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    Cool new car buying dilemma, should i wait?

    so my car has been off finance for a few months now and im considering upgrading.
    i have a 2007.5 manual sri astra 63k km

    my choice is between the current mark6 vw gti OR should i wait till the opc gets confirmed or declined for aus and then make my decision

    just the basic specs for both

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    any input will be valued greatly
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    if you're looking at the opc you should maybe compare that more to the golf r.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by guy 27 Click here to enlarge
    if you're looking at the opc you should maybe compare that more to the golf r.
    +1

    you should compare the sri (if there is going to be an sri) with the gti
    you can live in a car but cant race a house

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    Me I would wait.
    Picking up a Golf GTi at any time will be easy,there are heaps about.
    Or think about a Scirrocco R ?

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    OPC is confirmed for Aus, but not at initial launch afaik
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    golfs are everywhere and to me quite boring... considered renault megane rs250??
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    thanks guys its such a big decisions to bite the bullet and get a turbo powered car or wait it out until something better comes

    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by poita Click here to enlarge
    OPC is confirmed for Aus, but not at initial launch afaik
    unfortunately you are wrong, according to the opel-australia website
    http://www.opel-australia.com.au/veh...gtc/index.html

    GTC is not confirmed, so i would also guess the OPC range is not confirmed either...

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    Last I heard was a tentative late 2013 release for select OPC models.


    "Next year’s Astra GTC OPC was previewed by last year’s piping-hot GTC Paris concept, which was powered by a 2.0-litre twin-scroll turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder petrol engine with standard idle-stop.

    Expect it to join Opel’s Australian line-up by mid-2013 as the headline act of an OPC range that will open with the Corsa OPC hot-hatch and close with the Insignia OPC, which was benchmarked against the Audi S6."

    They obviously think they are better off with a single, high performance Astra GTC OPC instead of offering both the GTC AND the GTC OPC.
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    Megane RS250!!! Without doubt best hatch on sale in Oz ATM...
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by gman Click here to enlarge
    Megane RS250!!! Without doubt best hatch on sale in Oz ATM...
    with about the most boring interior ive seen in a car in the last 10 years, the astra g's interior looked better imo.

    @ChrisMaz, dont know where you got that from but i guess ill wait it out.

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