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A Weekend In Paris...
Hey Guys,
Obviously We're Still Here Atm But While I Wait For The Others To Shower And Get Changed Before We Go Out I Thought I'd Let You In On Some Of The Things You Guys Missed Today At The Race Circuit...
First Of All The Weather Was Fantastic All Day - Sunny Skies And Nice And Warm ! So We All Met In The Centre Of Town Where We Filled A Supermarkets Carpark With DS3's ! We Then Had A Convoy ( Miles Long ) To The Track Led By Mr Steff ( Soleron ) Himself...
At The Track We Were Briefed Etc And Were Split Into 3 Groups And Each Group Went Off To Do A Different Workshop...
My 1st One Was A Dynamic Driving Exercise Where Everyone Had The Chance To Do A Few Laps Around The Circuit In Both A THP And A DS3 RACING :cool: We Went Out With A Proffesional Racing Driver And They Were Basically Showing Us How Good Our Cars Are In Terms Of Acceleration And Then Hard Braking ( Emergency Stop Style ) From Top Speed And Also How Planted DS3s Are When Weaving Around Cones At High Speed. They'd Let Us Have A Few Laps First Then They Took To The Wheel ! ( I Have Videos And I'll Upload Them Tomorrow ! )...
Then We Had Lunch... OM NOM NOM...
My 2nd Workshop Was A Tour And Talk Of The History, The Current + The Future Of The DS Brand. It Was Done By Several Citroen People Including The Designer Of The DS3. He Was Kind Enough To Give Out A Copy Of The Original Picture He Gave To The Citroen Bosses When Asked Him To Design The Car And He Signed A Copy Each For Us. They Had An Original DS21, A DS3 With Funky Golden Lined Roof And A DS4. Basically There Was Alot Of Talking Involved Where They Talked About The Past, Present And Future Of The DS Brand. Some Things That We Learned :-
Despite It Being A large Family Saloon - The Back Windows On A DS4 Dont Go Down Or Open At All !
DS5 Is Confirmed,
Citroen Are Thinking About A Scheme Only For DS Models Where You Can Take Your Own Colour/s To Them And They'll Do Your Car In It,
They Originally Desinged A Diesel Version Of The DS3 Racing,
In The Near Future Citroen Willl Try To Further Separate The DS Line From The Other Models By Creating Original Designs That Aren't Lookalike Copies Of The Basic Line Up ( E.g DS3 + C3 ) And Also By Making DS Specific Dealerships Across Europe,
No-one Seems To Know Why The UK Doesn't Come With Heated Seats ?
The Convertable DS3 Is REAL - They're Not Sure When It Will Be At Production Stage But It's Happening + It Keeps The Shark Fin !
My 3rd Workshop Was "Thrill Of The Track" As They Called It. We Were Allowed in 2 DS3 Racings With More Proffesional Drivers And The Drivers Raced Each Other At Full Speed Around The Track - Often Coming Within Cm's Of Each Other ( Again Videos Will Be Posted Tomorrow )
Some Of The Luckier People Who Turned Up Got To Be Literally Thrown Around The Track In A DS3 WRC ( Not Joking ! ) Its An Unbelieveable Machine ! Despite Being Lowered And Widened The Driver Was Still Able To Go So Fast He Was Putting It On 3 Wheels ! - Not For The Faint Hearted As Some Of The Passengers Were Getting Out Of It Shaking !
Then We Had Crepes ( Pancakes ) OM NOM NOM...
Then To Finish Off All The Cars Where Driven Around The Track In A Line A Few Times And Then We Shot Off Back To The Hotel ( Didn't Want To Stay For Food As We Were All Super Tired ! ).
Any Questions Feel Free To Ask !
Pics + Vids Will Be Up Soon !
Oh And A MASIVE THANKYOU To The Whole Track, Citroen + DS3Spirit Teams ! Steff ( Soleron ) Has Been An Awesome Host, Thankyou For Inviting Us Over + I'll Definitely Be Coming Again !
http://ds3club.co.uk/showthread.php?...France&p=23170
Obviously We're Still Here Atm But While I Wait For The Others To Shower And Get Changed Before We Go Out I Thought I'd Let You In On Some Of The Things You Guys Missed Today At The Race Circuit...
