and middle motorist. Bloody SUVs man. At least the French are a little left field which makes things a tad more interesting. All in all cool channel and Mark ...you're gonna look flippin mint at 70 with that body art 😁

great review as usual . Admire the french for having a go at being a bit different ( I had a BX and loved it ) but this is not wild enough or premium enough to capture either camp. Not sure about the ADHD reference which may get some feedback .

You never see any ds cars apart from the ds3 on the road especially this one, Save your money and buy a c-cross.

Brilliant! Won’t be buying that!

Your reviews are the best.

Did you really say "most majorest"? Again: this little phrase alone made it worth watching the video!

Its not OK.

first bad review I've seen on this car

Looks like you him

Le options de standard list did make me laugh.

The 3 was DS' saviour and now they've made it weird! What a stupid decision, I think a redesigned 3 would still sell well. Hope they still make but doesn't seem like it.

At 30k just get volvo xc40. At 22k more tempting. Really should be about 19k though. I think you've still got to slightly under cut the competition as a new and slightly flawed but interesting brand

I can’t stop laughing ...stilling sales from the Germans ... big laugh 😂
”merde in France”

Is luxury about interior space? :) :). Last time I checked, no. Saying that DS cannot be a luxury model coz they dont know how to carve out interior space is laughable. Please do not go the Carwow/TG/Autocar way in French bashing. Stay Honest.

"ADHD kid's rubber duck at bath time" - not sure if that's epic or terrible LOL

Carwow, can learn quite a lot from this show, HJ. I think I will tell them. Brilliant as usual, thanks HJ and team.

I really like the back of it but hate the door handles. I saw it in the flesh it was interesting.

Typical English negative response to French cars.....

I saw one in a showroom and it caught my eye straight away (in a good way) took it for a test drive and bought it.... picking it up in a few days but we did not pay anywhere near the price mentioned