peugeot had a build quality crisis some years ago.. especialy some 307 models..
and there were groups who open cases against them all being unlucky owners
however when we are talking about renault , things are different imo
they have a history in race and making cars that race regularly..
(I must confess I'm also not in love!

with French

)
last time I was driving from İstanbul , we had a chat with an E92 bimmer ..
so I had to drive clit at 6500 rpm for more than an hour ..
and I tought now the pistons will come out from the block, but they didnt
there are good examples and bad examples like most brands imo..
EMD before buying another gas guzzler have a look at this.. year 99 is the last .. williams engines are race bred and highly tunable and dont drink if you dont hammer continously..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwemNRJyWMs and will require less parking space obviously!