Overview. The Vauxhall Astra offers plenty of equipment for the money and a comfortable ride. Just don’t expect class-leading driving dynamics. Ride quality. Economical engines. Tech Line has R 139 900. Browse Opel Astra For Sale (New and Used) listings on Cars.co.za, the latest Opel Astra news, reviews and car information. Everything you need to know on one page! Vauxhall make pretty reliable cars, yes. They came fourth in the Telegraph’s top 20 brands for reliability, with 90 problems per 100 vehicles. They came ninth last year with 98 problems per 100 vehicles, so not only have they done extremely well, they are also improving. Whatcar have rated the Vauxhall Astra as “better than class average Interior of 2018 Opel Astra. Sporty ergonomic seats are available in the Opel Astra. Further, the heated seats and steering wheel is an additional comfort option available for this car. Overall, the seats are comfortable and the spacing is fine. The rear row can cause some trouble for tall and bulky guys. Vauxhall Astra. £11,737 - £38,570. Vauxhall upgrades its mainstream hatch, makes a very competent Focus rival. Definitely worth considering. Read review See prices and specs. 5 10. Car Review. Really, the Astra’s biggest problem seemed to be one of comparison – it was a fine enough car in isolation, but always felt like it was, at best, meeting industry benchmarks, rather than Saturn Astra Review. “GM has never sold a competitive small car in America.”. Not true. The imported rear wheel-drive Opel 1900– the sedan version of the Manta– was a superb machine for its day. Unfortunately, a rising dollar and a lack of marketing and development vis-a-vis the Japanese competition (Datsun 510) doomed the 1900 to Opel Astra H 2004 - 2009 - Used, experience, failures. In the used car market, the Astra is a safe and relatively inexpensive choice. The Astra H was a revelation, its enormous improvement over the annoying style of previous models, its success in ridding itself of the diseases of its predecessors, F and G, and righting its not-so-flattering 2007 Opel Astra TT Review. NEW CAR REVIEW ASTRA OPEL IRELAND. The rear seats are tiny because of the need to make space for the folding metal in the boot. The handling usually suffers because a large part of the structure has been cut away. It’s no Audi, but for a car in this segment the Astra is as good, if not better than most. As a package, even in our basic car, the new Astra is a much more up-market cabin than what we are used SCOln.