(G) G.P 1.9 VS Astra 1.9 CDTi help please

HI i amabout to order my next car by the end of this week and have narrowed it down to 2 i can get a gp 1.9 sporting with metallic and skydome and pay under 10,500 gbp or contract hire a astra sport hatch 1.9 cdti sri with metallic for 600 deposit and 200 per month over 2 years which do you thionk is the better car/deal i do about 8000 miles per year and my reason for choosing diesel is purely that i feel it will be worth the extra come resale in the case of the punto and in the astras case it is only £5 a month more than the 1.8 petrol thanks for your help ps i was also considering the citroen c4 loeb are there any others i should look at or have i picked the best

I sugesst you ask for opinions in an ubiased motoring forum, like this one........ http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/index.htm almost everyone in here will tell you to buy the GP, and if you go in a Vauxhall or Citroen forum they will say get the Astra or C4.

2 reasons i would not buy a astra.1 They are more common than lampostsit wont depreciate any better than a gp its also mundane looking 2...Sorry thats 3

Is 8000 miles a year enough to justify buying a diesel

will you recoup the savings. I average about 12k miles a year which is growing with the workload etc etc.

i bought the diesel stilo with the intention of keeping it for at least 2 or 3 years therefore it makes sense (its als one of the best engines ).

have you considered a bravo perhaps

Speaking from my experience...

Driven various newish Astra's (company cars) and they're awful! Horrible to drive and to look at imo.

I've now got a GPS and are pleased with it.

As regards Citroen, I've had a C2 VTS and it was a nice car to drive but was airfix build quality....so many things went wrong. So I'd forget the Citroen. Really crap dealers too!!!!!!!!

On reflection it must be the GPS all the way, for me!

To be honest, arent they both different style cars.

i.e. the grande punto is a class size below the astra (im not saying its a less quality product though).

If you were to be comparing the Grande Punto to a car that is equiviently diesel powered i would expect it to be cars like seat ibiza fr tdi's or a corsa 1.7 cdti sri (only relatively decently powered superminis i can think off - even though there not that small).

the astra should be compared to the bravo/focus/golf etc etc

Very true it is in a size class above the GP and has better quality plastics but it doesn't detract it from being the most popular and boring to look at car in the UK and its the most heavily discounted car in the UK and its due a big revamp in 2008 which should benefit it greatly

What about a Bravo then for another option

With the 150 diesel engine in it should be just as fast as the grande mulitjet

and it is a fiat as well, which means that you can stay on this forum lol

That astra just has the fiat diesel engine in anyway, so why pay more for it.. .

I looked at the 3 door astra as it is indeed a very nice looking car but i thought the insurance groupings for it was just plain daft!

get the grande... jus cos i have a grande 1.2 an my mother has an astra with heated leather seats and all the other gizmos doesnt mean im biased

I would go with the grande as well

after all it is a fiat, and you can buy it outright as ooposed to hp like you would be that astra

but it is your money.

either way, let us know what you choose

GP, purely because the astra has no styling flair and are common as muck.

Gary?
Like I said at the top of this thread, ask the question in an unbiased forum mate

Have you done the obvious and test driven both?