Renault Laguna III - 2.0dCI Sport Tourer Owner's Review - Runfer D'Hills
Indeed but what you get is a very different level of sympathy.
At the moment you get "Well, what did you expect, it's French?"
Whereas with the Alfa it'd be more like "Bad luck old chap, but these dashed Italian thoroughbreds can be blasted high maintenance sometimes what? I know a chap, Luigi, I think he's called, wizard with a spanner on these things, I'll give you his details if you like old boy?"