First Of All The Weather Was Fantastic All Day - Sunny Skies And Nice And Warm ! So We All Met In The Centre Of Town Where We Filled A Supermarkets Carpark With DS3's ! We Then Had A Convoy ( Miles Long ) To The Track Led By Mr Steff ( Soleron ) Himself...
At The Track We Were Briefed Etc And Were Split Into 3 Groups And Each Group Went Off To Do A Different Workshop...
My 1st One Was A Dynamic Driving Exercise Where Everyone Had The Chance To Do A Few Laps Around The Circuit In Both A THP And A DS3 RACING :cool: We Went Out With A Proffesional Racing Driver And They Were Basically Showing Us How Good Our Cars Are In Terms Of Acceleration And Then Hard Braking ( Emergency Stop Style ) From Top Speed And Also How Planted DS3s Are When Weaving Around Cones At High Speed. They'd Let Us Have A Few Laps First Then They Took To The Wheel ! ( I Have Videos And I'll Upload Them Tomorrow ! )...
Then We Had Lunch... OM NOM NOM...
My 2nd Workshop Was A Tour And Talk Of The History, The Current + The Future Of The DS Brand. It Was Done By Several Citroen People Including The Designer Of The DS3. He Was Kind Enough To Give Out A Copy Of The Original Picture He Gave To The Citroen Bosses When Asked Him To Design The Car And He Signed A Copy Each For Us. They Had An Original DS21, A DS3 With Funky Golden Lined Roof And A DS4. Basically There Was Alot Of Talking Involved Where They Talked About The Past, Present And Future Of The DS Brand. Some Things That We Learned :-
Despite It Being A large Family Saloon - The Back Windows On A DS4 Dont Go Down Or Open At All !
DS5 Is Confirmed,
Citroen Are Thinking About A Scheme Only For DS Models Where You Can Take Your Own Colour/s To Them And They'll Do Your Car In It,
They Originally Desinged A Diesel Version Of The DS3 Racing,
In The Near Future Citroen Willl Try To Further Separate The DS Line From The Other Models By Creating Original Designs That Aren't Lookalike Copies Of The Basic Line Up ( E.g DS3 + C3 ) And Also By Making DS Specific Dealerships Across Europe,
No-one Seems To Know Why The UK Doesn't Come With Heated Seats ?
The Convertable DS3 Is REAL - They're Not Sure When It Will Be At Production Stage But It's Happening + It Keeps The Shark Fin !
My 3rd Workshop Was "Thrill Of The Track" As They Called It. We Were Allowed in 2 DS3 Racings With More Proffesional Drivers And The Drivers Raced Each Other At Full Speed Around The Track - Often Coming Within Cm's Of Each Other ( Again Videos Will Be Posted Tomorrow )
Some Of The Luckier People Who Turned Up Got To Be Literally Thrown Around The Track In A DS3 WRC ( Not Joking ! ) Its An Unbelieveable Machine ! Despite Being Lowered And Widened The Driver Was Still Able To Go So Fast He Was Putting It On 3 Wheels ! - Not For The Faint Hearted As Some Of The Passengers Were Getting Out Of It Shaking !
Then We Had Crepes ( Pancakes ) OM NOM NOM...
Then To Finish Off All The Cars Where Driven Around The Track In A Line A Few Times And Then We Shot Off Back To The Hotel ( Didn't Want To Stay For Food As We Were All Super Tired ! ).
Any Questions Feel Free To Ask !
Pics + Vids Will Be Up Soon !
Oh And A MASIVE THANKYOU To The Whole Track, Citroen + DS3Spirit Teams ! Steff ( Soleron ) Has Been An Awesome Host, Thankyou For Inviting Us Over + I'll Definitely Be Coming Again !
http://ds3club.co.uk/showthread.php?...France&p=23170
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