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

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