Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 16:15
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Trilogy

Renault to kill off various models next February. http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/260530/

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 16:35
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

The 'Wind' is brand new though! I can well imagine that the Laguna has been outdone by, well, most of the other cars of that size and type!

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 19:49
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - oldroverboy

Good Riddance too, I haven't liked any of the current range at all, better cheaper Korean cars available. Have friends with too many horror stories, same for saab, won't miss them either. Now, if we could only get rid of fiat too......................

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 20:03
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - unthrottled

Shame about the wind-I know it looks a bit dorky, but it was probably quite fun-and there aren't many affordable cars in that segment.

Fiat? Wouldn't miss 'em-except for the whacky Panda 4X4.

Next candidate for the scrap heap-Alfa...

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 20:08
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - richardcroft

Audi - not needed when it's just a glorified VW. And Ford, BMW, GM.

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 21:59
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

Shame about the wind-I know it looks a bit dorky, but it was probably quite fun-and there aren't many affordable cars in that segment.

Fiat? Wouldn't miss 'em-except for the whacky Panda 4X4.

Next candidate for the scrap heap-Alfa...

At least Alfas are nice to look at.....

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 22:05
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - unthrottled

You mean the wind?

Yeah, it's no looker, but is it really any uglier than a Lotus Elise? The Lotus badge changes the perception somewhat!

The silly name didn't help. Conjures up images of lentils, homeopathy and joss sticks. Not a great sobriquet for an aspiring roadster.

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Mon 19 Dec 2011 22:24
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

The Wind looks like a Vauxhall Tigra.

I didn't mean that though; I meant that Alfas have a saving grace, and that is beauty. Where's 159man to back me up..?!!

Edited by Bobbin Threadbare on 19/12/2011 at 22:25

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 10:36
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Ethan Edwards

Gone with the Wind?

Frankly my dear......

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 15:32
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Sofa Spud

I was only thinking the other day how few new Renaults one sees, as I was driving along a main road. I can't really think of any reason why I'd choose a Renault - certainly not for its styling!

QUOTE:...""Audi - not needed when it's just a glorified VW. And Ford, BMW, GM."" Some Audis are glorified VWs but some of their bigger models are mostly Audi designed - including the engines - not that I'd particularly want one - I'm happy with my VW Touran 1.9 TDI !!

Edited by Sofa Spud on 20/12/2011 at 15:33

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 16:51
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Ethan Edwards

Please don't stop making Audi's. I like to see coming from a long way away the cock who is going to undertake, or cut me up or sit on my tail pipe or in some other way act according to the popular 'Audi man' sterotype.

God forbid these monkeys drive say a Volvo or a Ford they'd be virtually invisible!

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 17:28
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

The BMW 'driver' is tying with the Audi one neck and neck,and the Range Rover is but a whisker behind. Quite literally, when it's trying to push you into the central reservation in a hurry to get past you.....

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 18:08
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - madf

At yoga on Sunday pm, Audi driver stated he could not drive out of Macclesfield prior week due to the snow.

What he meant to say was his wheels were too wide for any grip.

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Tue 20 Dec 2011 18:18
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

You wha'?! That's lame; am I right that Macclesfield is on a hill sloping toward the Cheshire Plain? He could have just used the Audi as a big sled....

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Wed 21 Dec 2011 09:59
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - madf

I believe he was trying to get up a 1 in 1,000 hill:-)

Edited by madf on 21/12/2011 at 10:00

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Wed 21 Dec 2011 11:09
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Bobbin Threadbare

:-D

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Fri 23 Dec 2011 18:10
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Galad

The Kaleos certainly didn't last long.

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Fri 23 Dec 2011 20:29
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - TeeCee

The Kaleos certainly didn't last long.

I saw one of those around here the other day. To put that in perspective that's one fewer than the number of Avantimes in this area, so I am guessing that sales were not its strong point.

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Fri 23 Dec 2011 20:33
Renault - Bye, bye Laguna, Modus, Espace and Wind - Galad

.....or reliability?

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