My wife and I bought a 57 plate Astra CDTI SRI around 6 months ago, the car cost £7.5K which I was pretty pleased with considering it had full service history, one owner from new, 28K miles on the clock and even a teeny tiny bit of warranty left. This car is a bit of a winner on all fronts really, first impressions are great it looks really sporty and lives up it. It is pretty nippy and handles exceptionally well you almost start to seek out winding back roads. Not only that efficiency is superb given the performance, about £45 (in slightly cheaper biodiesel) to fill the tank and about 450 miles out of that so no complaints there. As for the interior the seats are ...  Read the complete review

I bought this car back in November on a 55 plate and it had done 40k miles which was not bad at all. Paid just under 8k for it which is not a bargain but I was very particular about the model I wanted and so was just happy to find one relatively nearby. Vauxhall gave the Astra a complete overhaul in 2004 and the new models were so much better than the pre-2004 ones. My Astra is the 1.9 CDTI, Diesel SRI 150BPH and it is a 3 door. Now this may just be personal opinion but I think the 3 door looks a lot more compact and, to be frank, a damn site nicer! For me, this car rivals anything that i have seen in terms of head-turning capability. Inside, the seats ...  Read the complete review

The Astra 1.9 CDTI is available in 3 door sporthatch and 5 door hatchback varieties and in 120 and 150 bhp derivatives. The 150 bhp 3 door model is the one I chose as I wanted something which looked sporty (like the VXR) and which had a good level of performance. Despite the 30 extra bhp the car returns 48mpg+ on average on a combined cycle and has never dipped below 44 mpg even when crawling in traffic day in day out! The engine offers more than enough pulling power at low revs which means you dont have to thrash it to gain good performance levels. On the twisty stuff the engine is relaxed and responsive, less tiring than revvy petrol equivalents, does 15+mpg more and ..  Read the complete review

I regrettably sold my Astra earlier this year due to financial issues. It was by far the best car i have ever owned. It was a 3 door, 150bhp sport hatch. It had all the kit - built in sat nav, heated leather seats (front only) bluetooth etc. The economy for the Astra around town wasn't the greatest for me as i was doing short journeys, but on the motorway it was fantastic. Pushing 52 miles to the gallon and long runs. The speed was great. Acceleration was great for a diesel and when you hit the sport button the car came alive, throttle response was fantastic. The Sat nav could have done with an update as it had the 2007 CD but to find a ...  Read the complete review

I have recently baught one of these vehicles myself and cannot fault it one bit. I had been interested in them for a while as their styling had been radicly uplifeted compared to to the predecesors of the vauxhall astra market. When looking into the range of different models and engine varients they had i thaught best to go for diesel. Many people are put off by the thaught of deisel vehicles as there rattly and smelly. I understand that concept myself but in all fairness with the windows closed you can bearly hear modern diesel engines. I baught my astra sri diesel 150 just under a year ago and have had my eyes opened into the superior leap foreward in diesel technology  Read the complete review