Astras have been part of the UK’s furniture now since 1980, with this fifth-generation model launched in 2004. The substantially bigger, sixth-generation Astra is due to go on sale in late 2009, but for the time being you might wish to barter for a current, super-economical turbodiesel ecoFLEX version…
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The basic OTR price is £19,145 which, in these troubled times is more than many of us are willing to pay, or are able to afford, for a common-or-garden 1.7-litre diesel hatchback. On the plus side it sits in the affordable 6E/14E insurance groupings and returns a whopping 62.8mpg combined (50.4mpg urban, 72.4mpg extra-urban) and produces just 119g/km of CO2 which means it falls in to the lowest BIK tax band for company car drivers, while private buyers only pay £35 annual road tax thanks to its band B credentials. Find a low-mileage used example for a knock-down price and you won’t go far wrong.
