Dare I say it..... That's actually a really nice car! Not something I thought I'd say about an Astra!

Another top review Tish, I have to agree that aesthetics of this version and bang up to date with modern attractive styling. The Astra for me for many years was that 'almost' car to purchase. Others options just edged it out for one reason or another. When I decide to change my car I'll be testing the Astra, and the equivalent sister cars that share the same parts. It really is great to see such a thorough review these days of an every day car. Thanks for sharing Tish.

Video production has come a long way from 3 years ago. I don't watch all the reviews, only the cars I like, but the channel's quality is fantastic.

I liked how the behind the wheel shots were cut into various parts of the video. Great review, Tish!

I had a Mk2 Astra in 1987 and my Dad had GTE 16v in white with a digital dash. Awesome 😎

The Astra has grown somewhat! It will be interesting to see how this sells now that two of its rivals, the Ford Focus and Renault Megane are to end production. Thank you for the review Tish.

Loving the matching ribbon 😉 Superbly produced review as always

Test driving this next Wednesday. I have a feeling I’ll be placing an order for the GS line, manual, petrol and now the only decision is Black or Vulcan Grey

I think this new astra looks great inside and out. The little design touches like the driver's air vent and the bonnet crease and front grille are a nod to the original mk1 astra. Well done Vauxhall!

Great review Tish as ever i do like the styling of the new vauxhall opels it is very striking and love the visor front and bold colours i owned the previous generation of astra and it was a great car both in quality and in driving enjoyment and this one looks much better it seems they have taken a lot of design cues from the golf 8 and the dash design looks familiar as i have the golf but it’s better having those piano keys i am not sure of the driver air vent design but at least it’s in a better place than the golf for face level air i would definitely look at one especially if it was a hybrid or electric well done Tish look forward to the next one

Damn fine looking car - way better than the 308 in my opinion. Good amount of kit, drives well, comfortable and VX, again, are trying to keep prices sensible. It's also good to see VX not having gone all electric yet too, which would have made these a LOT more expensive - most will be perfectly happy with an ICE for a few years yet.

Definitely a positive step change in design from previous gens, that said it does scream Mk8 Golf vibes in the rear light cluster. Hopefully reliability is somewhat improved since joining the PSA group. My one criticism js the instrument cluster, there is quite quite hard edge from the screen to the plastic surround and looks a bit cheap and old.

Great review and it looks like a great car too. Keep up the good work!

I feel this is the most striking Astra since the MkII in the mid 80s... not that I would know as I am obviously not that old... ahem... anyway, no, I like this Astra, nice sleek lines, not too SUV looking (you know what I mean 🤣), Electric Yellow is alright too, but yellow is my fav colour! Brave girl for doing this on That Day, cor blimey was it scorchio! And again, fab review as per.

I've not had an Astra since an 07 GTC as in my opinion they went bland on the last model of the Astra. Great to see an up to date stylish car and worthy of the Astra badge. Well this review worked, now test driven and ordered. Many thanks for a very accurate and unbiased review Tish. Kind regards Chris

I test drove the focus, Vw Taigo, and the Astra… I decided to purchase the Astra Ultimate mainly due the spec as standard. Great review!.

Previous Astra was a great car, it was used as the training car for touring car drivers because of its balanced chassis.

I’ve currently got a 2017 Astra 1.4 turbo. It’s been a brilliant car for the 2 years I’ve had it from 55k miles to 90,600 on it now. It’s been super reliable and all I’ve ever done to it is servicing and tyres. Currently looking to trade it in as the mileage is getting higher by the day (I’ve done 10k miles since September!). I’ve never liked the PSA/Stellantis stuff but this new Astra is certainly luring me in gently!

Really getting very polished with these reviews. Think this one is your best yet.

For a moment I thought you'd catapulted your phone into the boot when you lifted the armrest!😄

I just ordered a GS line in black 😁

Who’s looking more beautiful today you or the Astra xx

I like the radioactive vomit yellow, but I've ordered the GS hybrid in white because that's the only colour you don't have to pay extra for.

