My rides: 2004 Opel/Bertone TS Astra turbo convertible - 2012 Mercedes Benz C204 C Class coupe
Others: 2009 Honda City VTiL sedan - 2015 Fiat 500
I don't know where the SP23 comparo came on (other than I mentioned I looked at one but the on-road costs were significantly more than a SRi, so I bought the Astra 'cause I couldn't see the value for the extra cost). Suddenly, it (the Mazda) became the most desirable piece of machinery on the road! For heavens sake the Astra has it's flaws, like all cars built to a price have flaws. They're all compromises, some compromise better in some areas, some in others.
For those who want the maths this is all in May 2007. The SP23 four door was about $31,000, extra for the leather seats, extra for the pack that came with equivalent wheels and tyres to the SRi, RRP was almost $34,000. I went to three Mazda dealers, no discount and less-than-market trade-in valuations. The Astra SRi four-door Hatch RRP $30,000. The Holden dealer gave me a $4,000 off the Astra (they also gave a big discount off my wife's XC Barina a few years ago). Total: almost $8,000 more for a SP23 equivalent to an Astra SRi. I think the Holden dealer inflated my trade-in by about $1000 above market value to get the deal. At the time I half-knew the Astra would be much cheaper, because Commodore sales have slowed to a crawl in Canberra and they'll discount to get volume on other models to make up.
To answer your question, all Astras have Recaro seats. The SRi (2.2 and turbo) have leather-faced upper-range Recaros (identified by the multi-adjustment for driver and front passenger (height, tilt and lumbar for both) as well as the agressive side-bolstering you have to climb over). The VXR has Recaro seats, but different leather facings. I don't know if the VXR has more up-market seats compared to the SRi or not.
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