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The third member of the Renault Laguna family – and the best-looking version by a mile. Renault only aims to sell about 2000 Laguna Coupes a year in the UK, but it hopes that this sophisticated-looking fastback will add some much-needed drama to the whole range.

GT spec brings leather upholstery and Renault’s rear-steer system, which boosts both low-speed manoeverability and high-speed stability.

The Coupe is about 7cm shorter in the wheelbase, an...Read the full article

I think that the more powerful V6 petrol is the range topper and the engine best suited to an elegant coupe.

As is usually the case, the real model isn't a patch on the concept. After the wholly uninteresting appearance of the Laguna hatch, I really thought they would let rip with this car and make something truly stunning. It's not that the Laguna Coupe is ugly, but it is painfully dull.  

The nose looks like the designer had a blunt pencil so was unable to do any detail, in true French style he couldn't be bothered to find a sharpener so resorted to general colouring in.

(apart from the usual millstones (or gravestone?) it will depreciate like cream cake, breakdown lots and everyone will think your potty or pity you.) apart from that its quite promising.

Some new models have "car supermarket special" written across their windscreen at launch. This is one of those cars.

 Best looking version by a mile!?  That's like saying someone's the better looking of the ugly sisters.  The sedan's very bland, but the coupe's face reminds me of Jar Jar Binks

Interesting! An article on a coupe model that doesn't make any reference to the car's handling abilities, beyond a sentence how it goes around roundabouts!

Its nose and proportions remind me of the Bangle designed Fiat Coupe of the 1990s.

I really like this car, because in a time where every car has to be sporty and aggressive-looking and all that sort of stuff (and more often than not, it probably isn't sporty or aggressive), this looks honest, elegant and subtle...you know it won't be a driver's car by looking at it. Haven't seen this sort of design for a long time...in fact, the closest was the Peugeot 406 Coupe, a design which still looks good... 

There is nothing elegant or subtle about the front of this car my friend- this thing is a bona fide lemon sucker. Shame, because the rest of the car, from the front wheel arches back, is actually really quite nice.

 One to judge in the metal, I suppose. That said, I can't imagine a world where I'd buy one.

 Seen it:

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