Think this will take the diesel hotty crown

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/previews/64762/vauxhall_astra_triple_eight.html

Thats cheap! Guarantee octavia will be

The Vauxhall is cheap but it'll be like the 888 Astra Coupe - rare as rocking horse poo.

Surely that will be incredibly 'peaky'?

-Strong torque for about 1 second between gearchanges? Does it have a 10 speed box?

They say nothing about uprating the clutch to cope with the exta torque :(

The images look great... till you get to the engine bay - diesels seem to always disappoint there! Just a big plastic cover... Mmmmm nice...

Surely that will be incredibly 'peaky'?

-Strong torque for about 1 second between gearchanges? Does it have a 10 speed box?

As you are always the first man usually to slate the diesel cars, i'd like to know if you have driven one recently? You are in the North West like myself, maybe you would like a drive of mine before i move over to the darkside.

I've driven a PD130 Golf in the past year. It WAS strong in the torque dept, no doubt about that.

I'll probably get a diesel at some point