1996 Renault Laguna RT Estate review from UK and Ireland

Not much. Apart from the usual expected things of phase 1 laguna's;

Clock had gone before I had car.

Radio reception not good.

Fuel gauge, is enigmatic when nearly empty. Sits on red-line for 30-50 miles.

Other than that only age and end of life of components has made ownership of this car a slight concern. I tend to replace before things wear out so I sometimes pay out too early for things.

Caveats first. My car was ex-fleet from two companies. So it had a full service and complete service history to 180000+ miles. I know though it was hammered by the company I bought from. Still, I knew them.

It still returns 44-50mpg when driving to speed limit (B P Ultimate diesel(high end formula of diesel in England) returns 10 percent better mpg, in my opinion).

Mpg is poor in town, so are many other vehicles.

Suspension is great still.

All have found it comfortable to sit in.

Bags of space, bit of a cavern.

Low maintenance costs.

Good handling.

Slight understeer (but tyres do make a difference).

Looks set for 250,000 plus miles.

Good for driving across Europe. I have done over 10,000+ miles in EU countries with it. Baltic sea and back. Alps and back.

On french auto route it can sit at 110mph in comfort for hundreds of miles. Quite illegal. But very useful.

Very little acceleration.

End note. All I can say, they are cheap to buy, and if they have been serviced; it runs fine and is cheap to run.