Comments on: 2008 Holden Astra CDTi Wagon (Diesel)

By: mark

mark — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:48:02 +0000

Maybe not be as good as some other brands but still great value and performance.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:34:26 +0000

HAHA I got a Astra new Hatch MANUAL for WITHOUT any of the crap these guys talk of for $19500. You guys need to TELL the The General how much your gonna pay and get ur ass UP and walk! Trust me, the beancounters at GM KNOW how many problems they have on their hands trying to sell an overpriced car, just take a look in US. Meanwhile the car is sensational, keeps pace with a WRX and constantly provides 17km/L fuel consumption. Find better value.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:00:40 +0000

If it had the 110kw engine mated to a 6 speed maual I’d buy one, right now. Instead I’m looking at several alternatives.
Yet another crazy marketing move by GMH.

By: Good Wagon

Good Wagon — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:12:27 +0000

The astra wagons a great car to have!
Excellent on the Fuel and is great to drive.
Also with the turning signals on the right and
the wipers on the left,like a normal aussie
car is,makes it a more appealing.
The trip computers great as is the Temperature
reader too(comes up in the Trip comp. screen)and MP3
player too.
Best thing about it is the Bluetooth connectivity,
comes in extremely handy in my kind of work.
Well done,nice sporty little wagon!

By: Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris)

Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:16:16 +0000

Myke:

You hear it in 90% of Holden propaganda…its how they sell commodores….The naive Aussie Patriot gullible to swanky marketing gets sucked right in.

By: Fenno

Fenno — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:38:42 +0000

Has anybody done the comparo’s between; The money saved on buying a petrol model? The money saved on the price of petrol over diesel? And, the money saved on the service costs that people seem to oh-so-forget about when plugging the virtues of diesel?
Car advice, your comparo (petrol vs diesel) on the I30 was a good start, but upon ringing a few dealers I find that the diesel was again a lot dearer with one of the ’service advisors’ informing me that it’s not worth buying the diesel if you dont exceed 20000km/yr or keep the cars for more than 4 years. Can we see this sort of comparo with something like this Astra and the myriad of other diesels invading our roads.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:10:12 +0000

This must be the closest forum in terms of sentiment. Well done CA! Bringing about the unity :o)
I just have to put in my $0.02 for the sake of agreement. Its just not diesel, small car with 7L + consumption and a lazy 88KW.
Time GMH borrowed from BMW, VW or Peugeot diesel tech, or at least head-hunt a few of their engineers!

By: crazychook

crazychook — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:11:29 +0000

I think the petrol version isn’t selling that well here! How are they going to sell the diesel at a premium? Don’t get me wrong I think the wagon looks great, but paying extra for a diesel engine, lower power and now paying up to 30 cents/litre more…….pass!

By: SamR

SamR — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:45:54 +0000

Yes we can have it both ways

Holden’s Euro cars are well engineered and dynamically very good on average. They just cost the earth to keep on the road as they have very high maintenance costs and questionable long term reliability.

Holden’s Korean cars are just crap from start to finish and have almost no redeeming features apart from their price and badge in my opinion.

By: Myke

Myke — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:35:20 +0000

People complain about the price of vehicle and the price of parts, because it is a European vehicle, yet complain about the other Holden alternatives of Korean product being cheap and insuperior to its European equal (which I’m not disagreeing to). But make up your minds, you can have it both ways.

By: SamR

SamR — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:07:27 +0000

Lets get this straight…. $33,000 for a smallish car that gets only so so fuel economy on very expensive Diesel with very high maintenance costs.

What you don’t save in fuel you will spend on brake pads, rotors and cam belts. No thanks

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:58:44 +0000

Oh, bring back those halcyon days when it was every Aussies dream to have a new Holden Special, Kingswood,Commodore in their drive. Those innocent days of a decent Australia.

By: Myke

Myke — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:57 +0000

^Who ever said that it was Holden’s claim?

By: Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris)

Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris) — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:16:08 +0000

Still disagree on that one Duck….

Toyota would have to be the Consumer’s Favourite Brand…
Holden have NO evidence to back up their claim…
If there is, prove me wrong :)

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:26:18 +0000

JW Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
“Australia’s favourite brand? About six years ago it was. Now the gap is widening every year and it’ll soon be large enough to fit all of Ford inside that gap.”

Holden is still Australia’s first car owned companie (now its american owned GM) and favourite (with car sales) ahead of ford (at the moment anyway). But Toyota cant compete with that.

By: JW

JW — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:55:54 +0000

Australia’s favourite brand? About six years ago it was. Now the gap is widening every year and it’ll soon be large enough to fit all of Ford inside that gap.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:04:17 +0000

Fuel economy is not good enough

By: Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris)

Bucket (Formerly Known as Chris) — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:50:00 +0000

Still confused about the opening line RE: Australia’s Favorite Car…then Toyota listed as Australia’s Best selling car….One can be backed up with figures (Toyota) the other (Holden) can’t.
Holden have NO right to use that line unless they can back it up with hard evidence.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:15:31 +0000

i was right to suggest that 7.1 was too thirsty for this size vehicle, it appears Holden has really stuffed up with this one……..Oh no we’ve just criticised someone other than Toyota i wonder if the Toyota guys will give us the recognition that’s due……some how i doubt it!!!

By: Simonsez

Simonsez — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:02:30 +0000

They’ve taken forever to release this vehicle in Australia and still they get it so very wrong.
Why not the 110 kw with the 6 speed manual or at the very least a manual option
with the 88 kw diesel? The auto adds $2000 to the cost and makes it unviable to many who would otherwise consider it .We all seem to be in agreement here for once which should say something to Holden.