How fuel efficient is the luxury DS 7 Crossback 180 HP with automatic transmission?

The luxury SUV from DS Automobiles, the DS 7 Crossback, has already traveled 2,938 kilometers with us. During 106 trips, we drove it everywhere – from the sea to the Tatra Mountains. What does the flare look like?

The DS 7 Crossback is a luxury SUV that was launched in 2017. In the record year 2019, more than 27,000 new DS 7s were launched on the European market.

Our test DS 7 Crossback was equipped with a 1.6 PureTech engine with 180 HP and an EAT8 automatic transmission. According to the manufacturer, this combination ensures strong driving, 8.9 seconds to 100 km / h, and satisfactory fuel consumption. What does the flare look like in real life? We checked it over a distance of about three thousand kilometers, where about 30% of the route was urban, 50% highway and 20% non-urban.

It can be useful in combustion tests My DS app, available for Android and iOS phones. After connecting it to the car, it provides direct statistics on the route and fuel consumption, and if you enter the current fuel prices, it also provides the approximate cost of driving the indicated distance. The car’s computer is very accurate in calculating fuel consumption, the differences we noted between its readings and adding fuel were insignificant.

In our case, the trip list looks like this:

Average fuel consumption in the DS 7 Crossback is 8.3 liters per 100 kilometers, which is a very good result for a car of this size and considering the feet of a large number of testers.