'Is that your Mini outside?" "No, it's a Citroën DS3 1.6 THP DSport." "Snazzy-looking Mini, are you testing it?" "No, it's a…" "Saw you in that Mini the other day." "Well, in fact it's a… Oh, it doesn ...

If you want a car like a Mini but don’t really want a Mini, the Citroen DS3 has been your best option since 2010. The chic French hatchback isn’t due for replacement just yet but does now benefit from ...

The Citroen DS3 Cabriolet, a drop-top rival for the Fiat 500C and Mini Convertible. Prices start at £15,045, with this range-topping DSport THP 155 costing £19,675. Sales commence in the UK – the ...

Sometimes less is more, but in this instance, removing as little of the roof as possible hasn’t made the DS3 Cabrio any more desirable than the standard hatch. In some ways that’s no bad thing, as the ...

OK, let's get the bad tidings out of the way first. The DS3 Cabrio doesn't really cut it as a convertible. There's a lot of structure around you that occludes wide chunks of celestial real estate.

I don't really get it when people – usually only sad car blokes, to be fair – say some cars are sexy. People are sexy (well, one or two of them are). Cars are cars – too hard, too cold to be sexy.

Convertibles are far less common as company cars than in the past as their restricted appeal can cause reallocation problems should an employee leave the business. But they still exist on some ...

Citroën’s new DS3 Cabrio promises all the appeal of the sporty hatch combined with the option of al-fresco motoring. Thanks to a roll-back style roof akin to the Fiat 500C, the new Citroën DS3 Cabrio ...

The Citroën DS3 Cabrio we first saw at the 2012 Paris Motor Show has launched in the UK, putting more Gallic-tinged, canvas-roofed convertible goodness on the automotive menu. Competing directly ...

I’VE been the laughing stock of some sections of the UK motoring press for some time now. The hair, the clothes, the accent, the badly-written rambling intros to my car reviews – all have played their ...

The original remains the best, and the appeal of the DS3 remains strong. It looks more distinctive and sporty than the 208, even after two years on sale, and the traditional interior is much more user ...