Astra Sporthatch 1.9 SRi (150)
 

Got a good deal going on these diesels through our company car scheme. I've driven a few and they're okay. Are they easily chipable?

Easily chipped yes, and if you use the '888' tuning parts, you keep your warranty too.

The wife only gets the 100hp SRi TD and to be honest if it had the 150bhp motor I reckon the car would be ideal, plenty of go when you want but so easy to just cruise along on the torque. She get late 40s easy and it gets late 30s/early 40s sat at 90+ on the motorway, on a non-stop trip to St Tropez from Oxford we stopped once to fill up, incredible.
The handling of it is far better and capable than I thought it would be, superb damping.