Vauxhall Cascada
Discussion
OllieJolly said:
I like the Cascada, although it looks more like an Insignia convertible from the back.
Shame that many are fitted with the 2.0 CDTI though, I don't really "get" buying a diesel convertible.
Agreed about the Isnignia, but if you see beyond Vauxhall prejudice, it’s not bad looking at all.After all, it trounced the Mondeo which was a better drive. Cascada looks fine, as cars become increasingly SUV- like (real or faux.)Shame that many are fitted with the 2.0 CDTI though, I don't really "get" buying a diesel convertible.
Scrump said:
Vauxhall’s attempt at a VW Eos competitor, but a bit late to the party.
VW Eos was an attempt at a Renault MeganeMy ex-wife had one, bought it as part of her 'mid-life' crisis, lost over £2,000 a year in the 4yrs she had it (and she complained over the deprecation of my Land Rover D2, which was much less)
Lester H said:
OllieJolly said:
I like the Cascada, although it looks more like an Insignia convertible from the back.
Shame that many are fitted with the 2.0 CDTI though, I don't really "get" buying a diesel convertible.
Agreed about the Isnignia, but if you see beyond Vauxhall prejudice, it’s not bad looking at all.After all, it trounced the Mondeo which was a better drive. Cascada looks fine, as cars become increasingly SUV- like (real or faux.)Shame that many are fitted with the 2.0 CDTI though, I don't really "get" buying a diesel convertible.
I had to sort out a Cascada that had arrived with 4 space savers fitted instead of the alloys. Then another popped up missing a space saver. Some enterprising person had obviously removed the alloys and fitted the spares from other cars.
Must have happened someplace between the factory in Poland and Antwerp port.
Must have happened someplace between the factory in Poland and Antwerp port.
s m said:
OllieJolly said:
Shame that many are fitted with the 2.0 CDTI though, I don't really "get" buying a diesel convertible.
Pretty much every 1-series convertible I see is a diesel I always look at the hardtop 1 coupes though and notice the same
I was blissfully unaware that these even existed until a few weeks ago. It didn’t really have any strong opinions either way. It was better looking than previous Astra cabs.
G-wiz said:
Indeed surprised these are a rare sight on UK roads; considering the popularity of convertible models.
Even though it pisses down constantly here.
Actually it doesn't. On average, it rains once every 2.5 days in the UK (much less in the South, especially the south east), but most of those rainfall days are just for a short period during the day. Convertibles are useless in Southern Europe where it's too hot. The UK is pretty good for convertibles. Even though it pisses down constantly here.
My neighbor has one, it is a great looking car, as you don't see alot of them about as mentioned - seems a shame, looks like a great GT car to cruise down to Europe in - it was just born with the wrong badge for some/most people these days, their loss I suppose.
Very similar to this image here, lovely looking piece of design.
Very similar to this image here, lovely looking piece of design.
In the Netflix series
You can see In Netflix series Get Shorty with cheeky Irish man Chris O'Dowd whose character drives the US version - a Buick of some sort.
It's pretty much just an Astra J GTC convertible. Really.
There's a couple or more Facebook forums which are amusing but not as bad as the GTC forums.
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