While there is no doubting it has masses
of aesthetic appeal, both inside and out, and the addition
of new, EU6 - compliant engines improved the range's competitiveness during 2015, the DS4 has a confused personality that leaves it between two stools: its engines are healthy in output but performance breaks no new ground, and the undoubted
quality of its materials mask an otherwise uninspiring driving
environment.
The overall
environment here feels tacky and dull —
aesthetic qualities I usually find intriguing — but when presented in such a polite and conservative manner they remind me less
of The Unbearable Lightness
of Being and more
of the unbearable Blue Light Special.