Comments on: TTAC Photochop: Opel Astra

By: gawdodirt

gawdodirt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:09:28 +0000

Saw one in Sandy Eggo last week.

Also saw a new Volvo that is similar.
C30?

By: 1138

1138 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:05:45 +0000

Any idea when this new Astra will come out? To the U.S?

By: netrun

netrun — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:06 +0000

The current 3 door Astra actually looks pretty good from the outside, considering…

If only they made it here, it’d be cheaper than a Cobalt and then they’d have a small car hit on their hands.

(sigh)

“GM never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity”

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:38:15 +0000

Looks decent.

The interior plastics in the current Astra are among the top of its class. Others do just as well (Eurofocus, New Peug 308, Honda Civic) but many do worse (Golf V, Renault Mégane, Mazda3 etc)

Yes it’s an Opel/Vauxhall Astra so it’s infinitely bland (although, better than before) and I don’t like that, but it’s a decent offering in it’s segment nonetheless

By: gawdodirt

gawdodirt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:23:40 +0000

Kinda makes me miss the A/C vents on an H2!!

By: gawdodirt

gawdodirt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:47 +0000

Whoa there missy!!!

Nothing wrong with a Slow Motion” version of Baywatch.

That’s the RIGHT kind of plastic!!!

Kinda makes me miss the a/c vents on an H2!

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:40:36 +0000

Apart from a being a bit curvier, this looks pretty much the same as the current Astra.

I still wouldn’t buy one. The interiors are horrible! More cheap plastic than an episode of “Baywatch”…..

By: virages

virages — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:23:37 +0000

Bah! The upswing “Nike Swoosh™” will just be an allusion to the wheel vent fad that is all the rage at the moment. I doubt that this will be a memorable Opel trademark like the Beemer kidneys or Jeep grill and bug eyes. Once wheel vents go out of vogue, the upswoosh will be gone.