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Like the Fiat 500C Convertible Citroen DS3 will arches fixed and not a retractable soft top as what was expected. Reason: keep it affordable. To not cost too expensive, DS3 Cabrio will not be a true convertible, the C3 Pluriel as fire.
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Against all odds, the future DS3 discoverable will not be a convertible. This variant has fixed arches, reports the Automobile Magazine . Thus the soft top will shrink along the arches to fit in the trunk, to keep their hair in the wind aboard one of the prettiest French at the time.
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DEPUTY OF C3 PLURIEL - The vacuum left by the Citroën C3 Pluriel in the range seems to be quickly filled by the DS3 Airflow . The French monthly L'Automobile Magazine reports that home Alps has in recent days that the new name should identify the Citroën DS-3 with the body discovered on the market waiting for the spring of 2013 .
NOTHING IN METAL HOOD - The DS3 Citroen Airflow should fit the fabric roof that slides along the fixed posts, such as the Fiat 500C: C3 Pluriel on these previous posts were removed. The metal roof will, therefore, a prerogative of the Peugeot 207 CC. The French would have bet on this solution to keep prices competitive. In fact, the list should start from the price based on € 18,500 .
EVEN WITH 3-cylinder engine - Initially, DS3 Airflow should be offered with larger engines already available for the car from which it derives, namely the 1.6 THP 156 bhp petrol, diesel multiple units from 90 bhp 1.6 HDi e-and 1.6 HDi 112 hp. As a result, the small French convertible will be equipped with the new 1.2 THP petrol engine with 3 cylinders that will replace the naturally aspirated 1.4 and 1.6 VTi VTi 4 cylinder.
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