Opel Astra Sporthatch Opinions

I'm just looking for peoples opinion on these.

I had 1 for a few days (opel 3 day test drive) and i quite like it, i didnt exactly have a great car to compare it to (mazda demio).
I certainly handled better than the demio (not to hard i assume), was a little faster (also not to hard) althou i didnt think the 1.4 was to well suite to the car. Maybe some thing with some more poke, there's a 1.6 and a 1.8 as well i think.

I've noticed quite alot of them on the road lately, they cant be all to bad? I do love the look of them.

Most important question of all, how much do you estimate they might cost in about 4 years? By the time i finish college and work for a year maybe 2 years. There's loads of them now so plenty choice then for me

Jozi