Caught undergoing winter testing in Finland. The car will debut in Geneva in March 2009.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080303.010/ne...pied-in-finland

Edited March 3, 200818 yr by aatbloke

Cool! so the US version should only be a really short stopgap...

Hell yeah!

Insightful comment, eh? :AH-HA_wink:

It's almost as if every generation of Astra is one generation behind the Golf in terms of size or proportions.

This new one is tall and poofy like the current MKV Golf, while the current Astra is low like the old MK4 Golf. The previous gen Astra is like the MK3 Golf.

The taillights are sexy.

Will that paint job make it to production?!

How exciting.

It's almost as if every generation of Astra is one generation behind the Golf in terms of size or proportions.

This new one is tall and poofy like the current MKV Golf, while the current Astra is low like the old MK4 Golf. The previous gen Astra is like the MK3 Golf.

Hard to get a real sense of how the thing looks with a camo that hides all of the details.

I see a lot of Meriva concept in the design.

it looks to be based off the Flextreme concept, which I love so much and would love to own. That car is seriously hot, slick, and better proportioned than the Golf while managing to look more elegant than the Audi A3.