2009 Holden Astra CGI

By Alborz Fallah | April 17th, 2008

With the current Holden Astra starting to show its age, European manufacturer Opel (in charge of the project), is currently testing the new-generation Astra before its public debut at next year’s Geneva motor show.

CarAdvice brought you the first spy photos of the new Astra earlier this year and now we can show you a Computer Generated Image (CGI) produced by our graphic artists.

While we can’t say anything about the shape of the three-door model yet, going by the spy photos, the five-door version will again get the current model’s sloping roof line plus the trapezoidal-shaped c-post.

Apart from the 5-door model pictured here, Opel has an estate (“Caravan”), a convertible (“Twin Top”) and the 3-door (“GTC”) in the pipeline, all following the 5-doors introduction one by one.

Click through for Spy Photos of the 2009 Holden Astra.

VW_Freak

Gheeezzz… not very exciting. Looks like it got hit with Corolla fugly stick.
o

hey car advice have you seen the l;eeeked pics of the insignis thats a hot car
Dlr1

Looks like the result of gangbang between a Focus, Prius and A3. Who’s you daddy now?
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apart from the ugly, slightly girly new front, doesnt look all that diffrent from current astra..
AC COBRA

The current astra has silly girly looks, this one looks to be a carry on design, the reason we went for the Ford Focus is because it attracts a more universal crowd and is more comfortable, has more power (200cc’s extra), quality of materials is better, overall Focus absolutely supreme….
matt

i have my doubt that this will be what GM will go for – especially with the direction its competitors are taking style wise.
Ab

I will buy the Lancer or the Ford Focus instead of this one!

Lancer looks great and has the best warranty among the three!
http://CARADVICE.COM.AU Chris Parr

go the impreza i say, has boxer engine and awd advantage,
plus 5 star safety and vdc std..plus built in japan build quality/reliability and ease of servicing. plus added bonus of better resale..
Myke

I don’t think that that is an accurate CGI, more importantly will the next-generation Astra make it to Australia, with the Korean regime currently going on.
AC COBRA

Very good question Myke about the Korean involvement, especially when GM has wasted millions building up Daewoo to supply cheap platforms for Asian Pacific, Oceania (Holden), American, and European markets etc… I think Opel versions would cost GM Holden too much money to make it viable here..
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even although I totally agree with chris that the impreza is a much better car/choice than the astra..The astra is about the best car holden has at the monent, a lot better than the korean crap(barina,viva,optima) that is for sure, but if the front does look like that they will loose a lot of sales from the male population it is very girly..
Ab

Subaru Impreza req 98 RON fuel…. yesterday 91 RON was listed at 152.9cents at shell in st kilda… so 98 would have been around 165 cents approx! Besides the Subaru has an old 4 speed auto gearbox …. it may have a nice engine but there are other factors that let it down…

I am not sure if the Astra req 91, 95 or 98 RON as a minimum? any ideas?
Ab

I wish they would sell the opel corsa in australia , instead of the viva and barina…. it would have been a lil more expensive, but atleast its a decent car ….
KC

Buahahaha, I’m intrigued however, lets see it in black with the VXR additions.
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AB the impreza doesnt require 98 octane fuel at all! the 2.0l non turbo is reccomended to run on 95 octane but will happily run on std unleaded but will suffer on performance/fuel economy but will run on std all the time if you want, same as astra 95 reccomended but not mandatory..As for the gbox astra is 4 speed too, and you should drive new imp before writing it of because of how many gears it has, it actually drives very well.. besides real men drive manuals lol..
Ab

OSU811 – Have driven the 4 speed impreza and was less than impressed …. if real men drive manuals, then what about real men driving v8s?

The gear changes in the subaru reminded me of some of the old toyota 3 speed autos – when they used to be a novelty!
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The new Impreza is a great car, buy it in Manual, the five-speed is a proper gearbox, plus only the turbos need 98 RON fuel.

