2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
The history of the Opel car, which for little money allows you to imagine yourself driving a sports coupe and called the Astra GTC, began in Italy in 1999. There, in the design studio of the Italian company Bertone, the Opel Astra Coupe model was developed and began to be assembled. Since August 1999, OPC (Opel Performance Center) improvements began to appear on such machines, an organization that, among other things, modernizes Opel cars for participation in racing competitions. In 2001, a cabriolet model was created on the basis of the Opel Astra Coupe.
The new Opel Astra Coupe in the company's production line is positioned as a sports car and is called the Astra GTC. Outwardly, it looks impressive and presentable, which is the undoubted merit of the designer, Uwe Müller. Although the latest design trends of the world's leading car manufacturers - the "unisex" hatchback, which is either "flattened" to the size of a sports coupe, or "inflated" to a small crossover - did not bypass this Opel solution along with the new Mokka crossover.
The interior of the new Opel Astra Coupe is especially impressive (he although it looks like an ordinary Astra, it has “zest”), as well as very ergonomic sports seats certified by German experts AGR (“back protection society”, as they are jokingly called). Excellent lateral support in total with eight different adjustments, including a drive for the lumbar roller, allows you to perfectly endure any turns, as well as trips of any distance and duration.
The Opel Astra Coupe's rear suspension inherits an interesting solution from the new regular Astra model: Watt's linkage coupled with variable torsion beam stiffness. The front suspension of the Coupe has an innovation that is essential for handling at high-speed turns: knuckles that reduce the running-in shoulder and parasitic steering. The adaptive lighting system also helps when cornering. If we continue this list, it seems that the car was prepared only for circuit races, but they forgot about the speed on the track. Otherwise, how can one explain the fact that a sports coupe is heavier than a regular five-door Astra with the same engine power? With the help of a manual gearbox and up to a speed of 160 km / h, you can squeeze out good dynamics from the Opel sports coupe, but then the car becomes “dull”, and you can not get to 200 km / h at all. “Where are you going to go at such a speed?” - you ask. Why did I buy a sports car? - I will answer, - especially a car that positions itself as Grand Turismo.”
But back to the realities of our lives and ask ourselves: what are the owners of inexpensive sports cars mainly doing on our streets? That's right: scaregirls and grandmothers with growling acceleration to the nearest turn or tickle the nerves of themselves and those around them with risky overtaking in city traffic. So, for both of these operations, the new Astra Coupe has everything you need “on board”, combined with an appearance that can capture the admiring glances of onlookers.
As for the purchase of a new Opel Astra Coupe, the price for it in Russia starts from 719,000 rubles in the simplest ENJOY configuration with a 1.8-liter naturally aspirated engine. Despite the fact that the base price of the most expensive standard equipment does not exceed 928,000 rubles, with the help of the configurator and additional options, it can easily “pass” over a million.
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