Vauxhall > Vauxhall Astra  

Advantages: Sporty looks, good road manners
Disadvantages: poor rear visability, dark cabbin

...car is getting more common. Vauxhall can sell you a kit to make your car look like the fearsome VXR for any of the 3 door models. Cabin quality is excellent, with high quality soft touch plastics and solid switchs and buttons. It can feel a bit dark sometimes, maybe a should of gone for the panoramic windscreen. Good hold on the road through tight corners and enough grunt for most occasions. Only major downfall of this car is the poor rear visability ... Read review

Advantages: Looks, Feel, Reasonable running costs
Disadvantages: awkward boot, tiny rattle

Astra Sri 1.8 XP. 11k miles £12,250 Jan 07. Spec: Astra SRI 1.8 XP 5dr E/Windows. E/Heated Wingmirrors Upgrades over standard 1.8SRi? Full Leather seats + door trim (£1000 option) Xterior Pack - 18" Alloys, lowered suspension, spoiler + bodykit etc. (£850?) Buying: Excellent service from Nework Q dealership in Essex. Worked well on the list price of £13,000 and i got a good deal at the time. 2yrs left on Manufacturers Warrenty + 1yr Network ...
...rate of 4.09% APR. and that is an amazing offer. Owning: Driving: Not had a service yet, but with 20k service intervals thats v handy. Avg. MPG - 30-32mpg driving agressively - 35-37mpg driving smoothly I have driven 12k miles now with a mixture of country lanes to motorways. The car is very poised, grippy and stable over the lanes, if a bit hard due to the ultra low profile tyres. Motorway cruising is a bit loud but very accomplised and pulls ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, Very Reliable, Carry Large Loads, Safety
Disadvantages: Fuel Economy is Poor while the HI TORQ claim is false advertising, Security

...have owned my 1993 (K-Reg) Vauxhall Astra 1.4 HI-TORQ since early 2004 and it has been a great car that has seen many of my other vehicles come and go. The Astra has been my primary car during my ownership covering just under 25,000 miles and has served me with reliability and practicality that would be envied by more modern cars and their owners. GENERAL EXPERIENCE The Astra has been very much a workhorse and has been treated as such. The bodywork ...
...stuff I have an ex Vauxhall mechanic to do the jobs although I am building up the confidence to tackle my first timing belt change in the near future. Servicing costs are extremely cheap even if you decide to take the car to a garage to have repairs/servicing done. With these old cars independant garages are more than capable of looking after them at a cheap price. Regarding the cost of parts they are available cheaply from either breakers yards ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, Cheap, Cheap, doesn't look too bad
Disadvantages: interior, quite big

...However, I bought a Vauxhall Astra as my first car after being a student and it cost only £250.00 which was good for a car which was only 5 years old. The insurance was reasonable considering that I was a new driver. Also the tax was not too bad. The car lasted me three years and in the whole time, mechanically the car was fine. There were a few problems with the clutch, but this was fixed at a cost of about £100.00. I do not know that much about ...
...nothing wrong with it the last time I took it to the garage. For a car that was 8 years old I thought that this was pretty impressive. The car is not too bad too look at. However the interior is pretty awful. Nothing glam just the necessities. However you get what you pay for. The only major problem I foud with the car was that it was quite large, and as a result (and being a girl, i hear you cry) I found it really hard to park. I am 5foot7 and ... Read review

Advantages: Looks nice, if a little common
Disadvantages: Unreliable safety equipment, in my case

...wasn't too great but no Vauxhall stereo's are so I fitted my own. Overall a very nice looking and tidy car but the safety equipment leaves a lot to be desired, something found out the hard way. If I wanted a similar car with a the good points of this car but a reliable safety record I'd go for the saloon focus or the new shape Vauxhall Vectra which both have great safety ratings. ... Read review