Lancia Kappa Reviews - Page 3 of 3

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.

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.

- thermostat was changed at 156000 km

- sensor for Air bag faulty at 215000km

- some small things, that you can fix by yourself.

Great car, very reliable, comfortable, with a lot of space inside, luxurious but still cheap to service. It drives very well, it is well balanced, and also sporty kind of driving is it kind of driving. The basic 155 hp 2.0 engine is strong enough when rpm is higher than 4000. The engine sounds wonderful (5 cylinders). Ideal engine for this car is 2,4 , OK also 2.0 Turbo and 3.0 V6 is an extra class.

Now at 227000km the engine works perfectly and has no oil consumption. Still going strong.

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.

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 The real wood on the dashboard of the Lancia Thema, my former car, has been replaced by cheap-looking 'plastic wood' on the Kappa.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.

To soon to tell, but service history of car indicates no problems up till now.

Recommended change of transmission belt at 80.000-90.000km rather than the 120.000km factory standard. This is a relatively expensive operation (400euro+)

With near-on 162kW this car is powerful.

The interior is well-equipped, even luxurious and the external appearance is very stylish. I was looking for small car and ended up buying this as the price was so low. A real competitor to BMW/Mercedes at a fraction of the cost on the second-hand market. Used prices vary greatly so look around.

At 100.000 kilometers the clutch has been replaced.

At 102.000 the turbo has been replaced.

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.

The clutch was replaced at 85000 km.

Generally the car is very reliable.

Very good car, fast, comfortable, a very serious competitor to BMW 5 series, but the brand is less well known than AUDI, BMW etc, and because of that the prices of second hand cars are very cheap for a car of this standard.