Next motorshow for Sydney isn't till October
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Next motorshow for Sydney isn't till October
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And yet another road test in the H. This one from Channel4 in UK. Good site for Euro car reports if you are interested.
http://www.channel4.com/apps26/4car/...p;reviewid=848
yeah the new Astra looks like it will be a good car. Pity about the extra weight and no more power though - a German magazine published acceleration figues (probably from Opel) and the 1.8 manual does 10.8 0-100km/h. It'll probably put buyers off, as other new model cars like the Mazda 3 have increased the power to compensate for the weight.
Just looking at the Opel site...(Phwooaarr!)
The 1.8 listed is apparently only a 92kW motor...
but origionally the 1.8 only had 85kW. the Barina SRi has 92kW so they have tuned up the motor...but not by much.
Yeah...the 98 till 2000 (Oct i think) astra builds were 85kW motors - then subsequent ones came up to 90kW motors. In the Astra that is...