Our Fleet Test Drive Review: Renault Laguna coupe - 9th Report
Date:
20 November 2009
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Author:
[3] Audio and satnav screen
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Category: | Sports | P11D price: | £21,400 | Key rival: | Peugeot 407 Coupe | |
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The Laguna's £975 satellite navigation system is, like the audio controls previously moaned about, something of an oddball.
As soon as the next junction drops below a mile away, the nav switches to distances in feet, which isn't particularly helpful as I've no idea how far 3300ft is when you're travelling at 70mph. While every other system I've tried counts down in either metres or yards, for some reason the French car's mode of choice is large numbers of feet. The last thing I need when on a road I don't know, is to try and translate the distance to a junction.
Otherwise the system works well and is fairly intuitive, though I did have a problem when I had the postcode for a destination but wasn't sure which town it is in. The Laguna won't allow full postcode search or to put a road name in and search through the list of towns with that street, so I had to guess at five different towns before my countryside destination popped up.
Renault Laguna coupe 2.0 dCi 150 | Mileage | 5713 | Claimed combined consumption | 47.1mpg | Our average consumption | 39.4mpg | P11D price | £21,400 | Model price range | £21,400-£27,460 | CO2 (tax) | 157g/km (22%) | BIK 20/40% per month | £78/£157 | Service interval | 12,000mls | Insurance | group 14 | Warranty | 3yrs/10,000mls | Boot space | 423 litres | Engine size/power | 1998cc/150PS | Top speed/0-62mph | 131mph/9.5secs | Why we’re running it | Can Renault match style with substance and bring glamour to Laguna? | Positive | Looks, interior and mechanical quality | Negative | Unsettled ride, unintuitive stereo and nav |
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