Magna's cunning plan for the Astra

PG · Magna's cunning plan for the Astra

I think I've rumbled Magna's cunning plan for the Astra. According to Autocar, the top diesel Astra 5 door will be £23k. Oh my god £23k.

Clearly, this is their plan. They will make the Astra so expensive that nobody will buy one. Then they have an excuse to close Ellesmere Port, move the plant to Germany (or Russia more likely), "re-engineer" the car and then drop the price.

Cunning bastards.

Clunes

It seems most/all the major manufacturers have grossly inflated their list prices over the past 6-12 months due to 'economic pressures and euro rates etc'

For example, when I was looking at getting a replacement car I read that Ford had increased prices, on average, by over 12% in the past year - the most recent increase is just about to hit!

Agree with the OP though - £23K is a lot but it's very unlikely anyone, apart from the very first purchasers, will pay anything like that.

simonp

Will it be the twin turbo jobby they've been touting for what seems like decades?

Humphrey The Pug

that is alot of money but have a quick scan through any price list for a normal family hatch and most top of the range models will be around that figure.

Renault are having a 3% rise across the board from October, then there is the VAT going back up in December.

Grampa

It's quite surprising to look through the price lists of mid size hatches when you discover that the 'posh' ones are often pricier than the hot hatch versions. Doubt many people go for the top of the range trims though or if they do, pay full list.

the other ct

canadian bacon

strange 'coz the Saturn Astra over here are no that expensive... I would worry about Opel/Vauxhall though, Frank got all distracted by Horse racing in the states, it didn't end well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Entertainment_Corp.

saw this one when I was in Florida in February...was v tacky, even for America..

http://www.thevillageatgulfstreampark.com/