I think a driver oriented center console is a nice thing to have. Cups left unnoticed :)

Really enjoyed your review and humour, thanks.

Love your intensive reviews! Keep em coming :)

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+LostyDK I am happy you like them. And I will keep on ;) [Jan]

I really like your honesty and your confidence.

One of the best detail car review that I come across. Bold, funny, honest and down to the small details. Dont worry about your English, much better than me. Do you have any on Opel Zafira ? Thanks ! Kenny

Great review as allways! And no i didn't notice the coffee cups :)

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+Niklas Vikkelsø Korup Haha. Thank and thank you for the feeback ;) [Jan]

Great car and a great review! Keep up the good work! Didn't notice the coffee cups. :)

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+HKdetailerFIN Thank you! ;) [Jan]

Very good review!! Thanks

A really great review. So good in fact, I have just bought yesterday the 2017 version Vauxhall Astra diesel sports tourer 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Elite Nav5dr Auto. Your English is a lot better than my German. Boot is better than Trunk and I had spotted the coffee cups. Mine is Silver and I have ordered wind deflectors from Poland too (HEKO)

Thank you for the very useful review. I'm looking at a used Astra 1.4 gasoline, 125 or 150. Also, didn't notice the cups until you mentioned it :)

super review. Thanks!

Great review. Thank you. I didn't see the coffe cups.

Very nice review :) I didn't see the cups :) Waiting for AK ST - delivery date - December '16

Great review. I didn't notice the cups. :D

grate job with your review and your english is just fine.

Thanks for sharing, great video indeed! Greetings

Great review. Didn't notice the cups. What was it about the Apple Play you didn't like? If it doesn't indicate incoming calls, that defeats the whole purpose of having that phone/car integration, no? And how would you compare this to the VW Golf Variant? Is the VW worth the extra cash?

Interesting review. I now have a Insignia. Pretty cool car.

Great review, good to see Vauxhall-Opel making a good quality car at last, fingers crossed it doesn't spontaneously combust like the zafira and corsa seem to be doing. Tell your cameraman to take a chill pill with his cup of coffee, I see no cups!

At last, a reviewer who takes the time to get to know the car and give us all the info we need. Great stuff! I got the hatch as a courtesy car while my Mazda 6 tourer was being repaired, and I was really impressed with the ride quality. It was the base model with the weakest 1.4L petrol engine, and 5-speed gearbox, but that was about the only thing I would have changed. Oh, and the parking sensors were crazy. Glad to see that the 'sports tourer' is worth buying, and that the higher level trim solves all the little problems I noticed. I'd definitely buy one.

Great review, very entertaining and no I didn't see the coffee cups.

Actually prefer it not driver oriented for the infotainment screen as my passengers often want to play music or choose radio stations and if they're overly tilted towards the driver it makes this needlessly difficult.

Great review! Complete and FUNNY Danke!!what coffe cups??? :D

I just bought a 2016 just like this. It does not seem to have adaptive cruise control, which is strange because it has the warning for following too close. Was it an option?

