Opel Astra 5-Door Post Reveal - Even better pics on the street

Opel Astra 5-door post reveal prototype on the street / Autoscoop.biz / gawid

More pics of the 2010 Opel Astra 5-door hatch prowling the streets, ready to take on the VW Golf

By Alex Ricciuti
May 21, 2009 8:47 PM
Filed Under: German, Opel, Spy Photos

Here are some more real-life pictures of the 2010 Opel Astra in action following its media release only one week ago. Out there prowling the streets with zero camouflage and ready to take on the VW Golf, Peugeot 308, Renault Megane, and anything else the market can throw at it.

Now that Opel, after so many years behind the curve of the industry, has finally emerged as a brand with cutting-edge styling, its good news that there are so many interested buyers bidding on Adam Opel GmbH. If only to see what they will do in the future. A Fiat-Opel alliance does seem like a great and logical fit, set to rival the VW Group of brands.

The Opel Astra takes its place in Europe's largest and most competitive segment where no automaker is really giving any ground. High quality products are the standard and that is great for consumers. If you're out there shopping for a mid-sized hatchback, there is clearly no dearth of excellent options.

This Astra will be making its first public appearance in Frankfurt this September and coming to European dealerships in the fall of 2010.

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Comments

N20_Purge

May 21, 2009 9:12 PM

Looks even better on the street than on those other photos. Looks like a cross over between a few hatches out there. The Mazda3 and Seat leon resemble it a bit too.

Renegade

May 21, 2009 9:17 PM

Hm send it in the US, put a Buick badge on it and it will sell like hot cakes.

FP23

May 21, 2009 9:24 PM

Looks even more like a Madza with some parts of Seat Leon on those pics.

joe21

May 21, 2009 11:07 PM

I think it is more than obvious that this Astra is a neat copy of the Leon rather than the Mazda , especially in the sides. (The Leon itself derives from a Seat's concept - revealed in 2000 and the name I believe was called the Seat Salsa or somthing like that - so the original conception of the design should be acclaimed I guess to Seat.)

Living in Europe , I have seen both cars (the SEAT Leon and the last as well the previous gen Mazda 3) not only through some photos but also in the streets . For non-Europeans or for those who've seen only the Mazda, I am sure it's a bit difficult to tell that the sides of the Leon and the Astra are almost identical.

I guess it's a design coming out from GM Europe's department so they had to catch some european influences...

afterace2

May 22, 2009 12:13 AM

The side window line is actually identical to Leon, this is however the only resemblance I can spot.

joe21

May 22, 2009 8:24 AM

Well it 's not only the side window line, actually it 's the side window line plus the proportions with the roofline, the roofline itself, the cut of the doors and the bumpers, the inclination of the windscreen and the spoiler, the thin frame of the windows, the front triangle-shaped window, the whole form of the car.

Every single detail matches the Astra with the Leon - not the Mazda - if you watch at it carefully.

BritBoy

May 22, 2009 1:05 AM

This looks good now but I think it will date very quickly. I don't think it looks as good as the current Astra, which still looks as good today as it did when it was released (especially in 3dr form).

It seems Vauxhall have done what Ford did with the Focus mkII and changed from a radical design and played it too safe. I think this is going to struggle up against the Mazda 3, Golf and forthcoming Focus III.

dom6698

May 22, 2009 1:47 AM

True. Some have played it safe better than others. This will date quickly. The Corsa already looks like it needs a redesign, the Insignia is the exception to the rule. But actually over the last few years I have seen some cars from Opel/Vauxhall that date really quickly. I think that in Britain, there are so many of them that they just become old news instantly.

zeitgeist_md

May 22, 2009 3:32 AM

The line of the car is proportionate and elegant, although not innovative and unique.

It is more like a japanese car, generally good but almost no character.

alessandro

May 22, 2009 9:27 AM

The Japanese meaninglessness for being nothing like Megane e.g. News is that GM prefere Magna to take over the Opel/Vauxhall brand not Fiat. Source: Spiegel-Il Giornale today.

trailer

May 22, 2009 11:13 AM

Correct me if I am wrong;

headlights - unique taillights - unique hood - similar to antara - insifnia - unique to Opel grille - unique front bumper and integrated fog and turn lights combo - unique dashboard - similar to insignia - unique to Opel

overall size - bigger and taller than both Mazda and Leon

so ?

trailer

May 22, 2009 11:15 AM

By the way do not forget that the rear fender/taillight combination is inherited from the existing astra...

msinisa

May 22, 2009 11:38 AM

what is this? another new renault megane?

miki69

May 22, 2009 12:42 PM

back reminds of the new renault megane. Not bad at all, but I was expecting a bit aggressive look

fusion01

May 22, 2009 1:21 PM

One of the nicer looking hatchbacks from the rear but the front and sides? Nothing dynamic about it at all... says nothing to me. Well the Golf MK6 doesn't either. See what the others can come up with.

melih

May 22, 2009 5:37 PM

wow.. I'll wait for it !

botaki

May 22, 2009 5:42 PM

After the facelift the focus looks great after 1 year and roads are full of them..i like this astra but if you cover the logo and ask someone what car is this..he will hardly answer..! My self i still like more the focus than golf and astra especally the zetec s. As for the next focus..bye to golf and astras..hi audis a3 and bmw 1series:)

Edited by user on May 22, 2009 at 5:43 PM

HEMI426

May 22, 2009 7:16 PM

With these side windows it looks like an mpv, just remove that small window between the sidemiror and the bonnet. Than put the windscreen a little more vertical, so the bonnet is longer and the view to the windscreen is better

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