Comments on: 3rd Generation Renault Laguna Spy Video

By: happymeal

happymeal — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:25:09 +0000

eh… wrong name… seat has the altea…

suppose to be nissan Latio… oopps.

By: happymeal

happymeal — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:20:17 +0000

probably a feasibility study to see if rebranding this car to Nissan Sentra will make better sales than the "aesthetically challenged" altea .

By: brusli

brusli — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:39:15 +0000

Guys,

do you think Renault would want to spent money and efforts testing its yet to be launched car in the market where it can hardly sell a single unit? Malaysia and South East Asia are traditionally not a market for 2L (and above) Renault cars.

By: intermilan

intermilan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:57:26 +0000

emm.. mystery.. luv it..

By: brusli

brusli — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:48:30 +0000

Laguna II got 2L variant, so I suppose Laguna III will also have a 2L variant. But worldwide, sales of Laguna II has not been good, even in France itself. So it make sense to share the new platform with other car manufacturer to reduce development cost.

If Renault is indeed testing Laguna III here, I was wondering why they use ETCM facility at Segambut. ETCM is just their authorised distributor here and yet they trust ETCM to keep their yet to be launched model?

By: e-nabilll

e-nabilll — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:04:04 +0000

new cars and platforms usually tested in all weather conditions and diff countries,its normal , even the gen2 spend 3mnths in spain,and one mnth in snowy sweeden…normal practice….to test durability and reliability , definatly wil not be introduced here,french cars usually are a big failure here….

By: transformer

transformer — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:32:19 +0000

If its really made to replace Perdana, then how come it ended(as always) at ETCM instead of P1 City …. ?

So, i might think Renault want to have a piece of cake from others(Volvo, SAAB, Pugs, Citroen, VW & etc…) conti makes…

But i think in Bolehland a 3.5L its not very attractive though… as petrol is getting more and more expensive, so a diesel variant(a torquey ones) would be welcome as Renault have nice diesel engine offered in their natives..

By: Goniothalamus

Goniothalamus — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:20:49 +0000

The new model right? but this is gonna not give the motoring impact for local industry. I dont know why our people doesnt like Renault. Because it's French's car? hard to maintain? expensive sparepart? The last passenger car which good sales before was RT19. Now, it just the Kangoo playing around carrying goods. The Renault Clio Sport is very good enough to be rival for Jazz, Swift, bla..bla..

Yes, they win the F1 courses, but they don't on the legal road.

Drive Laguna to Sunway Lagoon..

By: kendo

kendo — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:42:14 +0000

no idiot auto player will give the latest PLATFORM to bodoh potong,

may be 20 years old model to make

Fast money from stupid potong.

It is simply new laguna.

By: brusli

brusli — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:00:05 +0000

As SatriaGuy said, why test Laguna here? Could there be a secret project between proton and renault to produce perdana replacement model based on Laguna III? I myself has seen this car covered as in the spyshot being driven on the PLUS highway, heading to Ipoh.

Proton has already been buying engines from renault for savvy, and earlier for Waja 1.8. It is widely known that proton has been looking for a platform for its new perdana, which is supposed to be launched this year. Talks with Mitsubishi on the possibility of using its Mitsu 380 platform was not fruitful. Earlier proton was talking to VW about the possibility of using its old Passat platform, but it ended nowhere.

So….is the new Laguna III will also have a Proton sibling?

By: ilmondo

ilmondo — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:29:49 +0000

looks like a more grown-up gen2

By: SatriaGuy

SatriaGuy — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:50:35 +0000

the question remains: why test the new laguna here??