2008 Renault Laguna Dynamique from UK and Ireland - Comments

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A major step forward in interior quality. The new Mondeo interior looks like a bit of a dog's breakfast compared to the smart Laguna. The exterior looks like a cross between the Mk1 and mk2, and looks pretty good I think.

The car is still as comfortable as ever, but the drive is much sharper with less body roll. Motorway cruising is superb, hushed and effortless with cruise control.

One of the most practical family cars with good ergonomics. All controls in the right place and not too many of them, 12v sockets everywhere and the remote radio stalk is the best around. Unlike many new cars, the all round vision is good and I find it quite easy to park/reverse.

Totally disagree with the Ford Mondeo interior looking like a dog's breakfast. Don't know where you got that from. Maybe you got it the wrong way around.

I'm afraid no amount of desperate Renault owners false positives will improve the freefall residuals in Glass's Guide. The motor trade know the truth through experience.

Renault and their dealer networks in mine and others experience are totally reluctant to acknowledge the turbo's blowing and wrecking engines and all the numerous electrical faults, that is until the car has used up the 3 year warranty. Then they can stick their arm in you to the hilt for repairs that have been brought to their attention, sometimes from day one.

I will never ever touch another Renault.

I've had 2 Mondeo's Zetec S's 2.0 tdci 130bhp and both Ford's have been trouble free, and fun with it.

A real drivers car for someone who appreciates one.

Comments on the interiors are subjective. Each to their own.

Re. the Renault reliability thing - if you look at the latest surveys the cars are doing much better. The New Laguna is a massively better engineered car than its predecessor. It has a 100000 mile warranty.

Hello again, I posted the original comments. No, I didn't get the Laguna and Mondeo interiors mixed up, I saw them both at a showroom side by side, sat in the Mondeo and didn't like it. I thought the Laguna had more style and the Mondeo looked, big. As for Renault owners false positives, I guess only new Renault owners will really know if they're false or not, rather than those who have vowed never to buy a Renault again.

The Mondeo I saw was a similar spec to the Laguna but about £4k more expensive. If I sold either car in 3 years time I very much doubt I'd get £4k more for the Mondeo so the depreciation seemed to work better for me with the Laguna. The depreciation solution is don't buy any car brand new. I can't see the depreciation being much better for a Ford over a Renault, I've lost money on both!

The new Renault Laguna is a totally different car to the old one, I am totally impressed with mine (replaced a terrible Ford S MAX).

Reliability and quality is spot on and I believe the turbo issues are over now.

Thankfully for canny buyers people who owned old Lagunas don't know how good the new car is - result - low second hand prices meaning a year old car for 10 - 11k.

Personally I tested the new Mondeo and Insignia and the kids hated them as you can't see out. From my perspective they were dull and far too big.

There is no question the Laguna is not a looker, but anyone who says the Mondeo is has issues..

Correct.

The Mondeo is a fantastic looking car. The Laguna looks OK, but Mondeo looks expensive, and also every Mondeo mk1 mk2 mk3 mk4 have all been good cars. The Lagunas haven't. I am not a big Renault fan, but I think they have to sort their cars out otherwise they will be stuffed.

Agree with comment above. When a car gets to the stage no dealer will accept it in a PX.

Well I rest my case, I won't be taking the massive wallop of a car going from 16500 to 3800 in 11 months ever again. But what do you do when the french gremlins start showing in the electrics and the car's not reliable... and they can't fix any of them.

Well a man can only put up with so much from a car maker who couldn't care less once you've paid up for it.

Do the research!

Renault customer care's favourite line, and I quote " Oh! we haven't come across that problem before" No? Only about a 1000 times in the last month.

They must think all people are naive, read the true owner's reviews, they tell the real tale of woe.