Design and specifications of the "Opel Astra" 2013 lineup

“Opel Astra” is one of the few vehicles that can boast a harmonious combination of such qualities as comfort, maneuverability, efficiency, price and safety. In Russia "Astra" has long established itself as the most reliable and high quality sedan (hatchback and wagon) from all produced in Germany. The Germans never cease to amaze us, and recently the public saw the new 2013 range of cars ‘Opel Astra”. Engine characteristics and the product design – further in our article.

Appearance

New "Astra" in the sedan, presented at the first photo, looks quite modern and respectable. Striking design perfectly sets it apart from the crowd of gray cars. A new look successfully echoes the strict lighting and “smiley” air intake with chrome grille. This combination of design solutions makes "Astra" youth and very stylish. In the car added a lot of chrome. And it concerns not only the grille, but air intake with daytime running lights on the bumper.

Size and capacity

It Should be noted that the new “Opel Astra” is one of the longest cars in its class. So, in the sedan, the length of new items is 442 cm, width-184 cm. While the ground clearance is the highest among all imported cars – 165 millimeters. The same clearance is “VW Polo” that Russian motorists are described as the highest sedan imported. The amount of Luggage you have "Aster", despite the impressive size, quite small – 370 liters.

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Technical specifications

“Opel Astra”, supplied to the Russian market, is equipped with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine capacity of 115 horsepower. Paired with him running a manual transmission on 5-speed. In his homeland the ‘Opel Astra” can be equipped with four power plants, including one diesel.

An Important argument in favor of the reliability became longer service interval is now 15,000 miles. Technical characteristic “Opel Astra” in the dynamics also at a high level. 115 HP petrol engine gives the car acceleration to “hundreds” for 11.7 seconds. While “speed” in your passport is 188 kilometers per hour.

We should also mention the efficiency of the vehicle. Technical specification (“Opel Astra”-2013) shows that the “hundred” new consumes not more than 6.6 liters of fuel in the combined cycle. At the same time in the figure is 8.7 liters. On the track “Opel Astra”-2013 showed the most efficient result – 5.3 liters. Experts estimate that, subject to such consumption and timely maintenance, the Russian owner will spend of the order of 9.71 rubles per 1 kilometer. When you consider that this cost also includes the costs of brand maintenance, we can say that the characteristics (the“Opel Astra”-2013) makes it one of the most profitable cars in its class.