Vauxhall Astra Hatchback (2015 - 2021) 1.4T 16V Design 5d Auto Owner Review

Bouncy ride, really felt seasick after going over speed bumps, only improved if driving well over the speed limit. vague steering, constantly pulling to the left despite altering Tyre pressures, constantly correcting through corners and having to brake due understeer whilst below the advertised speed limit. It had a dim witted auto gear box, takes an age for engine to respond to throttle input and through a series of s bends it is usually accelerating when it actually needs to slow due to entering the next corner. Over taking is dangerous unless well planned and on a long straight. The rear seats won’t keep a non isofix baby seat in place on a normal drive. The seatbelt is long enough to get around the seat but the lack of any support on the seat base on the rear bench means the baby seat moves as the suspension fails to cope with undulations and the change of direction. Interior is made of poor quality materials hard scratchy plastics as well as hard to press buttons. Also there is no auto cancellation of the indicators when returning the steeering wheel to the straight ahead position! The only positive is that you can use Apple CarPlay and listen to the DAB radio through the tiniest of possibly stereo speakers. Buy or drive something else. Actually anything else. My 2009 Seat Leon was much better to drive, as was my 1996 rover 416i and 1997 Volvo s40 and that was a truly awful car.