VW Golf 1.4 Vs The Opel Astra Sport 1.4 SXI

musicman2011 · 05-01-2011 09:37PM #1

Which one and why? Budget is between 6000 and 8000! which should i get??

bazz26 · 05-01-2011 09:50PM

If you are going to get a Golf then go for the 1.6 litre. The 1.4 litre only has 75 or 80bhp and is far from a reliable engine. Astra has 90bhp.

I would also add a Focus 1.6 litre to that list, better than the above 2 imo.

musicman2011 · 05-01-2011 10:02PM

cheers for reply!see i do quite alot of driving with work and dont wanna be crippled with fuel as i get small expenses but not alot hence wanting the smaller engine! I just think the focus are a much uglier car than either of those 2 no?

EPM · 06-01-2011 01:06AM

Focus 1.6. Ghia spec. Great engine.

If not, Astra all day long

Alanstrainor · 06-01-2011 01:08AM

Don't assume small engine = better mpg. It's not always that simple.

I wouldn't touch the 1.4 golf. I have the same engine in my Polo and it's not what i'd consider easy on petrol.

I'd go with the focus 1.6 first and the Astra second.

Ardennes1944 · 06-01-2011 01:08AM

having bought an astra a month ago....defo get one. sticks to the road like **** to a blanket

Mr Benevolent · 06-01-2011 01:26AM

Avoid the Golf OP, it's a bucket of crap with a heavy skim of engine oil on top.

sean1141 · 06-01-2011 01:28AM

if you are worried about mpg buy a diesel
first diesel golf that came up on donedeal
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1754432
vrt would be a little over 1000 id say

musicman2011 · 06-01-2011 11:31PM

jeez that Golf is good value!kinda leaning towards the 1.4 astra sxi now i think! anyone know what they're like to drive or fuel consumption?

Leonard Hofstadter · 07-01-2011 10:35AM

A 1.4 is a complete false economy.

100 euro less in tax for misery every time you want to overtake.

A 1.4 Astra is doing around 4,000 rpm in fith gear at 130 kph - that means it's guzzling fuel down on a motorway as well as making you deaf and driving you mad - listening to a four cylinder engine droning away at 4,000 rpm gets very wearisome very quickly.

A little engine will be woefully underpowered on a dual carriageway or motorway, meaning that it will be using more fuel than a larger engine, which has an easier life.

Buy a 1.6 at least OP.

VW Golf 1.4 Vs The Opel Astra Sport 1.4 SXI

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