Posts Tagged ‘astra’

White, Warmer than Yellow

Posted: February 18, 2024 in All, New Car Reviews, Opel
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The yellow SRi Astra we tested a little while ago was a great little warm hatch but the white GSe plug-in hybrid version, whilst still not a hot hatch, is most definitely much warmer. Pumping out much more torque and kilo-wattages, 360Nm and 165kW combined compared to only 230Nm and 96kW than the SRi, it really does feel much closer to a hot hatch than the lukewarm SRi.

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Smooth, Yellow, Luke-warm Hatch.

Posted: November 19, 2023 in All, New Car Reviews, Opel
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Welcome to the Opel Astra SRi hatch. Astra has been in New Zealand for quite a few years now but usually behind Holden badging, and to be fair most of the earlier ones weren’t all that great despite the fact they sold well, usually to fleet buyers forcing sales reps around the country to visit their clients in them.

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