Laguna coupe

blindside88

Hey guys,

I'm not looking at changing the car until next year. The above isn't the kind of car I had previously considered (it came up on a thread about a Japanese mid range executive saloon that is by far nicer/better/more exclusive than any German car that has a super Mark Levison Sound system, I dare not mention the name incase you know who appears 😄) and I thought it looked really nice.
Does anyone know:
1)if they can comfortably fit 4 adults
2) if the boot would fit a set or 2 of golf clubs
3) what are they like for reliability and economy

Thanks

Blindside

colm_mcm

1)no. Headroom us very tight
2)yes
3) v good economy, renault Laguna 3 is quite reliable usually.

blindside88

colm_mcm wrote: »

1)no. Headroom us very tight
2)yes
3) v good economy, renault Laguna 3 is quite reliable usually.

Thanks very much for that. Do you know what the legroom is like in the back. Would it be comparable to that of a small hatchback?

nompere

I've been driving one for two years.

Headroom is fine - the front seats can be raised and lowered.

Part of the original brief was that the boot had to take golf clubs - so there's an extra wide bit in the boot.

Getting adults into the back is tricky enough -and the other half says there's little enough room. I've never been in the back!

blindside88

nompere wrote: »

I've been driving one for two years.

Headroom is fine - the front seats can be raised and lowered.

Part of the original brief was that the boot had to take golf clubs - so there's an extra wide bit in the boot.

Getting adults into the back is tricky enough -and the other half says there's little enough room. I've never been in the back!

Thanks very much for your input. I have a Passat at the minute and the missus has a Kia Cee'd. I don't really need a huge amount of space but it can be handy to be able to carry 4 people. How to you like the car in general and what would you consider the best and worst parts about it?

colm_mcm

nompere wrote: »

I've been driving one for two years.

Headroom is fine - the front seats can be raised and lowered.

Sorry, should have said "rear" in my post!

nompere

blindside88 wrote: »

Thanks very much for your input. I have a Passat at the minute and the missus has a Kia Cee'd. I don't really need a huge amount of space but it can be handy to be able to carry 4 people. How to you like the car in general and what would you consider the best and worst parts about it?

It's a good-looking car - my family particularly like it. When I changed cars a couple of years ago, and had a budget for the replacement, there were virtually no cars where price, age and looks all fitted what I wanted. I didn't even know there was a Laguna Coupe until I was browsing on the net very late one night.

There are 4 seats, and you can get 4 adults into it, but I wouldn't think that a journey in excess of an hour would be any fun.

My main complaint about it is that it isn't the Honda Accord that I wasn't ready to finish with until the insurance company wrote it off! It has very big, heavy doors, and keeping them scuff-free isn't easy. You can't squeeze into tight parking spaces and then expect to get out - particularly from the back.

On the other hand the element of 4 wheel steering does make parallel parking a little easier. That same 4 wheel steering can leave you with the car partked at an odd looking angle when driving slowly into a normal car park space!

I'm not greatly enamoured by the lack of a spare wheel. I don't know how useful a tin of aerosol would be.

blindside88

I wasn't aware that there is no spare wheel which is a bit of a pain

Oafley Jones

They're a lovely looking car.