Tuesday 16th February 2010

Towards the end of last year, I headed over to Bristol's Shopping Centre "Cabot Circus" where the all-new Astra was on show for all to see. It hadn't actually launched yet, but we wanted to see what people thought of it, once they had a look around and get a chance to sit inside it.

For those of you who haven't been yet, the centre piece of Cabot Circus is a large glass-roofed complex that has several floors of shops and restaurants. It's actually quite amazing to look it.

Apparently the name 'Circus' was chosen to reflect a centre piece of community activity and under the glass roof there is an infectious bustle of shoppers and visitors coming together in one place. Unlike other shopping centres, however, although shoppers are protected from the elements by the glass roof, the principle of the main shopping area is that it is effectively 'outdoors' so you don't have that horrible claustrophobic feeling that other, more traditional shopping centres suffer from.

After having a quick scan around, I headed over to the Vauxhall area where two of the brand spanking new Astra’s, were on display.  People were milling around, sitting inside the car or having a peek in the boot (which has an impressive storage space). You can read more about this here

In the end, I managed to get a few people’s thoughts and feedback on camera. A big thanks to everyone who allowed me to interview and film them :-)