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The new Astra OPC: compact top athlete with exciting optics
Trunk home. With the new Opel Astra OPC, the series version of the study Astra High Performance Concept, that had worried in the last year in Paris for much furors, debut now on the automobile drawing-room in Geneva (3. – 13 March). The new OPC-model is based on the Astra GTC and excites the dynamic potential of the new compact class-generation with exciting optics and a technology-package displayed on Top-achievement yet further from. With its 176 kW/240 HP of strong 2,0-Liter-Turbobenzinmotor belonged that blue grounded developed, of the OPC-team Astra to the strongest compact Fronttrieblern on the market. The engine develops a maximal torque of 320 New sound meters and worries already in the lower number of revolutions area for strong push. The Astra OPC equipped with a six gear-gearshift in clearly settles the Sprint of zero on speeds 100 under seven seconds, the maximum speed amounts to over 240 km/h.
Opel chief executive Hans H. Demant: „the new Astra OPC marks the prelude of top model sporting for a row that we will introduce in the coming months. With the OPC-versions, we want to show the high dynamic potential, that in the Opel-Modellpalette sticks.“
The engine of the new Astra OPC is based on the 200 HP of strong 2,0-Liter-Turbobenziner with a maximal torque of 262 Nm, that as a Topmotorisierung the other Astra-variants inspires. That repeated plus at Power for the Astra OPC became among other things through optimization on the entrance-side-and-outlet-side, use of highlywertigsten motor components as well as through a further development of the Einspritzanlage and the Turboladers reached. Perfectly for the power the OPC-engine is conceives the IDSPlus-Fahrwerk (interactive dynamic load system) with electronic mute inspection (CDC – Continuous Damping Control) and networking all load dynamics regulations that was displayed vis-à-vis the other Astra-models yet agiler and more sporting. The new Astra OPC rolls are optional standard on special 18-zoll-leichtmetallrädern 18-zoll-leichtmetallrädern customs 18-zoll-leichtmetallrädern 18-zoll-leichtmetallrädern with tire of the dimension 225/45 R 18, 19-zoll-räder 19-zoll-räder customs of 19-zoll-räder wheels (235/35 R 19) in the design of the Paris-study available. The brake saddles varnished in the characteristic OPC-blue signal a reinforced brake concern (disks ahead, innenbelüftet: 321 mm / disks behind: 278 mm).
Also design features as well as that of from form yet muscular vis-à-vis the Astra GTC front party show that under the steel tricot of the top athlete each quantity of power is concealed. It is stamped clearly accented through a clearly extendr and more deeply pulled air entrance, a honeycomb lattice-grill as well as a bumper with one Spoilerlippe and integrated fog floodlight in that strongly ausmodellierten seitlichen openings. These place yet more strongly profiwere at the same time a harmonious connection to that to the vehicle end there Seitenschwellern here. Very powerful also the stern of the Astra OPC presents itself. A marked Dachspoiler dominate found the picture for reduced, two seitliche openings with lattice structure and the centrally arranged, trapezförmige Auspuffendrohr.
Sporting details shows also the inner rooms. The Recaro-seats displayed on maximal side stop, that are selective in a two-colored full execution or part leather execution available, are most noticeable feature. The seat areas are ardenblau or silberfarben that carried out seat cheeks and head support in black Charcoal. Further Interieur-details are a newly formed leather-Schaltknauf, with chrome ring bound instruments with blue pointers and new graphics on black background as well as Einstiegsleisten out of noble steel – everyone respectively with that newly formed accommodate OPC-Logo. The decors at the Armaturentafel and in the doors can become in Ardenblau, black or silver geordert.
Developed the Astra OPC became of the engineers of the international technical development center (ITEZ) in trunk home in narrow collaboration with the OPC-team (Opel Performance center). Of the previous OPC-models on Astra-, Astra Caravan- and Zafira-basis were delivered of 2001 by the end of 2004 altogether over 15,000 vehicles. The new Astra OPC starts in the autumn into the market.