No sunroof on the Astra 3-door?

[Kevin]

Just spent some time on Saturn's website specing out my next car

and saw that the sunroof isn't an option on the 3-door :hissyfit:

Anyone know anything more about this? Let's take the "sporty" version of the car, and not give it a sunroof. Seems smart to me...

[ocnblu]

I like this car, it is goodlooking and well-equipped, but it is expensive. The Rabbit 3 door has 30 more horsepower and starts over $3000 less, yet it has a lot of the same features. The ASTRA 3 door with any options is priced near GTI territory... a car with much more cachet, not to mention 60 more horsepower and much more torque, with most likely comparable mileage figures. And with Saturn's continued MSRP-only selling practices, I am not sure we have a winner on our hands. Time will tell, I guess.

[Flybrian]

Neither the Astra SRi on which the Saturn is based nor any three-door Astra has an available sunroof. However, the panoramic windshield is an option, as it should be here...

[PurdueGuy]

Neither the Astra SRi on which the Saturn is based nor any three-door Astra has an available sunroof. However, the panoramic windshield is an option, as it should be here...

+1, that would be sweeeeet.

[K.C.]

+2. I agree. Too bad about the sunroof. I guess you can't get a sunroof because of the engineering details in the roof oh the Astra 3-door needed to support the Panoramic roof structure if it is equipped with that option.

[Z-06]

The Rabbit 3 door does not have Sunroof either.

Here is the comparison between the two. Blu is right, rabbit has slightly more features than the Astra. I think it has to do with the economy of scale. Rabbits sell a lot more than the Astra will.

Rabbit is a good car, but VW reliability is a hit or miss.

[thegriffon]

The Rabbits might come from Mexico like the Jetta, not Belgium. The next-gen Astra comes from Poland, which will be cheaper.

[Oracle of Delphi]

The sun gives you skin cancer! Just another way that Opel is looking out for your health.

Edited November 4, 2007 by Pontiac Custom-S

[pow]

The Rabbits might come from Mexico like the Jetta, not Belgium. The next-gen Astra comes from Poland, which will be cheaper.

All US Rabbits come from Germany.

The Rabbit may have a lower MSRP, but interestingly, Jettas often have better lease deals.

[ocnblu]

It'd be interesting to read how Opel Astra reliability compares to VW Golf reliability in their home market. Should tell us how the GM car will fare here, relatively, since I imagine the only changes made were for US standards.

[PurdueGuy]

The next-gen Astra comes from Poland

Do we know that for sure?

[regfootball]

no sunroof = pretty much kills any sort of desirability in my book