FRANKFURT 2015: The new Opel Astra
by AllAutoExperts | 20 September, 2015
Opel returns in the segment where will fight with Volkswagen Golf, Peugeot 308, and Renault Megane new freshly launched. And to secure victory launched two new models Astra (K) and Astra Sports Tourer, both being present at the Auto Show in Frankfurt.
The new generation of the Opel Astra hatchback body K version can be ordered already in officials' dealer showrooms in Germany and its price starts at 17.960 euros. In return for this money, the entry-level equipment level you choose with a three-cylinder engine 1.0-liter volume and 105 horsepower. Mated to the manual five speeds, the little gas station rewards you with a consumption of 4.3 liters per 100 km.
The same engine you can find on the Opel Astra Sports Tourer which thanks to the new platform that was built, managed to save 200 kilograms of the total weight of the machine. So the range of engines for both versions Astra starts at a gas station of 1.0 liters and 105 horsepower, 1.4-liter and 125 (or 150) horsepower, or one of the two versions of the 1.6-liter CDTI engine that develops 95 and 136 horsepower, depending on the variant chosen.