I actually saw 1 the other day and in that colour. Looked nice to me.130 hp.Needed 160hp 1.4 turbo to make it special.

Nice presentation of the car, well done

So glad it hasn't been turned into a crossover

All that money you save on fuel can go towards all the wet belt replacements

Thanks for your honest review 🙏🏾

Brilliant review one of the best reviewers on KZfaq Brilliant video

"How good is DAH...you're as good as DAH too!🥰👏

Great how you add the visuals with length of new and old car. Not many reviews do. Thanks.

Last good astra is Astra K with 4 cylinders and 1.4t

Great colour, similar to Austin Yellow on the F80 M3. The screens look like they have been inserted into a cheap black plastic surround, the driver's vent also looks weird, the overall instrument housing and screen combination is poorly executed in my opinion. The engines are usual weedy UK spec, the PHEV would be the way to go. I live here in Perth Western Australia, summer here is very hot but I have never seen more than 44 degrees on the car gauge, not sure the outside temp gauge is completely accurate! Thanks Tish, a really good sum up review.

Lovely car got mine on order cant wait,gs line in cobalt blue.

Nice honest review 👍 subscribed

thank you for the review, so pretty in black dress

possibly my next car as like the look of it

Amazing car

excellent review 👏

I would rather have this than the Peugeot don't like the steering wheel position.

Nice looking car , seen a black on the road and looks very space age. Like all new cars prices are silly money now. Around 25k for the entry level up to nearly nearly 40k for the top of the range. Unless you have massive a deposit the monthly payments are just not affordable for a lot of people. I think in time manufacturers will do like in the states and extend finance out for 6 or 7 years. Ok it’s costs more long term but at least keep the monthly payments down. It just means you have to keep the car longer.

At the moment I have a GTC VXR Looking at the new astra tomorrow as well as the new mokka and grandland.

It looks a big improvement over the old Astra but Vauxhall need to sort out the poor residual values that old car had

What abt the 1.2 pure tech engine, seems it has timing belt issues...

Great review as always. Laughed re your height. Who would have thought you might get new viewers 😅.

Ordered mine in June, still waiting for the damn thing to be built.

Smart looking car

Finally the Astra review is here. As always niece Tish, great review. I went to a shopping mall in Slovakia, and inside was the new Opel Astra in that colour in that trim level. And interestingly, the 110PS 1.2 3cyl and the manual versions of the 130PS 1.2 3cyl and 130PS 1.5 4cyl diesel are offered in the Peugeot 308 MK3 in Continental Europe. Quite strange for Stellantis to not sell the Peugeot 308 MK3 with the 6MT in the UK, but at least we get it in the Vauxhall Astra.

very similar to the mk8 vw golf Good video tish x

Brilliant car. 👏.

Very nice Peugeot

Bellissima, infatti lo acquistata, purtroppo qui in Italia tempi di consegna lunghissimi dai 9/12 mesi.

What’s the fuel consumption like? Am I going to be stuck in the petrol station all the time? I would probably use this 5 days a week 20 to 30 mins journey

Love the review, Tish (love the way you did your hair up, too!). Sadly, we don't have the Astra brand here in the States, but from your description it looks quite nice to drive (and I happen to like that electric yellow color!). Also, I quite like that you mention your height when you talk about the rear seating (you're quite beautiful, by the way! ;) ). In this case, I would have a difficult time sitting in the rear (I'm 6' as a reference), so I'd probably have to sit lengthwise in order to be comfy. Looking ever forward to more reviews from you, Tish (one of the highlights of my day!) and by all means, get on to that ice cream and try to stay cool, my beautiful friend (hugs)!

Very nice

I enjoyed watching the Video Review. I think It looks smart particularly the New Infotainment System In your Test Car

Tish. Do you know Underwoods Dealer group announces second showroom closure in a fortnight as boss again hits out at manufacturers chasing online sales Underwoods Vauxhall Colchester to close down after 25 years in business Managing director Gerry Wiggins said the decision was ‘not one of Underwoods’ making’ and blamed a desire to chase online sales over physical retailers.

