Faults:

Have a problem when on motorway when doing a speed of approx 65mph. I get a sudden judder from the engine that lasts seconds. I have checked the engine mounts and have no warning lights. Has anyone had this same problem?

General Comments:

Great car for my partner and our one child. Even thought engine size isn't high power, it sits comfortable on motorway.

The missus is happy with it, and we would definitely buy another.

Faults:

No faults to date.

General Comments:

Mine is a Vauxhall Astravan 1.7tdi.

I have owned the van for 4 years and to date it has performed faultlessly.

In 55.000 it hasn't cost me a penny apart from regular 20,000mile services, front brake pads and tyres.

It is very economical returning 50-55 mpg driving normally, mostly in rural areas.

There are no rattles; it starts first time every time, and in silver the paint looks as good as new.

The performance is excellent, especially the acceleration, allowing easy overtaking of slower vehicles.

Highly recommended. Can't wait until to try the later model.

Faults:

My car began cutting out when stopping at junctions and traffic lights, which turned out to be a common broken earth wire behind the dashboard, which cost £45 to fix along with a manufacturer ECU update.

After owning the car for 3 months, the turbo blew, which was put down to over boost, although a ZLET engine can't be over boosted, and the car was standard.

3 months after that turbo failure again; oil contamination this time.

General Comments:

Very fast, handles sound, comfortable. Did I mention very fast?

Faults:

No huge problems with the GSI.

The electronics messed up.

Apart from that it was OK.

General Comments:

The car was good; had it serviced every ten thousand miles.

This car goes like anything. The GSI is perfect in a straight line, but crap round corners.

Now I prefer the new Vauxhall Astra VXR; it's faster and better looking.

And as far as VXR vs GSI; the VXR for me, but the VXR suffers from torque steer.

The GSI is still a great car.

Faults:

So far nothing yet.

Only problems I have is the interior lights are poor quality.

The dashboard lights behind the instruments aren't the best as they are sometimes dim then brighten up.

General Comments:

Very nippy car, so much nicer to drive something with a bigger engine than a heavy car with a 1.3

Lovely power delivery across the gears

Very good handling

Motorway driving is very comfortable, I find the cruise control very useful

Dashboard is well built and simple, but not ugly

Traction control does help, but doesn't stop wheel spin all together, but is good in the wet

Well built car all round

Petrol consumption is poor when driven hard, but average when driven normal.

Faults:

Nothing yet? needed a timing belt at 80000 that's all I've done with it.

General Comments:

ASTRA SXI CDTI 53 PLATE MARK 4 (G)

I am amazed at the amount of torque this things got I'm sure its been chipped by the previous owner it really has a throw you into the back of your seat kind of feel, And somehow it gives me an minimum of 50mpg doesn't matter if I take it easy or gun it!

It's a really comfy ride too and its quite well equipped aircon etc, The seats are sporty on the sxi which I love, but my elbow sometimes has to fight with the seat when changing gear also the gearbox is a little clunky.

Overall this a great car if they still made this model from new I would buy it again and again.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I've previously owned - a Mazda 323 ZXI, a Rover 200 Vi, a Honda CRX VTEC, a VW GTI mk3, a Renault 5 Turbo and a 205 GTi.

This car (SRi Turbo) is without doubt the fastest cars I've ever owned.

Not been to the claimed 150mph obviously, but there is a handy stop clock on the dash computer, and I have on many times had it to 60 in 6.5 seconds with no modifications.