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Video: 2008 Saturn Astra 3-Door XR Review (Visit this link)
Despite the very tight and tidy exterior, the Astra says "willkommen" with ample room inside. Backseat passengers get plenty of space for their heads and legs, though the flat triangular rear windows make it feel cozy in there, or claustrophobic, depending on your predisposition to such things. It's the perfect place to sit if you need to elude the paparazzi or slip through a border checkpoint. Up front, you'll be forgiven if you start speaking in a phony accent while driving, as long as you're good (at the driving, we're not in the car with you so we could care less how irritating you are, just don't run into us). The dashboard and controls have a decidedly German look and feel to them that seems very clear and orderly at first glance. Everyone who passes by stops to ask what it is, and if you just tell them it's an "Astra," they assume it's a new brand about to swoop in and take away American jobs. Say it’s a Saturn, and you get a lot of "What!? Nah, no way. Really?"
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