It’s a good value to own Opel Astra The Opel Astra has been a decent success here in Ireland, but not quite enough to worry the Ford Focus or Volkswagen Golf. The last generation of the car was around for six years and still looks good even after all that time. There are plenty about, many with low mileage too, so there is plenty of opportunity to shop around.
The Opel Astra is a compact family car (C-segment in Europe) engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.
It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom and the Buick Excelle XT in China. The Holden Astra was discontinued in Australia and New Zealand in 2009, because exchange rates made the car uncompetitive, and was replaced by the Holden Cruze. It briefly returned to the Australian market in 2012, for the first time badged as an Opel, but was discontinued after Opel withdrew from the country a year later. On 1 May 2014, Opel announced that the Astra GTC and Astra VXR (Astra OPC) would return to Australia and New Zealand in 2015, again bearing the Holden badge.
The Astra certainly had one of the best chassis in the class and while the Ford Focus usually gets all the attention in this segment when it comes to being the most interesting in terms of handling, the Astra is more than talented in this regard. The wide choice of engines means that there is no shortage of choice for the Astra buyer, with a choice initially of five petrol and three diesel engines from 1.4- to 2.0-litres with power outputs from 80- to 170hp. There were later additions including a 150hp 1.9-litre diesel and a 200hp turbo petrol engine and that one in particular was a really stunning powerplant.
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