Thanks to its swooping, sculpted ‘blade’ look, our Astra reflects a pledge made by Mark Adams, GM Europe’s design vice president, to move away from the vans-with-windows styling.
However, maintaining the estate’s aesthetic balance with an extra 279mm in length over the hatch counterpart is compromised by a colour mismatch. The wagon’s additional rear overhang is accentuated by two contrasting shades of Power Red paint, where steel wings meet the plastic moulded bumper section. Small adjustments in the Ellesmere Port factory paint-spraying booths might provide a solution.
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