The new 5-door Opel Astra hatchback is built on the same new global Delta platform as the Chevrolet Cruze, and hopefully if this crucial model is as good as the Opel Insignia was, things will look pretty bright for GM Europe. As usual with Opels it will be sold in the UK as a Vauxhall.
As with most hatches sold in Europe there is a never-ending list of engine options available to suit the requirements of a wide scope of society. You have a 1.4 litre, a 1.4 litre turbo, a 1.6 litre turbo (180 horses in the Insignia), and a trio of turbodiesels with 1.3 litre, 1.7 litre and 2.0 litre capacities. The 1.4 turbo engine is new, and is said to eventually make its way into the American market. The higher powered versions of the Cruze will also eventually get this engine in certain markets.
Something different is the new “Opel Eye” system which is essentially a driver assistance camera mounted between the rear view mirror and the windshield that recognises raffic signs that indicate speed limits or overtaking bans and displays them in the instrument panel. It also provides a lane departure warning.
A public debut of the new Astra will be held at the 2009 Frankfurt Motorshow in September, and will hit the showrooms by end this year.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
1st……….Lawa nya….bila sampai ke Malaysia ni?
1ST………..CANTIK!
Looks out of 2010. This design is suited to be in 2007. Well, different people have different preference.
Nice design..
the headlamp design looks dangerously close to gen 2.
side and rear very nice and catchy , front is abit conservative….front grill is old style
Yup.. the headlamp.. gen2 has set the trend..
wow…nicer than caldina….
A hybrid of Gen 2 and Mazda genomes.
this would a nice head for Persona
Gen2 resemblant outlook with the price >5 Gen2 perhaps?
No photo shoots of the internal?
nice
very nice design
dunno how to describe it but the design simply looks good
No matter how I look, it face looks like honda accord (previous ver.)+mazda 3+Gen2…
it looks very proton
BMW 5-Camry like lower bumper
more refined version of Gen2 front & Audi's back
and a mazda 3 like side profile…
nice combination
People who say this car looks like a proton is like comparing the volvo 850 estate to a honda crv
whenever there is a new car…many ppl will comes out with their own views by comparing with others..camry bumper…civic steering..volvo brake pedal…gen2 headlamp..perodua fuel cap.. hehehehehe
is a hatchback, at first look i though is a sedan.
good look.
DAMN..COPYCAT GEN 2 AND VOLKS WAGON GOLF!!
OPEL .. seems that they dont have any idea already about design..
[quote comment="238121"]People who say this car looks like a proton is like comparing the volvo 850 estate to a honda crv[/quote]
—
The guys who said "People who say this car looks like a proton is like comparing the volvo 850 estate to a honda crv" is comparing himself with pig that cause H1N1 virus..
Design quiet nice. but more to Proton Gen 2 facelift, maybe later OPEL user can share the headlamp with Gen 2.
people stupit say copy proton, vw comes out long ago with cabrio concept years ago. anyway bmw headlight sexyer
i like it
For once, this Opel is sexy.
Added a video.
headlamp: gen2, civic, bmw 6 series…
Oh yeah, i'm amazed that we Malaysians tend to compare local makes to other cars. Even though there are some other cars that share similar shape and designs.
This is very apparent . I guess it it just our nature. :/
i wouldnt say it looks like gen.2 headlamp coz for me it closely look like a beemer headlamp tho…btw..jz my opinion
its almost resemblend from mazda 3 model..
nice, but lack of its originality..
smart car…very nice in city driving..look tough(in video)
The rear looks like an Audi; The front lights also look like an Audi just without those day time running lights.
Nice looking car. must have proven good performance to back it up.
If all are taken care of, the "Semua OK"
very Mazda-ish, don't you think? nice
Lazy, sexy & horny smile…looks like….er.. .Edison Chen!!
[quote comment="238149"]The rear looks like an Audi; The front lights also look like an Audi just without those day time running lights.[/quote]
talking from you nose?
forget it guys, GM will launch this car as a daewoo
[quote comment="238131"]people stupit say copy proton, vw comes out long ago with cabrio concept years ago. anyway bmw headlight sexyer[/quote]
what has proton and VW and "cabrio concept" has anything to do with this opel? its not even a cabrio…?? besides that VW isnt even the first car company to have a cabrio.
but i think its fair to say that any new car has bits and parts that look similar to some cars.. and its also totally subjective, so i believe everyone has the right to say what they think their eyes are seeing.. after all, no one car company can claim to be 100% original in their design. All cars share the same basic elements.
so bmw the headlight
In some ways, looks like Toyota Caldina. Very nice
All due respect, the font design is just direct copy from the BMW E60 5 series. NOT from gen2. Guys, be real okay?
This is one good looking car. Better than that VW Polo
[quote comment="238141"]Oh yeah, i'm amazed that we Malaysians tend to compare local makes to other cars. Even though there are some other cars that share similar shape and designs.
This is very apparent . I guess it it just our nature. :/[/quote]
The reason is our choice of cars in Malaysia is limited. The car company can only bring models that can sell in bulk to make money. So we are stuck with Proton & Perodua. That why people start comparing with this 2 models.
HOpe they fixed the problem of the air conditioning compressor being too near to the exaust. That has always been the achilies heel of the astra…
[quote comment="238747"]HOpe they fixed the problem of the air conditioning compressor being too near to the exaust. That has always been the achilies heel of the astra…[/quote]
finally somebody who knows something about opels