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Long -term Opel Astra test - And if an accident?
Surprisingly, there are still a lot of drivers in Russia who sincerely believe that there is no need to fasten seat belts, and pillows with a contrasting system are generally complete nonsense, which interferes with experienced drivers with 30 years of experience. We hope that among our readers there are no such smarters. That is why, when describing the long dough of the Red Sedan Opel Astra, we decided to devote separate material to the story about the security systems that the car offers. It should be noted that the Astra sedan sold in the basic configuration has four airbags and an anti -lock brake system. In addition, there is a system of distribution of brake efforts, belts have pretense, and the children's chair can be attached using the ISOFIX system. The equipment is very worthy, although, I admit, and not the richest. After all, some competitors have six or even seven pillows in the database (although it should be noted here that such models are in most cases more expensive).
In addition, for surcharge you can order an anti -exposure system ESP. Moreover, when buying a car, it should not be scared. After all, this wonderful system, which can be very useful even to neat drivers when driving on a wet highway and winter, costs Opel only 13,000 rubles. Moreover, ESP can be taken separately without specially buying no unnecessary options.
And how did Astra showed herself during crash tests? Unfortunately, the independent organization of Euroncap did not break the sedan, because in Europe, cars with this type of body are not very in greater demand. But the 5-door hatchback of crash tests passed. And perfectly passed! Astra received the maximum five stars for protecting the driver and front passenger (however, then it was about a car with six pillows and with an alarm about the unsteded seat belts that the sedan has one or the other). It turned out that with a frontal blow at a speed of 64 km/h about a crushed barrier (this is how a frontal accident with another car is imitated) load on the head, neck and chest are completely small. In addition, thanks to a special traumatic safety panel and the pedal node, the mannequins did not receive serious blows in the legs. And this suggests that the driver and passenger fastened with seat belts, even with such a terrible accident, will not get serious injuries!
It is also worth noting the good protection of the children who sit in the children's chair in the second row. During crash tests, the children received 80%, which allowed Astra to gain four stars out of five possible. Perhaps the only claim of experts touched the protection of pedestrians during the collision. Here Astra earned only one point.
However, in our world, the concept of safety is not limited to only one pillows and ABS. Do not forget about hijackers. And here are two pleasant news. The first alarm on Astra is already included in the basic configuration. Therefore, spending extra money when buying a new car is not at all necessary. The second news is that, according to the police, Opel Astra, especially in the sedan body, is quite rarely steal. Largely precisely thanks to this, the CASCO policy on Astra is not such an expensive insurance for a new car for an experienced driver will cost 35-45 thousand rubles. Depending on the insurance company. For a new model of this class, this is not so much insurance, for example, Japanese will cost more.
Source: Auto.mail.ru
