Opel Astra 3 Test drives GTC OPC since 2005 hatchback
German three
Honestly, none of us, four and on this journey, we poisoned with wives, does not think of rest without movement and new impressions. To lie with eggplant at the best sea shore, we are capable of maximum three days, then we are irrepressibly pulling on the road. The fault is probably a profession as a line ...
Saboteur
Opel Astra GTC literally burst into the market of fashionable inexpensive hatchbacks. But four years ago it was a breakthrough, and today the main competitors have already managed to either survive restyling, or completely changed the generation. Did GTC have arguments in their favor? We say yes. The appearance of Astra GTC sabotage from the side of the Opel, directed ...
Fire and Ice
Who is faster in winter: hot hatch or all-wheel drive vegetable? What is better, 280 horsepower on the front-wheel drive with a turbo engine or 114 forces on an all-wheel drive with an atmospheric engine? Who is faster, Opel Astra OPC on the handle or Subaru Impreza with a variator? Hot hatch or a very cold sedan? The answer, which in the summer lies on the surface, in winter ...
Redness (redness)
Monsters such as Ford Focus ST and Opel Astra OPC are now opposed to Type R. Understanding the seriousness of such cars, we decided to conduct a full-fledged track day at the Tushino airfield. Already a couple of years ago, Honda Civic Type R was an icon for a whole generation of motorists and athletes. Incredible Honda engines with specific power under a hundred ...
Grind
240 l. With. on the brother and no engineering miracles: is there any blocking, no cunning pendants? Yes, today we are dealing with the most unbridled hot hatching market. They dance their jigs from the primitive VW Golf GTI: 1.6 l, 110 l. p., 830 kg. To accelerate to hundreds ...