Faults:

Well, almost all the lights in the control panel have burnt out, and to replace them (you can do it yourself), takes quite a long time, since you need to take apart all the fascia.

The boot lock, was not closing when I bought the car, but it was just a problem of needing some oil or grease.

Right front door sometimes does not open with the central locking.

General Comments:

A fast car, with a powerful engine, the luxury in this car is fantastic, and really studied to the fine details.

The engine is strong and the turbo is very gentle,... strong only when you want it, I use it to pull a Caravan and I must say that the only things that slow me down are the speed limits.

On a long distance trip it is like traveling in a business class of an airplane.

Faults:

Central door lock (left back door) doesn't work anymore.

My car is fitted with an LPG (or LPi) system. Incidentely, when actually driving on LPG, the info-center gives the message that there is something wrong with the 'Engine Control System'. However: as soon as I switch to normal petrol, the message disappears, so it probably has got something to do with the LPi-system.

General Comments:

Although my Kappa is almost 8 years old, it still looks very distinctive and not at all worn out.

The design and color-scheme for (especially) the dashboard looks a bit 'Japanese', which I do not like very much. The real wood on the dashboard of the Lancia Thema, my former car, has been replaced by cheap-looking 'plastic wood' on the Kappa.

Even after almost 300000 kilometers the Pullman upholstery of the interior (including the driver seat) looks like new.

Faults:

At 100.000 kilometers the clutch has been replaced.

At 102.000 the turbo has been replaced.

General Comments:

Because of the bad reputation of the bigger Italian cars it is not to expensive. Second hand prices vary a lot though.

It's a very well balanced car. Comfortable and equipped with many features.