[Gabriel]

NikiterZTS,Oct 1 2009, 08:06 PM Wrote:

mo_focus,Oct 1 2009, 06:44 PM Wrote:wow this is sad. Hated saturn until they started bringing European Opel over. Without Opel they are dead to me :)
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Have you driven that Astra? I just did recently Auto and 5 speed (they went on the crazy sale) and thought it was one of the most underpowered vehicles I have ever driven. It had good handeling and brake feel. Other then that it's poop.
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NA Saturns were ugly pieces of s*** anyway . Chevrolet under diferent skin and cluster in the middle. Now Astra is another story . The engines that equipped it for North America are 1.8L as far as I know , but mated with automatic just don't work because people here are used to alot of torque . Just not enough muscle .I heard fuel economy is pretty good though . I rented an Opel Astra 1.9 CDTI (diesel 130 HP) in Germany back in 2005 and put on it about 7000 km in three weeks . Now that was a nice car , plenty of torque and very fuel efficient . Even on the autobahn , cruising at 180-200 km/h burned 7.1 l/100km , where as next year a Seat Leon 1.6L gasoline took over 10l /100km . The Astra had 6 speed , in city driving , without pushing , bumper to bumper , 6.5l/100km .
Nik , you shouldn't try an Saturn Astra when your daily driver is a WRX . There's no other way but to be disappointed . I returned to my SVT after driving an STI and it felt like a pony after riding a race horse.