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The Opel Astra. It’s a great package but we are still not convinced it beats the VW Golf in the segment
We lost the bet on the SA Car of the Year 2017. Our money was firmly on the Volkswagen Tiguan to take the title, but in the end it did not even feature in the top three. Well done to General Motors SA, because this year’s Wesbank/SA Guild of Motoring Journalists Car of the Year is the Opel Astra. It is a great package, although we are still not convinced it beats the VW Golf in the segment. It adds the local silverware to a previous European Car of the Year award and a host of other accolades for its great engine, excellent specification and good drive. We lost this bet, but Tiguan is in the running for the World Car of the Year title against the Audi Q5 and Jaguar F-Pace so perhaps we can win our money back on that one. Stalwart on the way Jeep is basically keeping Fiat Chrysler in business these days and one of the most famous Jeeps of all, the Wrangler, will enter a new era in 2018. Sources have confirmed the next generation will be made mostly of steel but in the interests of we...
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