Dear MyPE Congratulations to the OPEL Astra and General Motors as a whole for scooping the 2017 WesBank Car-Of-The-Year title (See: Thirteenth National Car of the Year Award for Opel Astra), although I was bitterly disappointed that my beloved rear-wheel driven BMW M2 was eliminated in the early stages of the contest. My next favourites were the Jaguar F-Pace, Toyota Fortuner or the Volkswagen Tiguan despite SUV's being known as vehicles of disrespectful and bumptious intruders. Two thumbs up … [Read more...] about Congratulations GMSA
Opel Astra
Thirteenth National Car of the Year Award for Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is the Wesbank South African Guild of Motoring Journalists' 2017 Car of the Year, making South Africa the thirteenth country where the Opel Astra has been recognised as a Car of the Year since its global introduction in 2015. The latest accolade, which was announced at an industry banquet at Kyalami on March 15, comes on the back of a multitude of awards both here and abroad for the 11th-generation Astra. The most significant of these is the European Car of the Year for 2016, … [Read more...] about Thirteenth National Car of the Year Award for Opel Astra
Opel Astra Named as South African Car of the Year Finalist
GMSA's Opel Astra, the reigning European Car of the Year, has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 Wesbank South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition. This is the second successive year in which an Opel has been named COTY finalist in South Africa after ADAM and Corsa were voted as finalists last year. The Astra which was launched in South Africa in April this year has received great accolades from local as well as international media. Packed with segment leading safety, … [Read more...] about Opel Astra Named as South African Car of the Year Finalist
