{"id":1831182,"date":"2026-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1831182"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:00","slug":"this-is-the-new-ds-no7-and-the-long-range-e-version-claims-460-miles-of-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1831182","title":{"rendered":"This is the new DS No7, and the long-range e-version claims 460 miles of range"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go on, be a bit different. Everyone and their neighbour covets a BMW X1<\/a> or Audi Q3<\/a> or Mercedes GLA<\/a>. DS\u2019s answer is this: the new No7. Not an expensive parfum, but a compact SUV that replaces the old, left-field DS 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as tall and fat as before, but \u201cfollows the market trend\u201d by being a smidgen longer. And because it\u2019s a \u2018premium\u2019 car, it carries with it premium trappings. Like an admittedly very classy design that takes in an illuminated grille and sparkly headlights, the \u2018LIGHT BLADE\u2019 at the back, contrast black roof, posh colours like \u2018silk green\u2019 and \u2018topaz blue\u2019 (among others), and 21in wheels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wheels that\u2019ll travel up to 460 miles if you spec the rangiest of the three electric \u2018E-Tense\u2019 DS No7s being offered at launch. It\u2019s called the FWD Long Range and gets a 97.2kWh battery made in France and bolted into the floor, a single electric motor up front, and 242bhp (or 276bhp with boost<\/em>).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a twin-motor AWD Long Range that gets the same battery, a slightly diminished 422 miles, and a juicier 345bhp (or 370bhp with boost). Amusingly, with that boost engaged, this version can accelerate from 0-62mph in just 5.4s. That\u2019s\u2026 rapid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally, there\u2019s an entry-level FWD E-Tense car that gets a lowly 227bhp (up to 256bhp with boost), a smaller 73.7kWh battery and up to 337 miles of range.<\/p>\n

And even more finally, DS will offer a self-charging hybrid No7 that pairs a diddy 1.2-litre turbo three-pot petrol engine with a diddy 21kW electric motor, 143bhp, and the promise of up to 53mpg. Ha, remember mpg?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There\u2019s plenty of electronic tech to aid your journeys in the No7, like level 2 assistance (lane change, adaptive cruise and so on), night vision, an optional digital rearview mirror, and EV routing.<\/p>\n

Plus, there’s DS\u2019s \u2018Iris 2.0\u2019 cockpit that apparently works like a smartphone \u201cand can be controlled via speech recognition or with the large 16in central touchscreen\u201d. Clearly France didn\u2019t get the \u2018bring back buttons\u2019 campaign memo.<\/p>\n

But it did<\/em> get the \u2018make it fancy\u2019 memo: there are densely bolstered heated and cooled seats, active suspension that scans the road ahead like old Mercs used to do, premium audio, the option of acoustic laminated glass, five interior \u2018moods\u2019, and lots of soft touch materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like its predecessor, DS No7 positions itself at the heart of the premium market in the compact SUV segment and offers a distinctive style that combines generous on-board space with a refined, comfortable and bright interior,\u201d said DS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Refined and comfortable enough to lure you away from the bright lights of the X1, Q3 and GLA?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go on, be a bit different. Everyone and their neighbour covets a BMW X1 or Audi Q3 or Mercedes GLA. DS\u2019s answer is this: the new No7. Not an expensive parfum, but a compact SUV that replaces the old, left-field DS 7. It\u2019s as tall and fat as before, but \u201cfollows the market trend\u201d by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1831182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1831182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1831182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1831182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1831182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}