Steinmetz Hatches New Tuning Program for Opel Astra GTC

With the future Astra OPC, Opel and its sis company Vauxhall have pretty much included the needs of the go-fast audience, but for those that already have a regular GTC model and would like some small improvements, Steinmetz unveiled a new adjusting program at the Essen Motor Show that operates from Nov 26 to November 4.

The In german business choices contain a appearance kit that consists of new black upper and lower front grilles, a fron attire, roof and footwear spoilers and new fatigue longest tail plumbing, plus side lines in gold and anthracite, and home handle protects and reflection limits set in finished metal.

The sporty-looking three-door hatchback also gets a new 19-inch tires with 245/40 R19 powerful tires from either Ls or Michelin, while a new sports revocation ehnaces its position and offers to improve managing by losing the trip level by Thirty millimeters (1.2-inches).

The inside variations contain the Steinmetz electronic speed warning, new floor pads with padded company brand name and finished metal sill clothing and a fender protection for the footwear.

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New Opel Astra Sports Tourer Unveiled - Should Buick Bring it to the States?

This station model here, smart-looking car is the new Opel (Vauxhall or the United Kingdom) Sports Tourer and Astra revealed before its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show on 2 October. It is on sale across Europe in November.

The exterior design of the Astra Sports Tourer is reminiscent of the ST badge, and is a good thing. Unlike its predecessor Square, the Opel design team, led by Mark Adams opted for the design of a "lifestyle property" with a sloping roofline and a tail less perpendicular.

The Sports Tourer its brand with its five-door sibling, with the same wheelbase 2685 mm long and front and rear tracks of 1544 and 1558 mm respectively.

The European unit of GM has not released pictures of the inside, but the design will be more or less the same as the five-door hatchback version of the Astra. Opel said that cab has 75 liters of storage space or 50 percent more than the previous generation car.

The new Astra ST also has a new rear seat FlexFold allows each section of the bank of 60/40 split rear seats are both reduced the touch of a button on the side walls of the cellar.

With the rear seat backs down, the cargo load length is increased to 1835 mm, 28 mm more than the current Astra wagon. According to Opel, the cargo volume of the TS can be adjusted between 500 and 1550 liters. In comparison, the VW Golf Variant offers between 560 and 1550 liters of cargo space.

In Europe, the powertrain alignment Astra Sports Tourer will include eight petrol and diesel engines ranging in power from 95HP to 180hp, including a turbocharged 1.4-liter diesel with 140 horsepower and a diesel 2.0 liter turbo 160 - horsepower that returns a combined fuel consumption of 5.1 lt/100km (equal to 46.1mpg U.S. and 55.4mpg UK) with 134 g / km CO2 emissions.

GM has no official plans for States Astra Sports Tourer. However, since it is essentially a wagon version of China, recently unveiled the Buick Excelle which is scheduled for a year in the U.S. next time, could not resist asking whether GM should consider the Sports Tourer offer in the states. Give us your opinion in the comments.

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Opel's Hot GTC Paris Concept

Meet the star of the stand Opel Paris Motor Show, and probably one of the best concepts of the search for the show this year, the GTC Concept in Paris, which generate three-door Astra model next year.

Although variants of the general public loses muscular GTC production of bumpers, LEDs, and large 21-inch wheel design of the study, it is safe to say that what you see here is more or less what you get when the Car dealerships come to Opel and Vauxhall in Europe in 2011.

For those who want something closer to the concept. There is good news as the flagship model of the OPC is expected to keep most of the style features, including larger bumpers

The same concept applies to GTC Paris, direct injection and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 290 horsepower, strongly suggesting that the specifications of the Golf / Scirocco RR compares the Astra GTC, the OPC, which is also scheduled for late 2011 .

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