I would also agree the Renault Megane II.

My niece used to own one. She once paid a Renault main dealer about £30 to change a headlight bulb; I think they had to take half the front of the car off!

I saw this on a tv consumer programme once and they asked renault about this. Thier spokesperson said something allong the lines of they had designed thier cars for maximum safety and as an unfortunate consequence the bulbs were difficult to replace.

Bull s***e lies and try to fudge with techno speak. Just designers or a company who don't give a monkeys.

What about safety if your lights don't work.

Indeed - it was on 5th Gear (Renault Megane):

youtu.be/nXCZ2v-nIF4

It took me well under 5 mins to change the headlight bulb in my old 1996 Micra, just going 'in' via opening the back of the light cluster. Sad to say, but typically French, in my view.

Pug 107 is a pain, there's so little room. I'm guessing the other similar makes are the same.

Run a Japanese car and the bulbs last 15 years without failing (Our Yaris) - and easy to change (I changed the headlapmp bulbs to Osram hight output ones when bought in 2005 - and they are still OK. WHich suggests it's the quality of wiring/connectors/bulb holders which makes a difference)

Citroen Pluriel. I gave up and went to Halfords. Their female technician said she was doing most of the headlinght replacement work because her smaller hands made it easier to get to the bulbs in many cars.

Do I remember back in the 70s a design where you had to drop the engine to get one of the spark plugs out? Can't be sure now but I think it was US, possibly Chevrolet....

Got so bad in general Spain has had to abandon the requirement to carry a spare set of bulbs - now deemed more dangerous to change a bulb at roadside than having a missing light

I don't know why car makers don't adopt the method of many lorry current makers, Daf excluded still in the dark (literally) ages, where the headlamp units are hinged and by undoing two or three easily accessible decent sized retaining screw-bolts the whole unit swings out and all bulbs are there without the danger of dropping the thing on the ground.

I was a little surprised how awkward the frong sidelight bulbs were on my Landcruiser, possible for someone with tiny hands to reach down but for normal chaps its a case of fetch one battery out at a time to access them (handbook says take to dealer for these), the rest of the bulbs are all easy enough.