Although reasonably nippy, spacious and comfortable, beware any poor sod who is thinking of buying one. The 1.7 Vauxhall diesel engine is a horrible, noisy piece of junk that sounds like it belongs in a clapped-out Polish tractor. I am still waiting for Vauxhall to do a "Field Remedy" repair on the faulty turbo actuator rod . In plain English, this means that they know it is a bad design, and haven`t got, made or even designed the parts needed to rectify the issue). At the moment and for the foreseeable future, with a tail-wind I can do about 60 going downhill. A total pile of *@?*^ !

I Have my diesel astra for 6 months not many problems except for an egr valve expensive 600 euro would like to keep it till it dies but who knows