I’d have melted into the pavement. Brave of you to wear black or do the video on that day at all! As someone who spends quite a lot of time driving, I’m obsessed with keeping my car clean. Those shiny black bezels around the screens are COVERED in fingerprints already. Why? Likely because people need to leverage their fingers to use the infotainment screen. That’s telling of its user interface. I’m not a fan of that. In the end, how infotainment/gauges looks has to take a back seat to its usability, don’t it?

My GS ST Astra is on order, despite all the negative wannabe car reviewers in the comments. 😂

More surprised they bothered making another Astra when sales are shifting towards suvs and crossovers

Hi I was just wondering if you know if you can fit a wheel chair in the 422 litre boot

So when it runs out of battery i assume it automatically changes to engine mode? Also does the engine recharge the battery as you drive along ?

Which models have wireless charging?

Shame they dropped the diesel for UK.

I went and sat in one a few weeks ago and in the flesh those big piano black bezels make it look a bit cheap. It's like they're trying to create the illusion of it having bigger screens than it really does. Also that stuff is a dust magnet.

I have owned a few Astra cars 🚗 over the years but this is simply in another league. .unfortunately I can't afford a price tag of over £30k...l mean £30k for an astra at the very least...the world 🌎 has gone bloody mad & I ain't falling for it....lovely car 🚗 though 👌 well done peugeot/Opel/Vauxhall 😁👍

I've recently ordered the GS line astra in automatic but I am concerned about lack of acceleration or lag, is it very noticeable?

Bem lindo o novo opel astra

Has quality and reliability improved, declined, or remained the same after the merger?

Interior looks like 1980s concept car

This black bezels look cheap as hell around the screens

On the fence with this one it's nice looking just can't put my finger on why I'm not 100%. And we were an Opel family for years.

❤ U !

I disagree on your opinion about the previous generations of Astra. The last one was one of the most stylish cars in its class and the last one was not bad either and certainly a lot more interesting than a dull VW Golf as for this new one I think it's so dull just like a VW Golf so. KIA do there touchscreens much better than Vauxhall/Opel. KIAs looks classy Vauxhall_Opels looks cheap.

Is it the same as the Peugeot 308

It's a nice looking Car. I like the air vents, they look distinct.

This car is as glow as you are babe

Radio active vomit yet he wears a hoodie like that 🤣

Hair bananas?

If I had to choose between the Astra and the new Fabia, I would choose the Fabia because it would be reliable after 3 years.

43 missed calls on your phone lol!

It has the looks but a lawnmower engine, wich is terribly donwsized by software.

You should test some Holdens!

43 texts to read , come on Tish 😀

I have to disagree with you on this looking better than the previous generation Astra. It's looks like they went backwards. It's so dull this car even that horrible vent in the right of the dash is horrible. The previous generation was far more stylish.

My Vauxhall had an engine block made from inferior metal. Vauxhall denied any liability and lost my full service history in the process - how very convenient. Had to pay for a new engine, as a consequence I would not touch another Vauxhall if they were the only car manufacturer on the planet.

That air vent on the right of the dash looks bloody awful, looks like a throwback to something from the 1980s. The whole car just looks like a mishmash of various designers ideas.

i dont like this astra ,, i love my astra j mine has a cd player mine is 165hp ,but great review tish

I'm nota fan of Vauxhall to be honest but they gave made some nice looking cars over the last few years but this one looks like a pig its vile it looks like a Korean car so yeah yak

Come on girl, there's nothing hotter than you.

Why does the interior look like a Mercedes a class with the huge screen I don't like the fact its copying it nah I'm not a fan of the new astra

not another car review with a car without a manual box !

Who cares what Rory 🍷💩💩💩thinks.

Don't appreciate this review sorry too subjective for me