Advantages: 5* Safety rating many extras good mpg Disadvantages: repair cost noisy plastic trim
I bought my laguna back in 2007 from a secondhand dealer in Perterborough it came with a years MOT and had 63,000 on the clock and had previously been owned by two former keepers. So i parted with my £4,000 and off we went i noticed over the next few weeks that everytime i drove over a bump i heard a bang from the rear, so off i went to my local garage not Renaults and they said that my bushes on the back axle had gone and needed replacing at a cost of £200 the warranty with the car was for major engine parts so i had to get the wallet out. After 13 months the same thing happened again so i went to another garage and was quoted £188 fitted, apparently this is a common fault with this car and as i do 20-30,000 miles a year it looks like this will be an annual cost. The car goes 18,000 miles between servicing but it's the bit between ...
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;fastback”, and which Renault state will give as much carrying capacity as a large estate car.
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS AND DRIVABILITY
The model I drove was the 1.9 turbo diesel version.
It is also available in a 1.6 and 1.8 petrol and a 3.0 litre V6 version.
Renault has now switched no less than 50% of their production capacity into producing diesel cars. They obviously believe that this is the way of the future, and if this car is anything to judge by, it would be hard to argue with that notion.
For an “oil-burner” this was a real mover. It has a 0 to 60mph time of only 10.7 seconds, which is nearly a second faster than the 1.6 petrol, and will zip you up to a top speed of 125mph. (where, you may well ask) It’s nice to know it’s there when you need it though.
Maximum torque kicks in at only 2000rpm ...
My parents have owned a RenaultLaguna since 2004. We decided that since our accident, we would need a car with a very high safety standard. The Laguna ticked all of the boxes with its excellent five-star european safety rating and sufficient boot space.
In general, the Laguna is a good drive which is very smooth and durable on lengthy journeys but there are some major problems.
The main two problems that we have experienced is that the tyre sensors always break and we have to take it in to our local Renault garage for repair at £75 a time. We have now stopped going to the garage and just put up with the annoying unfixable sensors. The second problem is fixings within the car seem very cheap and can be removed very easily and many of the speaker covers etc. within our car are virtually hanging off.
Overall though, I believe that ...
