Renault Fluence
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2 Owner Reviews
Date Reviewed
21 October 2015
Performance
Ride & Handling
Comfort
Safety
Space
Value
Kevin
2.0 16v 140 X-Tronic (2014)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
RON95, Mileage: 2,000 km/month
    * Its pretty much fully loaded:
    - Safety: 6 airbags, ESP and the other common stuffs
    - Entertainment: LCD unit with USB, Bluetooth, Voice control, touch & command dial.
    - Creature comfort: reverse camera, navigation (TomTom) auto headlight & wipers, leather seats, dual zone auto aircond and the best of all autolocking with your keyless system (its is seriously cool to walk away and the car lock itself for you)
    * Its price. I got a 12K discount for the buying the pre-facelift model.
    * Sales guys. I got my car in 3 days! Wednesday test drove, Thursday booked, Friday loan approved, Saturday drove it off the lot.
    * Although the car is heavy it does not feel its lacking power (former hatch back driver here)
    * The drive is good and has little body roll, suppose the 17" helps here
    * Personal favorites:
    - the car's door lock is located the middle of the dashboard, below the hazard light button. This really makes it easy for my wife (passenger) to lock the car when I (driver) step away for a while. She used to reach over to the drivers door to lock and unlock for me for safety.
    - although some might find this a con (at first I did as well) there is no little nooks or holes for the rear passengers to dump their tissues and candy wrappers and then forget about it.
    * Being a pre-facelift model that had spent some time in the parking lot, there are two main issues.
    - there is this less than new leather smell that probably came about after being under the sun for long. Its slowing going away
    - the disk brakes makes noise when its cold. Again a little rust due to the same reason.
To Improve
Parking sensors. Seriously guys.
Yes, I would recommend this car
Date Reviewed
11 July 2014
Performance
Ride & Handling
Comfort
Safety
Space
Value
sudonano
2.0 16v 140 X-Tronic (2014)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 13.0 km/litre (7.7 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 1,000 km/month
    This is a hugely spacious car. If you need a car that could potentially swallow your whole 'kampung' into the boot and your family in the back seat, this is it. Not sure how Renault's engineers did this in a C segment car, but it beats some of those D segment sedans that costs 3 times the price!

    Comfort and serenity is also another big thing in this Fluence. It is supremely quiet and stable on the highway, with no apparent noise. The CVT and the 2.0l engine from Nissan is a good combo and makes this a very effortless drive. Also, because it picks up rather fluently (pun intended), you don't need to rev hard, making this a very efficient car. Seats are supportive and comfortable for long commutes too.

    Visibility is quite good, and the standard reverse camera makes it a joy to park. Not that you need it, cause it is dead easy to park it, but new users of C segment cars will never have to worry about parking it.

    For the price, you do get a lot for the money, from Satnav to keyless entry, 6 airbags and ESP, it is well kitted. Compared to say the Altis and the Civic, it seems like a fire sale. Plus, you get a full 5 year warranty with the car, and 5 year service. The service plan is actually quite attractive as you are also given a courtesy car if you have to leave it in for repairs for more than 48 hours. Not that you would need it as it has a good and reliable Nissan power train that is almost bulletproof. The fit and finish also is good considering it s a CKD car.

    It handles pretty decently for the size and price, don't expect a hot hatch or a BMW M3 handling, but as a daily driver, it is nice and decent and not sloppy at all. It feels very European which is nice. The steering is light too and this makes it easy to move about in traffic.
    It was a bit of a disappointment that Renault MY decided not to bring in the newer face of the Fluence with the larger Renault grille. Also, the rear is a bit weirdly stylised in my opinion, in the sense that it looks a bit generic and boring. In fact, that is one thing, the Fluence doesn't look French enough, as generally French cars look naughty, cheeky or cute. This looks quite grey and very sterile, almost Germanic. Not a bad thing though.

    The lack of service centres may be an issue at first as Renault is still building up the dealer network, however it is most likely not going to be much of a hassle once the whole dealer network is opened up.

    The XTronic CVT used needs some getting used too. If you floor it, it does sound strained and like a washing machine, but you will rarely need to do that, as there is adequate power for overtaking. In fact if you drive it sedately, you could possibly not even rev it more than 3000 rpm.

    The steering is as dead as a piece of wood, a bit too light when on the speedway but again, this is not a performance car and is not trying to be one. As a second car or as a family car it is brilliant.
To Improve
Build up the dealer network, as that is very important.

Also, please bring in the new facelift grille as it looks so much nicer.
Yes, I would recommend this car

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