New AH Survey!

[anicorsa]

A 3-door Astra H would look nice.

The Turbo in the latest Wheels mag looks good too.

[Degen-Astra]

If they had the 171kw motor in the turbo out here...i would seriously consider it as an option, dependent on pricing of course.


I still want my Mini though! :wink:

[Namus]

there is nothing wrong with the Astra drivetrain.....but apart from the turbo, it does lack power....

[OPCVXR]

Thanks Ecstasy!

I was starting to wish I never asked! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Just like every new model it takes most people a while before they like a design of a car I think. The more there are on the road the more people will like them.

I think you right about the styling. They are agressive looking with sharp lines. We looked at Focus and for a euorpean car you would sware it was made in taiwan somewhere, Corolla's are nice but I would have only gone for the sportivo with the 141kw celica motor but the price was too much. The interior of the new AH is nice. It's features absolutly s**t all over anything else and while the power may be more in the older model I am glad I got the new one.

Resale value has to be better since you can still buy the older design. I hope they keep the older design going for a few more years. The fact that there is a price difference between the old and new design means less are likly to get the new shape especially companies that buy a fleet of Astra's. If less are on the road insurance will be and is cheaper!

Mine has only 900kms and so far I love it.

[Rhino]

They don't make the Astra G anymore, so your dream of keeping that design going for a few more years is simply that. They are only clearing remaining stock.

The interior of the new AH is nice. It's features absolutly (sic) s**t all over anything else...

To be expected, it's a new car :roll: It'd be disappointing if they went backwards. But again, that's euro design. I do however wish we got ALL the features that are available in them in the Euro market. Bloody Australian market.

Does it have hill start assist? I would assume so.

Resale value has to be better since you can still buy the older design.

This confuses me. Why? Resale is only good if supply, or lack-there-of demands it. I'm not sure that having the G available would effect resale of the H - By the time most people would want to sell the H (say, 3 years from now when the warranty comes due, the market will again be flooded with them.

In comparison: There are only 20 odd black astra SRi turbo's. I would HOPE that lack of numbers would make that more sought after and effect resale... only because I have a vested interest.

I do agree that the shape will grow on people though. I hated the new veccy when it came out. I'd definitely have one now... Although I'm not convinced on the pricing.

I'd love an XT Forester next!

My 2c

[NUTTTR]

lol, my fiancee has the new H..... Don't like the shape, the blinkers give me the shits, so do the wipers!!! You can't work out when to turn the buggers off..... I guess it's because i only really drive it once/twice a week, but it's a car you have to drive all the time otherwise you forget it's quirks, i love the astra g interior, it's basic, which is what i wanted, not cluttered, etc..... The controls in the h are impossible (nearly) without looking at them, they have no real "feel" and you can't find the friggen a/c switch without looking down Mind you i have an sri, so the seats are better than the city, etc, and i too drove a dealer loaner, it was about 6mths old when i borrowed it and it was a POS.... it was 1000x worse than my car and made me laugh at the poor souls with 1.8L's, but after driving a proper one that's been kept well, etc the loaners are just a horrible car all round, regardless of v8 commonwhore or astra...
The astra's a "fastback" not a proper hatch, really, or a sedan IMHO...
But i wouldn't buy a H, the G is a much nicer car for me... The fiancee liked them too and got the H instead and she's happy with it
Aaron

[01CDsedan]

I like it for the most part - it looks okay, not better than the G but different and still good, and the interior is a huge improvement.

As I said in another post, it needs better tyres. And it also needs more power now that it's put on about 100kg.

Would I buy one? If I was looking for a new small car, I'd consider it - along with the Golf, 3 and new Focus when it gets here. I couldn't say I'd buy it without having tried out the competition first, which do appear to have the edge on paper.

[Namus]

The mazda 3 would whip it right now....

[Bernard Siong]

the new astra is ok the front and the back are alrite
but it can be easily mistaken for a new corolla
unlike the astra G its in its own class

[daopeliser]

looks alright i guess, looks like a mazda sp23 jus dun get why holden would make it look completly different 2 the old astras