Ranked #198 car in the UK · Hatchback · 1,085 units sold last year
The DS 4 is the premium compact hatch from the DS brand - a stylish, comfort-led alternative to the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series, with a striking design and a lavishly-trimmed, tech-rich cabin. Petrol, diesel, mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid power. It prioritises ride comfort and individuality over outright driving polish, a fashion-forward choice in the premium-hatch class. As a used buy it's a distinctive, well-equipped car for buyers who want something different.
How these figures are sourced — the valuation is anchored to a researched used-market price for this model (AutoTrader median, 2023 at 30k miles). Reliability, mileage and variant data are real DVSA MOT records. Dimensions, tyre sizes and costs, servicing figures and the insurance group are segment-level estimates rather than sourced per car, and are being replaced model by model.
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The short version
The DS 4 holds its value about averagely and is cheaper to run than most. On three-year value retention it ranks better than 50% of models.
Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.
Fuel
Petrol · 1199cc
Power
130 ps
Drivetrain
FWD
Cam drive
Wet belt
Quoted MPG
49 mpg
The volume DS 4. 1.2 PureTech 130 with the 8-speed auto. Wet-belt - the recurring Stellantis story; budget the service and stay on top of oil.
Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.
Remembered as you browse other cars.
Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.
Estimated market value
How we got this number — click for the breakdown, or to challenge it.£17,250
Range £13,900 – £20,900
medium confidence
How a 2023-registration DS 4 loses value over time.
Based on the 2023 car with 23,400 miles you entered above — worth about £17,250 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 7,800 miles a year.
5-year total
£14,351
Per year
£2,870
All-in per mile
£0.37
Fuel per mile
14.8p
If a company carAround £379/mo Benefit-in-Kind tax at the 40% rate (£189/mo at 20%) — 32% band
If you're a company-car driver
At 32% BIK, a 40% taxpayer would pay about £379/month in company-car tax (£189/month at 20%) — on top of the running costs above. Full BIK table below for context.
Best age to buy — around 2 years
A 2-year-old example loses roughly £2,550 a year — 75% less than the £10,050 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.
Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.
Where this car ranks against the 340 vehicles in our index — higher is better.
Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.
How the available versions compare on price, running cost, and the headaches each tends to develop.
The default choice: lowest purchase price and easy upkeep, at the cost of higher fuel bills than a hybrid.
Watch for
Makes sense for high motorway mileage; less so for short urban hops, where the DPF struggles.
Watch for
Fuel/energy costs based on this week’s UK averages (w/c 03/08/2026) · Petrol 159.9p/L, Diesel 179.2p/L, Electricity 27.0p/kWh · DESNZ
Group 15 of 50 (low — cheaper end of the scale) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB
Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.
Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39
£603/ year
Roughly £50 per month
Typical
Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.| Age band | Lower risk | Typical | Higher risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 17-25 | £1,375 | £1,719 | £2,234 |
| Age 26-32 | £718 | £844 | £1,030 |
| Age 33-39Selected | £531 | £603 | £712 |
| Age 40-49 | £450 | £500 | £581 |
| Age 50+ | £402 | £446 | £527 |
How we estimate this
Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.
Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).
Routine service
£185
Annual main-dealer service
Major service
£210
Every 2 years, annualised
Road tax
£200
Standard rate, post year-one
Fuel
£490
49 mpg, £1.60/L
Insurance
£603
Age 33-39, group 15
Clean-air zones
⚠ Depends on variantBased on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.
Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).
What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.
0-30k miles
£80
per year · low risk
30-60k miles
£240
per year · low risk
60-100k miles
£520
per year · medium risk
100k+ miles
£900
per year · high risk
195/65 R15 · 205/55 R16 · 215/45 R17
What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 24,000 miles.
