Faults:

Air conditioning malfunctioned at 7,000 miles.

Dashboard trim began to crumble at 17,000 miles.

General Comments:

So far the Megane has been a dependable and practical family car.

With just a 1.4 petrol engine, performance has hardly represented the cutting edge of excitement.

Interior is comfortable, but feels flimsy.

Fuel economy and all other running costs are relatively low.

Was great value at £10,700 and has so far proved to be worth every penny.

Faults:

Left front headlight broken, after about 150 km.

The Renault workshop replaced it, for free, of course. (I waited 12 min in the workshop, no problems.)

General Comments:

I dont now why some consumers of this car have had so many problems (Is it true?), the Megane is very popular in Sweden and the reputation is very good (almost as good as Volvo). I have 4 friends with newer Megane models (1 hatch 1 sedan and 2 touring models) the cars have run something between 12000 and 65000 km, they have had no problems at all and they find them very good. I think this is the best car, on the whole, you can buy for the money, its really worth its price. Very nice to drive and you really feel the safety of the car. I hope that the Renault cars have the same quality all around the world.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with it, but the driver side electric mirror seems to change position over night???

General Comments:

The car its self is very good. It is comfortable smooth and well put together.

The interior is of good quality and looks like it will wear well.

This car is built for someone who loves visiting the petrol garage. I have never, ever come across such a small engined car with such a massive capacity for guzzling fuel.

I filled the tank with £53 of petrol and got 320 miles out of it. That was a combination of motorway and town driving.

A friend of mine at work has a 3 litre Jaguar and she gets better economy than that.

I drive it very gently and have used Redex to try and improve matters with little luck.

On the rare times I have put my foot down, it picks up speed like it is towing a bus.

I took it to a Renault garage for a diagnostic and they said that there is nothing wrong with the car. He showed me a Renault hand book which stated that I can expect to get 34 miles mpg combined and 40.4 mpg on a motorway.

According to my calculations I am getting 24 - 26 mpg.

I bought the car without doing my homework. I wanted good mpg as I have to travel a lot. I wrongly thought a new 1.4 engine would be frugal. How wrong I was. I should have avoided this car like the plague.