Astra

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 01/13/2017 at 03:57 • Filed to: Holden, Opel, Vauxhall, astra, 2017

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bhtooefr > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/13/2017 at 06:32

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The way they did the floating C pillar looks really awkward on that car.

duurtlang > bhtooefr 01/13/2017 at 06:59

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You should see it on the wagon.

bhtooefr > duurtlang 01/13/2017 at 07:08

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See, I don’t mind that at all.

Svend > bhtooefr 01/13/2017 at 07:29

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The Honda C-HR has a very similar if not reduced look on the rear pillar.

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/13/2017 at 07:30

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I like it.

Looks great.

runnersp, formerly known as t_s > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/13/2017 at 07:40

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The Korean and Japanese car makers used to rule the roost when it came to irretrievably bland white goods disguised as cars. I think the European arm of GM is winning now.

pip bip - choose Corrour > runnersp, formerly known as t_s 01/13/2017 at 07:46

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lol

bhtooefr > Svend 01/13/2017 at 07:53

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I think it works better there, though, because there’s plenty of equally funky styling decisions elsewhere. (Not that the C-HR is a pretty car by any means...)

The Astra hatchback’s floating C pillar strikes me as a last-second design-by-committee splash of funkiness that’s incongruent with the rest of the car’s styling.

duurtlang > runnersp, formerly known as t_s 01/13/2017 at 08:16

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You haven’t paying attention to Opel for the last few decades then. They’re less of a “bland white goods disguised as cars” brand now than before.

Svend > bhtooefr 01/13/2017 at 08:24

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I’ve come to love the C-HR, especially after seeing the TRD the other day.

Those funky little styling bits are appearing on everything these days.

Some small and almost unnoticeable and some glaring.

Take my headlight.

runnersp, formerly known as t_s > duurtlang 01/13/2017 at 08:53

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The GSi models of the nineties were actually pretty cool in my book. This stuff is just a lump of mechanized boredom and no amount of OPC-ing is going to make them better.