Heads up! Richard Bremner from Autocar has posted his review of the Vauxhall Astra. Take a look.  

  But to whet your appetite, here are a few choice bits from the article:

"This is a better car in almost every way, but what strikes you first, apart from the appeal of its strongly contemporary styling, is the draw of the cabin - compared to the previous model, this is like being upgraded from cattle to business class...

The dashboard is appealingly sculpted and houses an impressive centre console (not all of it an ergonomic success), attractive instruments and some well-thought through stowage, including a false floor in a lidded cubby that will hide an iPod...

This car should go straight onto the short list of anyone shopping in this class. It’s not a breakthrough drive like the Focus was in 1998, but this new Astra advances sufficiently on several fronts to have the potential to topple the Focus and Golf..."  (Autocar)

That's all for now!

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