Belt line looks way to high, just like in the new Vibe. Personally I think that makes a car look a lot worse then it should, plus less windows then. Also I hope there is a window behind that back door. At least it looks like the back window might be larger.
Belt line looks way to high, just like in the new Vibe. Personally I think that makes a car look a lot worse then it should, plus less windows then. Also I hope there is a window behind that back door. At least it looks like the back window might be larger.
It's a HUGE improvement over the current model, which looks ho hum. The 3 door is nice from the rear, but the front looks extremely boring. Anytime an automaker puts a grill on a car that extends from each headlight, the car is ugly. The Astra needs to follow the lines of the Sky and the Aura, those grills aren't soo wide.
Looking at the slope of the roof coming down along with the angle of the rear window...looks like it won't be much bigger than the current one. I spent a half hour yesterday staring at one and couldn't get over how little visibility there has to be!
I can't wait for the Astra Red Line. The XR suspension is already pretty taut, but adding the FE5 setup of the current turbo SS would make it absolutely killer!!
I drove one recently (a XR 3door 5 speed), and they are correct. This car offers great basic driving pleasures, but oh how much more fun a Red Line would be!
From the overall shape, I have to say I am afraid it will have a very generic exterior. I hope I am wrong, but beyond the interior, which looks nice, I don’t see myself liking it as much as the current one!
From the overall shape, I have to say I am afraid it will have a very generic exterior. I hope I am wrong, but beyond the interior, which looks nice, I don’t see myself liking it as much as the current one!
Maybe throw in a turbo 1.4 or something, that would be pretty cool. My lease expires in late '10, maybe these will be hitting the streets around that time if not sooner.
comeon guys.....off the shelf to be street legal. You know that!:
I like the current one alot, I hope they did camo the taar out of it, it does look real bland in these pics. Its LHD too, maybe a mule for the NA Delta II as well.The interior is a huge improvement over the ones of past.
There better be a RL model.
Here is what I would like to see.
XE 1.4T 180 HP $16,900
GL 1.6 DI 145 HP w/BAS+ $19,500
XR 1.8T 230 HP $20,000
RL 2.0HOT 280 HP $25,000
There better be a RL model.
Here is what I would like to see.
XE 1.4T 180 HP $16,900
GL 1.6 DI 145 HP w/BAS+ $19,500
XR 1.8T 230 HP $20,000 RL 2.0HOT 280 HP $25,000
Really? The new LNF Cobalt SS and HHR SS both have 22,995 MSRPs. I don't see the Astra RL being 2 grand more! I could see the Solstice GXP Targa being 25k.
It handles amazingly! Through the slalom it runs through .2mph slower than the 08 Cobalt SS with the LNF. Imagine it with the LNF! :drive:
Also, yes it will be released...from what I have heard, it would be in about a year. But they don't know if it will be a late 09 model or if it would be released as a 2010.
the interior is already well done, now it is possible that it will get more exciting design.
However I am a bit worried about the exterior after seeing in one of the German car magazines Astra renderings where it looked too similar to Kia Cee'd.
Rear looks like it has too much bumper and not enough hatch. Also I wish they would put the license plate on the hatch and put the handle just on top of it so it's concealed. Having a separate handle makes it look like the car has an a-hole.
It looks like an evolution of the exterior design with a lot nicer interior. I like it from what you can see.
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