have you seen the new astra H commercial?

[wishbone]

i saw the astra H commercial last night.. and i was pretty surprised.. didn't expect it...
umm.. its ok? its not what i would do? i don't know?
but i just put this post up to see what the rest of you think!

[Nem]

Did I like the commercial or the Astra?

Commercial = queer
Astra = Large Renault Megane with the bum cut off it

[Alfonzo]

It's pointless. It shows the car, but it could've been done better.

The flip-key thing looks swish though.

[OPC]

didnt like it one bit not even the key...

[YuSuF]

my thought :P

http://opelaus.com/phpBB2-3/viewtopic.php?t=3825&highlight=

[andrew]

But it does not show how under powered it is, but i like the key and i am going to get one for my car. :lol: :|

[imay]

But it does not show how under powered it is,


But it DOES show how underpowered it is. A moped, carrying two people, can keep up with it (or it can't get away from them, depending on how you want to look at it)!

How embarrassing!

[NUTTTR]

It's not THAT bad for power.... it's not the slowest on the road that's for sure....... 1.8L high diff ratio.... bit heavier, but eh, a/c on driving in traffic it's a LOT nicer than my 2.2 SRi, it's harder to drive the SRi in traffic with a/c on in my books!
Oh, yeah and the add's suck, but i love the keys :)

[Degen-Astra]

Dont like the ad. Love the colour of the car though!

But its directed at the target market most definately. Young, professional with chic style urban/city dwellers.

Obviously not directed towards people who are going to pop, chop and drop them.

[Vectracious]

But it DOES show how underpowered it is. A moped, carrying two people, can keep up with it (or it can't get away from them, depending on how you want to look at it)!

How embarrassing!

Having driven a H hard (and an auto too!!) I wouldn't say its underpowered, and the moped being smaller can probably lane split through traffic whereas the Astra is stuck in it, and that's why it can keep up :P

[imay]

I'm not going to get into another argument about the Astra H's performance potential.
I was merely suggesting that other car brand fans may see it that way.
I already drive a 1.8 Astra, and it has plenty of power for what I want. However, people seem to be hell bent on getting from A to B quicker than anyone else these days, so therefore need heaps and heaps of grunt to do it.
I have yet to drive the new model, however I am still disappointed that Holden hasn't given us a choice of powerplants like VW has this time around.

[Anonymous]

hahaha, the ad will probably bump up vespa sales as opposed to astra sales.

If they want to compete with the chic clicke, they shouldn't have put a scooter in there! :lol:

[ultim8DTM5]

hahaha, the ad will probably bump up vespa sales as opposed to astra sales.

If they want to compete with the chic clicke, they shouldn't have put a scooter in there! :lol:

Chic clique maybe Don...ads suck that is all.

[Vectracious]

I wasn't having a go at you imay. :D

Holden did the same thing when they released the Astra G - you could only get it with teh 1.8 at the start, and eventually we got the 2.2 and 2.0T - you could assume that Holden will do the same thing with the H.

[sijay]

GRRRRR.... I HATE THAT AD!!

Got home tonight and some #@+% has stuck an ASTRALAVISTA baby sticker across one of the lights in our complex! You ever get the feeling everyone is laughing at you? Nice one Holden marketing... I had a tuff SRiT, now I have a hairdressers car again!

Worst ad ever!

[frankie9fingers]

Why couldn't they just let the "asta la vista" phrase go. It was sooo close to being dead then these marketing idiots had to bring it back! It's just soooo 90's.

[Namus]

ad was ****

[wishbone]

yeh it is so 90's
but still one of the biggest catch phrases ever
i don't want that to be the centre of my car's attention.. its too corny?
i dunno

[RapidSRi]

Corny, but prob catchy enough to work. I think it's not so bad- if you compare it to Beep beep Barina (the car that's got gogogo) Fortunately this has not reared it's ugly head again.. yet