New Astra

[GOZOFF]

Next motorshow for Sydney isn't till October

[imay]

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

[astra_city]

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.

[Degen-Astra]

Just looking at the Opel site...(Phwooaarr!)

The 1.8 listed is apparently only a 92kW motor...

[frankie9fingers]

but origionally the 1.8 only had 85kW. the Barina SRi has 92kW so they have tuned up the motor...but not by much.

[Degen-Astra]

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...