Renault Logan review: 510 litres of boot and nothing you don't need
3.2/5MotorsSouq Editorial Team
Buy a used Logan for exactly what it offers and nothing more: a 510-litre boot, a light and simple mechanical package, and a purchase price that undercuts almost every used sedan on the island. It has no factory warranty left, the interior is basic even by the standards of its own era, and resale is weak, but as cheap, honest transportation for a buyer who has made peace with those trade-offs, it still works.
Pros
- 510-litre boot is genuinely class-leading for the price
- Cheapest realistic used sedan purchase on the island
- Simple, light mechanicals that are cheap to service at any independent workshop
- Low fuel, insurance and parts running costs
Cons
- Basic cabin materials and equipment even by its own era's standards
- No factory warranty remains on any example
- Weak resale value compared with a used Japanese or Korean sedan
- No longer sold new in Bahrain, so it is a fixed, shrinking used pool
The Logan's entire design brief was maximum interior and boot space for minimum cost, built on the same B0 platform underpinning the Duster and Sandero. The 510-litre boot is genuinely class-leading for the money, and the simple 1.6-litre engine and manual gearbox are light, easy to service, and mechanically unremarkable in the best sense of that phrase.
What ownership actually feels like
There is no attempt at cabin ambition here — hard plastics, a basic stereo, and switchgear that prioritises durability over feel. What it does deliver is genuinely low running costs: fuel consumption, insurance, and parts pricing all sit at the bottom of the sedan segment, which is the entire reason anyone bought one new.
Buying used in Bahrain today
Renault no longer sells the Logan here, so every example is a used purchase with no factory backstop. The mechanicals are shared with other B0-platform Renaults that independent workshops already service, keeping repair costs reasonable, but resale value is soft and buyers should expect to hold the car rather than trade it in for close to what they paid.