I like new Astra and here is a list of things I like most: - intellilux led lights - these are great - automatic heating of seats based on outside temperature - comfortable - heating of steering wheel - very nice engines and tons of other nice features... But there is a list of bad/weird things Opel did: - Watt link; many 2015 astra versions have these (even cars with engines like 125hp petrol etc); most of 2016 versions no longer have these. Not a big deal though. - intellilink 900 - no android auto support at all! It was advertised by Opel that android auto is supported but that was false information. - outside mirrors will never automatically close/open. This car doesn't support this feature. Manual says that there is a way to open/close outside mirrors from remote but that's a lie. Such functionality doesn't exist (even if top version with all optional packages). Very suprising to customers. I hope it's fixable by software update but there are rumors that mirrors controll unit have no connection to car CAN network (which means fixing in software will be impossible) - manual documentation contains options/features that do not exist in any Astra version (just like outside mirrors folding from remote controll), so beware if you choose car based on manual - 2016 versions have silencing mats removed from bonnet! (not sure about other silencing mats). Under bonnet you get pure metal like in ordinary cheap car. Only 200hp petrol and 160hp diesel are left with silencing mats; all other engine versions no longer have these. - intellilink 900 is not recognizing calls from address book if you store phone numbers with country prefix like +XX AAA BBB CCC and cell phone operator indicates that call is coming from AAA BBB CCC. Fixable in software if Opel engineers care. - smartphone holder contains USB port ... without actual USB data functionality. It only provides power. It doesn't connect to car infotainment system. If you want to have phone in smartphone holder and want to connect to infotainment system then you have use a long usb cable and connect it to port inside armrest (yeah, crazy!) - no support for POI alerts in navigation system, so you can't get alerts for speed cameras for example. Another easily fixable thing if engineers care. - parking sensors are very, very, very loud and there is no way to adjust volume of all these. Another easily fixable thing in software. - inside back mirror has very low up/down movement regulation. You can rise driver seat, so high that you won't be able to set up back mirror correctly (you won't see back window). What's the point of so nice/wide sear regulation if you can setup back mirror correctly then?

@safewaycart

8 жыл бұрын

Good information here. How did you noticed those details?

@arekx

8 жыл бұрын

+safewaycart Using the car + gathering information on various forums.

@Djeseret

8 жыл бұрын

+arek m outside mirrors close/open - Only INNOVATION ! Several things you claim is wrong. You should look around a bit more...

@arekx

8 жыл бұрын

+Djeseret I'm not wrong. I'm talking about top level version of Astra (it's called "Elite" here) with all possible options included. There is NO automatic mirrors folding and NO folding via remote. Only by pressing a button on driver doors. Specify which "serveral things" you think are wrong.

great review will be getting one soon.(uk)

Didn't notice the cups! ;-)

nice review

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+Ziplepingouin Thank you! [Jan]

Great in depth review. Just ordered that exact model and colour in the UK. It has however been delayed until June due to parts apparently. The screen not being driver orientated sucks. Who is the screen supposed to be for? Pointless really.

You say it supports 75 kg. on the roof, but Thule says 60 kg. Who is correct? Thank you. Great review! keep up the good work!

Brllliant enjoy it with a bit of your humour

Who says Germans aren't funny.

I have a 5 door version of astra k and i really like it. And also about screen i dont think like you. Because generally im not the one who touch the screen to control it becuase i have my own buttons on the wheel. So usually my girlfriend do this and she feels confortable to reach to screen as same as i do. So im not supporting of driver based screens; these ones are more logical for my side. And thats a great review thank you!(:

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+Hayashi Takaya Thanks for the feedback! [Jan]

Android auto works only on intellink r4, and not on navi900 which is in this car. It should come on navi900 in summer 2016, but it wont be avalible as a software upgrade for older units built before my2017. There is some info around about software upgrade for older units, but its incorrect.

Nice with comment on carplay

You have intellilux and you did not try?

I honestly think there's no need to memorise all the facts and info during the video, feel free to have a clipboard on hand and as you read you can overlap some shots of the car if you want. Yeah, why not? Peace and keep the lovely Euro cars coming!

Enjoy the attention to detail know from german manufacturers, in the review, not the car :D

I didn't see the coffee cups

If you are concentrating on this beautiful car, there is no way you will notice some, teeny, tiny coffe cups in distance :)

The "cover" compartment in front of the gear lever... It is an opening hatch !! You just have to know the secret... In the glovebox hatch beside the coins, You will find a small handle, pull it out and push it sideways into the rails in the silver bar - pull the handle, the hatch opens to the right and behind it you you will find... fuses and relays!! Explained in the user manual. Mokka X looks the same but where it is a button and a large storage space.

