Opel Astra Coupe - sports car for those who do not participate in motorsports

The history of the Opel car, which for a 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 designed and started assembling. Since August 1999, OPC (Opel Performance Center) has been refined on such machines, an organization that is also involved in the modernization of Opel cars to participate in racing competitions. In 2001, a model with a cabriolet body was created on the basis of the Opel Astra Coupé.

The new Opel Astra Coupe in the production line of the company is positioned as a sports car and is called Astra GTC. Outwardly, he looks impressive and presentable, in which undoubted merit of the designer, Uwe Muller. Although the latest design trends of the world's leading car manufacturers - the Unisex hatchback, which "flatten" to the size of a sports coupe, they "inflate" to a small crossover - this opele solution together with the new Mokka crossover was not ignored.

Especially impresses with the interior decoration of the new Opel Astra Coupe (although it looks like the usual Astra, but it has "raisins"), and very ergonomic sports seats certified by the German experts AGR ("the society of protection of the back," as they are called jokingly). Perfect lateral support in total with eight different adjustments, including the drive for the lumbar roller, allows you to perfectly carry any bends, as well as trips of any range and duration.

The Opel Astra Coupe in the rear suspension inherits an interesting solution, applied in the new standard Astra model: Watt's levers together with the variable stiffness of the torsion bar. In the front suspension of the Coupe - the innovation, essential for controllability on high-speed bends: rotary fists, reducing the shoulder break-in and parasitic thrust. An adaptive lighting system also helps in cornering. If you continue this list, it seems that the car was prepared only for ring races, but about speed on the track - they forgot. Otherwise, how can you explain that the sports coupe is heavier than the usual five-door Astra at the same engine power? With the help of a manual gearbox and up to a speed of 160 km / h from the Opel sports car you can squeeze good dynamics, but then the car becomes "dumb", and at 200 km / h you can not get at all. "And where are you going to go at this speed?" - you ask. "Why did I buy a sports car? - I will answer, - especially the car, positioning itself as Grand Turismo ".

But let us return to the realities of our life and ask ourselves: what are the main interests of the owners of inexpensive sports cars on our streets? Correctly: frighten girls and grandmothers with cracking dispersals to the nearest turn or tickle the nerves themselves and surrounding risky overtaking in the city stream. So, for both of these operations, the new Astra Coupe has "on board" everything necessary in combination with the exterior, capable of forcing the admiring glances of the watchers.

As for the purchase of the new Opel Astra Coupe, the price for it in Russia starts from 719 000 rubles in the simplest configuration ENJOY with an atmospheric engine of 1.8 liters. Despite the fact that the base price of the most expensive standard equipment does not exceed 928,000 rubles, with the help of a configurator and additional options it can easily "overtake" a million.