Subaru has done a great job with the Impreza range, but the WRX really needs a six-speed and the STi will very shortly be begging for something similar to Mitsubishis SST system when the EVOX lands in a few months.
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Alborz because of the torquey nature/power delivery of the
new wrx it doesnt need a 6 speed box, if it did you would be changing gears just for the sake of it, it wouldnt achieve anything because its got so much bottom end torque it will pull from low in rev range..Because of the more top end power delivery of sti it needs 6 speed to keep turbo on the boil in its power band,also i prefer a proper 6 speed manual over a clutchless half baked manual like the evos anyday…
Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris)

Mmmmm….not much chop compared to the upcoming “Kinetic” themed Focus…If the design is anything like that, it really lacks the wow factor..
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Not to bad to look at i guess.
If only the Corsa could come here which it should be next year possibly as many have said Mark Reuss wants to bring back the Opels.
Masynee

From what I understand this is a “world” car so it could be built by Daewoo or Opel?? I think the final styling will be ok, but the engines are carry over jobs and they are already behind the opposition. There are all new engines coming but not in time for the launch.

Maybe Opel have been too busy with Insignia to put enough resources into getting the Astra up to scratch.

At least it will have a decent (proper independent) rear suspension though!
Andrew M

on the back of mazdas big success in the small car market,
i would say it looks like they have taken the Astra and tried to Mazda-ise it
Bavarian Missile

I don’t mind it………eyebrows off the 5 series look a little how ya going though!But I can see a little Maaaaaaazda 3 in it as the yanks pronounce it!
Old Mate

I’m a new car salesman at a holden dealership up in North Qld and I must say that i can’t wait for my selling skills to be tested out bigtime once this monstrosity..this..this rubbish looking thing lol. I’ll have my work cut out for me because this car won’t do me or my co-workers any favours or make it easy…jeez.
Golfschwein

Old Mate, am I correct in guessing that the best Astra days were the TS? I had a SRi about 3 years ago which was a beauty. They were better looking than the current one and the 2.2 litre was a peach.

I see the current Astra hasn’t fired even with the steady addition of 3 doors, turbos, diesels, SRis, wagons and so on. The carry-over 1.8 probably hindered more than anything even though it hasn’t been available here for a while now.

Don’t distress with the CGI image. It’s gotta be better in real life than flogging Vivas and Barinas.
trackdaze

It looks like an evolution of the previous model.

Good news is it apparently ditches the torsion beam rear end. So it’ll drive better.

Isn’t that more important than how it looks?
Joober

Whats with the trend of just tweaking from the current shape? cost savings? identity?

I dunno about anybody else but the front rings of the new Mercs for some reason…
Duck

Myke the astra will still be in Oz and id say holden would replace the epica with the isignia due to terrible sales.

I’d say that the GCI isnt the way it would turn out. Well i hope not because it doesnt look that good.
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Hmm if it looks like this ile bye it! And i like the dynamick look of this rendering. i wonder what the back tail lights will look like thow.
cant wait to see the real thing!
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What a fantastic looking little hatchback, I love these little things it looks great. just driving one of these would make me feel yopung again, maybe the 18 year olds wont mind me cruising past Toorak college in my nifty pink holden astra. Despite me being 55 i can still look young. Does anyone know any good suppliers of head polish for my bald head? I thuink driving such a manly beast would be so much more practical than my 1993 80 series Toyota Landcruiser. But finnaly does it have fishing rod holders i can mount on the bumper bar like the landcruiser did. ANyway im waiting with much anticapted anticipation for my flash as micheal Jackson 2009 Holden Barine CRDI Diesel. BRING IT ON, in Pink……
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And another thing, i saw drift race champion Lloyd Port-Lewis driving a aqua blue on down at wanneroo raceway the other day, Lloyd im still wiating for you in the carpark.
http://www.fmgjbv.au rich boy

ewwwwwwwwwww…..it’s horrible!
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I LOVE THESE LITTLE FUNKY CARS
Dave O

I know it is our local badge but try this link

http://www.astra-and-action.co.uk/

Thing is with GME up for sale and our government not joining the negotiations with the germans as yet will it be built in blighty? And wil the new 170 mpg Ampera which is on the same chassis be built here?