2008 Saturn ASTRA Pros and Cons at TrueDelta: Owner Pros and Cons by shester

Price or payments

You can buy these cars for thousands less the MSRP making them cost the same as cheap little economy cars. But the Astra is NOT a little cheap econo car. It is a very nice Euro car that happens to be smaller and designed for good mpg but w/ handling.

Handling

The handling is phenomenol on this car. Far superior to the econo boxes it competes against on price. In the magazine tests they always compare it w/ much more expensive and faster hatch backs seemingly not realizing that the Astra costs thousands less.

Powertrain performance

The engine runs MUCH better after about 5K miles as they start off very tight. The car has another 25 hp over the comparable econo boxes that it is priced with. Modify the air box for free. It makes a huge improvement in performance.