Arrival of AH SRi Turbo

[zoidberg]

The Holden Website now says "Set to arrive early 2006" for the AH Turbo.

:( :(

[Dave]

hmmmm

[Anonymous]

pushing and pushing and pushing, :P it always happens, best you can say is it will be out within a year lol

[BassyAstra]

The tigra says August but the head of sales guy at australias largest holden dealership said October.

[Namus]

i thought it was november for the turbo...

[zoidberg]

My take on all this is that the date they specify on the web site is when you can go into a dealership and put your order in.....not actually see and drive the car

[imay]

Word I have heard is Turbo will be here early 2006 @ $39,000.

[imay]

Word I have heard is Turbo will be here early 2006 @ $39,000.

[zoidberg]

hmmm....more expensive than first said

[JP Dyno]

yeah and same engine, and no leather

[180HOA]

I've been told it's to be $35k by someone in Holden sales - which conforms with the rest of the AH range being cheaper than the equivalent TS...

$39 would look pretty pricey against the Golf GTi

[Red AH SRI T]

At our dealership meeting the other day our GM said the turbo would be here in January

[zoidberg]

$39 would look pretty pricey against the Golf GTi

EXACTLY!!

GTI - Big Sports seats...SRi T - Ordinary sport seats
GTI - Full body kit (a nice one at that).....SRi T - Stick on bits
GTI - Big brakes....SRi T - seeing our SRi T isn't the OPC version, little brakes

need it go on?

[rjastra]

well... take the CDX 3 door and add about $8000. That was about the price difference between the TS Sri and the TS SRi T.

So you should expect it to be around $34-35K. In europe the SRiT is heaps cheaper than a Golf Gti.

[zoidberg]

I know the SRi T should be cheaper......but if its not at least 4000 cheaper then i'll be buying the golf

[dug74]

well... take the CDX 3 door and add about $8000. That was about the price difference between the TS Sri and the TS SRi T.

So you should expect it to be around $34-35K. In europe the SRiT is heaps cheaper than a Golf Gti.


Its actually only a £1000 cheaper in UK and in the video posted up which i d/l...it also said for a better all round car...not just speed wise...the Golf was a better option.

Cheers

[rjastra]

The base SriT is 2000UKP cheaper than an equivalent base Gti Golf.
That's quite a bit of difference.

The VXr has no equivalent (at present) in the Golf range

[SRI Turbo]

I drove the new Golf GTI, its a damn nice car, great mid range acceleration and awesome throttle responce, but its still not as quick as the old sri turbo through 1/4 mile, motor only got like a 15.7 odd compared to a 15.2 ( both of which are not the best figures that can be obtained) however I would say the gti would have superior overtaking times in lower gears due to shorter gearing. The new sri turbo which is due to come out next year is about a second slower to 100km/h then its older brother, and after seeing the fit and finish of the new golf, there is no way one would buy the new astra over the golf, given the same money.

[zoidberg]

damn, i was hoping with the new 6 speed manual in the astra's it would make it a little quicker, especially seeing its the exact same motor.....but i guess the car is heavier than the older model

[dug74]

The base SriT is 2000UKP cheaper than an equivalent base Gti Golf.
That's quite a bit of difference.

The VXr has no equivalent (at present) in the Golf range

They actually put the VXR Astra up against the Golf GTi and Reno Megane Sports.

The VXR was £1000 cheaper and outstripped both in str8 line perfomance and speed. But the Golf was better and more on the road than both the astra and megane on the track. Overall the guy said the astra was a good package but the Golf was overall worth the extra bucks. <COMPLETE PACKAGE>.


That should clear things up.....if not i can try and post a link to the autospeed segment they aired on UKTV.

[Aussie-in-London]

well... take the CDX 3 door and add about $8000. That was about the price difference between the TS Sri and the TS SRi T.

So you should expect it to be around $34-35K. In europe the SRiT is heaps cheaper than a Golf Gti.

In Europe / UK tha astra VXR and OPC are cheaper than the GTi
so not sure why you guys will be paying more for the SRi

[Aussie-in-London]

The base SriT is 2000UKP cheaper than an equivalent base Gti Golf.
That's quite a bit of difference.

The VXr has no equivalent (at present) in the Golf range

They actually put the VXR Astra up against the Golf GTi and Reno Megane Sports.

The VXR was £1000 cheaper and outstripped both in str8 line perfomance and speed. But the Golf was better and more on the road than both the astra and megane on the track. Overall the guy said the astra was a good package but the Golf was overall worth the extra bucks. <COMPLETE PACKAGE>.


That should clear things up.....if not i can try and post a link to the autospeed segment they aired on UKTV.

that was Top Gears results and Clarkson is very much against the griffen badge
have a read of the report from from autocar (www.autocar.co.uk)
and they pitted the 3 and yes the GTi was an overall package (nice car for a family) but in respect to a hot hatch the vxr outclassed the other 2, and at the end of the day they where finding the best hot hatch performance and handling with the hot hatch look
The GTi needs a body kit not the half effort half finished black rear bumper and side skirts

[Aussie-in-London]

The base SriT is 2000UKP cheaper than an equivalent base Gti Golf.
That's quite a bit of difference.

The VXr has no equivalent (at present) in the Golf range

The Golf R32 you could pit against the VXR but the R32 being a awd
and was slightly slower around the track on TG 2.5 sec slower for the GTi

[rjastra]

The Golf R32 you could pit against the VXR but the R32 being a awd


You could... but its not really the current model Golf... BTW they took ages to off load those R32 over here. Too exxy for what you got. Major discounting to get rid of them

[Aussie-in-London]

there is talk of a new R32 being developed, not sure when it will be due, but will be in direct comp with a wrx over here being awd
not overly impressed with the finish of the golf gti though, those half black bumpers and side skirts dont set it off as a hot hatch but it is now more targeted in reports as a hot hatch with family appeal
"jump in the back kiddies and buckle up your race harnesses. off to school we go"