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+Djeseret Oh, I feel like a dummy now. Thats for pointing this out. For my excuse our press contact did not know this neither ;) [Jan]

@Djeseret

8 жыл бұрын

+Video Car Review a Opel technician told me once, but I have not heard that anyone else know about it. In today's cars, it is interesting and well justified to have fuses placed so they are conveniently accessible.

@idefixfleur

8 жыл бұрын

+Djeseret Behind the hatch is the interior fuse box

Superb review as always, keep up the good work! And no, I did not see the coffe cups:)... try with naked women, maybe that would be something our eyes would spot ;) (no offence for all female watchers)...

Adaptive cruise control, does it really have it?

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

+Juha Patrikainen No, I am sorry, that is indeed wrong. I thought it was as I was following a car for a certain time and we have this distance warner. [Jan]

@juhapatrikainen751

8 жыл бұрын

+Video Car Review Ok, that's what I thought also. It's quite strange that there is no ACC since the car already has sensors for distance measurement + auto braking functionality. To me, it sounds that all it would need is a "few" more lines of sw code to obtain the ACC. Maybe it will come to Astra as an SW update, well, only time will tell. Anyway, really like your reviews, very extensive and there's a good groove in them, not so uptight. Excellent.

Display orientation? No, it doesn't have to be tilted towards the driver. Partly this is because if the boss [wife or anyone else I guess] is sitting in the passenger seat, more often than not it is they that uses the touchscreen and this would be very difficult if it was turned towards the driver. I t is more important to have either a mini-display in the centre of the driver's instruments and/or also as a head-up display on higher end models. Also having audio and telephone controls on the steering wheel and an effective voice control system is desirable and all reduce the use and distraction of a big centre touchscreen display.

owning one for a year now, been very happy with it, the difference in price between hatchback and sports tourer is not that much And for the extra price you get ample space and comfort You need to love the looks, not everyone likes the chrome bar on the side (innovation line) I think it's stylish and the car looks sporty overall one tip : get a good engine, not the least powerful

Ich mag Sie besser wenn Sie im Deutschen einen Review machen. Aber ich weiße es zu schätzen dass Sie es auch auf English machen für alle nicht Deutschsprechende. Komme selber aus Belgien.

didn't see the cups

opel ASTRA "k" Super 100 % !

I came here for the coffee cups

How tall is the test driver?

@VideoCarReview

8 жыл бұрын

5"11 oder 180 cm. [Jan]

@varoskovic

7 жыл бұрын

no

I dunno if it's the "grass is always greener on the other side" or if this is actually true that everywhere else in the world gets cool cars made by their car mfrs except for USA. I love wagons er estates but here in the USA, they are very rare.... This is wacked...

it's funny when he says we can ONLY drive on 120km/h that's more than 70mph wtf lol :D

I am thinking to buy this car, but this plastic shit for holding a mobile phone seems like a terrible idea. It would be better if they just decided to leave an empty space for mobile like in Opel Astra G. Good review though.

Si salió como los insignia ....! No los quiero ni regalados... Opel para mi tres la nefasta experiencia con un Opel insignia...=es una mierda...

Es passt nicht zu dir :D

Interior still looks like shit. Opel should really stop advertising themselves as a german brand. This is a low quality and outdated interior+exterior (i mean lol the new Opel Mokka already has a bigger touchscreen than this pathetic excuse of infotainment.) Only motivation at this point is apple car play/android auto. Looks like a coffin car to me, the design line is horrid as well, the front is two steps back from the previous model and the back is uninspirational as ever. Also whats up with 1.6 diesels having more than 100 g co2/km ? Nice road tax right here in many european countries.... A peugeot 308 sw from 2014 is more stylish, has more premium feel, costs less and has more space inside. And that is 2 years ago. What a sad direction opel is going. I suggest shutting down all production apart from insignia and corsa.

@stabakfan

8 жыл бұрын

+Kappa Atleast you are living up to your username. And why should they stop advertising themselves as a German brand? You know where Opel is from rigth?