Quirky french luxury for under 3k?

[elephantstone]

After reading about the coolest guy on the m4 and checking out the citroen, is it possible to find something for less than 3grand that you could use daily with no problems (minus little niggles) with half the luxury and style?

Has to be french, stylish, quite big and comfy... GO!

[Hairspray]

Renault Safrane Turbo= quick, luxurious, french, but maybe not cool.
Citroen CX= luxurious-ish, french, cool, but not really quick.

Can't think of anything that is all 4...

ETA you said quirky not quick. So yes, these 2 are good. And the Citroen XM V6

[genericguy]

A French car with no problems

[V88Dicky]

Renault Laguna 3.0 V6 Initiale?



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

[Shaw Tarse]

Avantime http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2970537.htm

[Gad-Westy]

Renault Vel Satis? You'll not see many others on your commute!

[MX7]

Can you get a Citroen GS for that sort of money?

[GB123]

Not sure about luxury but it's quirky and classic..

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C78894

[Highway Star]

Peugeot 605 Turbo - I think they are cool.

[elephantstone]

genericguy said:

A French car with no problems

No problems meaning they could be used daily, maybe with some warning lights on but not blowing up and preventing you from getting to work..

[Karlos TDCi]

Gad-Westy said:

Renault Vel Satis? You'll not see many others on your commute!

+1 for the Vel Satis.

[Gad-Westy]

GB123 said:

Not sure about luxury but it's quirky and classic..

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C78894

That same site has a Citroen DS for £5500. I know that is an enormous budget stretch but maybe there are cheaper examples.

ETA for the link

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C236999

[GB123]

Citroen CX GTi..

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C235267

[RedWhiteMonkey]

There is an Avantime 3.0 V6 24V Privilege Automatic on Autotrader for £2950, it has done 122k miles though. Alternatively, £3k gives you quite a choice of Vel Satis(es?)or is it Vel Satisi?. There is a 3.5 V6 Initiale for £2995.

[vixen1700]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C222913

Citroen XM?

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Gad-Westy said:

That same site has a Citroen DS for £5500. I know that is an enormous budget stretch but maybe there are cheaper examples.

Good luck finding a DS in good running order for less than £3k. Even sub £10k ones are potentially wallet raping.

[Gad-Westy]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Gad-Westy said:

That same site has a Citroen DS for £5500. I know that is an enormous budget stretch but maybe there are cheaper examples.

Good luck finding a DS in good running order for less than £3k. Even sub £10k ones are potentially wallet raping.

It's nice to dream

[NLB]

GB123 said:

Citroen CX GTi..

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C235267

That is very nice, and meets the OP's criteria in a way which a V6 Laguna just... doesn't. I had two CXs, largely because even back then decent DSs were real money - now, there's a very nice one for sale by a specialist near me for.... £35 grand. Eeek. A CX is now really quite rare, definitely chic (in my opinion...), they are superb cruisers, and very comfortable indeed; my Turbo 2 was even sort of fairly brisk-ish (not exactly quick, but...).

[r1ch]

406 v6

405 mi16 if you can find one

[curlie467]

I do like those 406 coupes but.................

elephantstone said:

No problems meaning they could be used daily, maybe with some warning lights on but not blowing up and preventing you from getting to work..

deserves another