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Asterix · 19-09-2003, 09:20 PM

Only skimmed across Aaron's article, but it looks very similar to The Age's article on Thurs 18th Sept. The had a 2 page spread which I read entirely. The bottom line was that it wasn't that exciting. Sure 115kw from 2.3 litre sounds OK, but in this day & age anything under 140KW in that size doesn't raise an eyebrow (at least in brand new cars). Take for example Clio Sport, Alfa 250bhp & Corolla Sportivo (& that got a bad review!).
For a new model I would have expected at least a 135kw+ product.
Anyway, where's the muscle? These are the days of the pocket rocket. Big bang for smaller bucks.
Having said all of this, I guess 23k + on road is OK for that.
My biggest issue was that youn can't just buy a 1 or 2 DIN stezza & bolt it into the dash!!!

19-09-2003, 09:20 PM	#10
Asterix AstinaGT Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Melbourne, Vic Car: Ex Astina, ex R34, ex 850R, currently Polo GTi Posts: 431	Only skimmed across Aaron's article, but it looks very similar to The Age's article on Thurs 18th Sept. The had a 2 page spread which I read entirely. The bottom line was that it wasn't that exciting. Sure 115kw from 2.3 litre sounds OK, but in this day & age anything under 140KW in that size doesn't raise an eyebrow (at least in brand new cars). Take for example Clio Sport, Alfa 250bhp & Corolla Sportivo (& that got a bad review!). For a new model I would have expected at least a 135kw+ product. Anyway, where's the muscle? These are the days of the pocket rocket. Big bang for smaller bucks. Having said all of this, I guess 23k + on road is OK for that. My biggest issue was that youn can't just buy a 1 or 2 DIN stezza & bolt it into the dash!!!