The Opel Astra helped us with our logistics for 15,000 kilometers.
Enthusiastic, and we can see that in our consumption
The Opel Astra helped us with our logistics for 15,000 kilometers and was returned to the importer after the endurance test. What lingers?
Over the entire endurance test period, the Opel Astra traveled 14.4 kilometers on a liter of petrol. The eager 1.2 three-cylinder turbo does not leave a spare impression, and it also does less well than the Citroën C4 that we drove in 2021, while it had the same power source and eight-speed automatic. With that crossover we achieved 1 in 15.3 and that is remarkable, because that car with its higher body should consume more fuel. It should indeed be the other way around, because the Citroën is officially 1 in 17.3 in the books and for the Astra 1 in 18.3. However, the explanation is clear: it is simply our own fault. The dynamic Astra invites you to continue driving, the soft Citroën did not do that at all. Incidentally, in a report about the influence of your driving style on fuel consumption, we saw that the Astra can indeed be economical: we achieved 1 in 18.9 for that experiment with an extremely relaxed driving style.
We drove the Opel Astra after the Peugeot 308
The Astra encourages enthusiastic driving. It feels tighter than the Peugeot 308, with which it shares a lot of technology, such as the plug-in hybrid powertrains. We let the endurance test run for a week with its 180 hp plug-in hybrid stable mate, the Astra 1.6 Turbo Hybrid. The conclusion was clear: from a purely economic point of view, it pays to choose the plug-in, but if we only look at the driving, then the ‘simple’ petrol model actually suits us better. The lightness of our 130 hp endurance tester translates into driving pleasure.
Because the Astra shares many parts with its French cousin, we once again ran into shortcomings in this endurance test that we remember from the six months with the Peugeot 308. The multimedia screen sometimes goes black while driving and the floor mats show signs of wear very quickly. usage. And the point that we also touched on with the C4 PureTech 130: the automatic transmission engages late when driving away from a standstill, so that you get going a bit late at a green traffic light.