Great expensive car
Too small car. expensive car. paying more than 22000 euro for a mid-cllas car is too much.
Driving the car is great.
Lots of power.
Very hard seats.
Great engine.
Power-car.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 12th May, 2005
Great value for it's price
There hasn't gone anything wrong with the car so far, only the usual maintenance.
The original good year tires have bin replaced around 50.000 for Michelin Primacy's, which perform far better then the good year's, both in dry and wet conditions.
Distribution belt replaced at 105.000.
Considering the small engine the car is pretty fast, handles very good (Even in comparison with the Clio V6 I use in the weekend's). The torque curve is impressive, much torque at low rpm s. The interior is excellent although after five years there are some sounds, but nothing disturbing, and considering the very bad road conditions the car has to go by everyday it isn't strange. Brakes are also excellent, very good feel, and no fading.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th April, 2005
Very good car for a great price
Surprisingly (if I look at other reviews), very little has gone wrong with our car. On two occasions, the remote for the radio didn't work after starting the engine. Restarting it fixed that.
There have been a few rattles and squeaks, but they've all been sorted out.
Engine doesn't sound as good as it used to, but this will be looked at in the next few days. I still performs as it should (acceleration and fuel consumption are fine).
Overall we have been very satisfied with this car. Build quality is acceptable, though not really up to German standards.
Handling is OK for a sedan. It doesn't really seem to like corners, but is a nice traveler's car.
Biggest letdown is the somewhat quirky automatic, which sometimes has a hard time making up its mind when to shift gears. Presumably this has something to do with it adapting to your driving style, but it doesn't always work that well.
Performance is very good and fuel consumption has been pretty good for such a large engine. It hasn't been hard at all to return less than ten liters for every hundred kilometers, something which can't be said about any of our previous V6-cars (or our Volvo 5 cylinder, for that matter)
Reliability has been perfect and the dealer has been incredibly helpful in resolving the minor issues we've had.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 2nd October, 2004
A few years back, the nicest in the M2-segment
This Laguna came with a LPG-gas system. Due to that (overheating) I've burnt two valves at 170000 km and needed a new cylinder-head, radiator, water hoses etc. The coolant and motor oil merged together and decided to become something like chocolate pudding.
Needed two new front wheel bearings.
Two bonnet locks broke.
Two leaking brake cylinders at the back.
Rigid structure of the bodywork.
Relatively low centre of gravity.
Sharp steering.
When it comes to comfort it's the best.
Timeless design, in five years time it still looks nice.
Like many modern cars the standard ML-tectal treatment is not that good.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 3rd July, 2001
10th Jan 2007, 15:56
Thank you for a good report. Today I bought a 1.8 Sport Estate. But had not seen these pages until now. So many bad reports have been posted that I was already thinking about selling the car and I don't collect it until next week. You have given me some hope again!