FINALLY! Official Pic of the new ASTRA!

[sooty]

ha ha ha 1.4L engine as standard...hahahahhahaha

I'm almost certain that's what they have in the AH "life" models in the EU already....if not, i know they have a 1.6 twinport...

[USC]

VW is downsizing all their engines in the golf...and adding turbo charger and super charger to keep power at a reasonable level while improving fuel economy. Opel may be doing the same.

But in europe, small cars like astra`s etc usually have very small engines. 1.4 or 1.6, and 1.8 for the sport models.

[MatsHolden]

i reckon in a few years time headlights and taillights won't be found on the front and rear of the car anymore but hidden somewhere along the sides. What happend with having headlights on the front of the car? Now they just keep getting longer and stretched around the side of the car. Not sure i like that.

It's all as a result of pedestrian safety standards. Frontal area has to be increased in size and because of this small and medium cars like the corsa and astra can look out of proportion with large bonnets. The idea of wrapping the lights around the side and closer to the A-Pillar helps to give the impression the bonnet is shorter and giving the front end a more compact look.

[MatsHolden]

I think the info Diesel145 put up is a fair way off the mark. The 1.4L NA engine has been phased out so I would say GM's new Turbo 1.4L will be used as the base engine.
An Astra H has alrady been fitted with a 1.4L Turbo producing 140hp in 2007 as a powertrain technology study.

[sooty]

probably lol...just posting what was posted with the pictures

[rjastra]

They look like AUdi headlights... shall we call "photoshop" shinnanegens?

I thought the 1.4L was going to be TURBO not supercharged That's the engine to be used in the US spec Cruze.

[Neeko]

It's all as a result of pedestrian safety standards. Frontal area has to be increased in size and because of this small and medium cars like the corsa and astra can look out of proportion with large bonnets. The idea of wrapping the lights around the side and closer to the A-Pillar helps to give the impression the bonnet is shorter and giving the front end a more compact look.

they've definitely achieved that

[btm]

interesting... will still be here sitting on the fence for a bit longer though

[Neeko]

interesting... will still be here sitting on the fence for a bit longer though

hope its not star pickets ur sitting on

[btm]

ha, nope. just a flat brick fence