With its SRi specification, denoted by small tacky badges on our Astra estate’s front flanks, you get a bundle of ‘sporty’ equipment, but incongruously the rear windows are of the manual variety.
As a result, an inattentive passenger did not apply enough effort to closing the left nearside pane, which explains steamy windows on several mornings courtesy of a damp interior.
| Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer 1.7 CDTi SRi |
| Mileage |
3200 |
Claimed combined consumption |
62.8mpg |
Our average consumption |
46.6mpg |
| Forecast CPM |
54.7p |
| Actual CPM |
55.8p |
Why we’re running it |
To see if the latest Astra wagon can shake off its predecessors’ stigma of being a utilitarian workhorse. |
| Positive |
Cabin offers civilised working conditions |
| Negative |
Economy remains stubbornly average |
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