Budget
£300
set of 4, fitted · £60 per tyre
Mid-range
£440
set of 4, fitted · £95 per tyre
Premium
£620
set of 4, fitted · £140 per tyre
Factory options ranked by how much of their original cost they recover at resale. Anything above 70% return tends to make money back; below 40% is paying for your own enjoyment.
| Option | New cost | Added used value | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
Tow bar (factory-fit) Niche, but the buyers who want one will pay for it. | £650 | £450 | 69% |
Parking sensors & reversing camera Near-expected now — its absence costs more than its presence returns. | £500 | £300 | 60% |
Heated seats / cold-weather pack | £450 | £200 | 44% |
Metallic or premium paint Almost universal — an unusual colour is the bigger resale risk. | £600 | £200 | 33% |
Panoramic / opening roof | £1,100 | £350 | 32% |
Larger alloy wheels | £700 | £200 | 29% |
Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 23,400 miles.
Watch now
Failure typically happens around your current mileage.
Upcoming
A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.
Already due
Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.
Euro NCAP's independent crash-test rating for the DS 4, from its 2022 assessment.
The passenger compartment of the DS 4 remained stable in the frontal offset test.
Independent crash-test data from Euro NCAP. Star ratings reflect the test protocol of the year shown — newer protocols are stricter, so a 5-star from 2024 represents a higher bar than a 5-star from 2014. Euro NCAP ratings run for six years from publication; a lapsed rating means the protocol has moved on, not that the car performs any worse than it did on test.
How this model fares at its MOT as it ages — from 163 real DVSA test records.
Longevity
Not enough older examples yet to gauge longevity.
What’s on the road
The fuel-type split of every 4 with MOT history in the DVSA record. From 163 vehicles tested at least once - not the number on the road today, which is lower.
Not enough first-MOT data yet. This measure needs cars registered from 2020 that have reached their first MOT at three years old; too few have so far for a figure worth publishing.
Not enough first-MOT data yet — no score. A car needs 100 first MOTs from 2020 registrations onward before this can be measured.
MOT outlook
Insufficient MOT history at this car's reference age — too few tests to compute a reliable percentile.
Safety recalls
Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the DS 4, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.
Check on GOV.UKOpens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.
A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.
Whole-car theft
Around average
Theft risk is around the UK average. Like most modern cars it has keyless entry, so relay theft is the method to guard against.
Parts theft
Higher
Hybrid versions are a catalytic-converter target — a hybrid cat is rich in precious metals and can be cut out in about a minute.
Worth doing
Whether driving a DS 4 into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.
| City | Area | Daily charge | Likely outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | All of Greater London (within the M25) | £12.50 | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Birmingham | Inside the A4540 Middleway | £8.00 | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Bristol | City centre and part of the Portway | £9.00 | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Glasgow | City centre | — | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Edinburgh | City centre | — | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Aberdeen | City centre | — | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
| Dundee | City centre | — | Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6. |
Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.
What HMRC's Benefit-in-Kind charge looks like if you ran this DS 4 as a company car, by tax year and income-tax band. Calculated from a CO₂ of 131 g/km and a WLTP electric range of 48 miles, using £35,500 as the P11D value.
| Tax year | BIK % | Tax @ 20% | Tax @ 40% | Monthly @ 20% | Monthly @ 40% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31% | £2,201 | £4,402 | £183 | £367 |
| 2026-27 | 32% | £2,272 | £4,544 | £189 | £379 |
| 2027-28 | 33% | £2,343 | £4,686 | £195 | £391 |
| 2028-29 | 33% | £2,343 | £4,686 | £195 | £391 |
| 2029-30 | 33% | £2,343 | £4,686 | £195 | £391 |
P11D value is approximated from the latest new price; the exact figure on your tax code will depend on options fitted. The 4% diesel surcharge applies only to non-RDE2 (pre-2021) diesels — we assume RDE2 compliance for current models. Bands and rates from HMRC's Autumn Budget 2024 confirmation through 2029/30.
How well-supported DS is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.
Franchised UK dealers
~35
Limited network
Premium niche
Network size relative to the UK's largest (DS is 0.8% of all franchised outlets)
A limited network — you may need to travel for main-dealer servicing, though independent specialists can often help.
For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.
Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.
These are segment estimates, not manufacturer figures. 296 of 325 catalogued cars share one of 14 identical dimension sets, so they describe a class rather than this particular car. Sourced figures replace them model by model.
Length
4,300 mm
Width
1,790 mm
Height
1,460 mm
Kerb weight
1,350 kg
Boot
380–1,250 L
Fuel tank
48 L
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Common questions
Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.