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Astronomy
The moderate price and immoderate ambitions of the new Opel Astra will decisively save buyers from uncertainty
Astronomy (from Astra, lat. Star) the science of the movement, structure and development of Opel brand cars. 2009 was announced by the UN International Year of Astronomy. This year, important discoveries were made, such as compatibility with the Watt mechanism in particular, and a breakthrough in science as a whole.
When people sit on a sleepless diet, and food and the world around seem tasteless, boring and disgusting. And only after a couple of weeks, they will find their opening for all products have their own taste, rich, deep and very fragile. With the design of the new astra, things are similar to. A bright and aggressive predecessor left a persistent and strong aftertaste. Clear lines, open planes, completed, but difficult form, active position, indicating that the path of least resistance is not its path. This is her charisma, in this struggle, her success, recognition and her taste, which came to the taste of a lot. And now, admire the new one! She needs to admire her, slowly, slowly, not wanting quickly and loudly, without comparing. New Astra, food without salt, good music, which avoided the dubious fate of the hit of one day, is about the same thing.
This is not only for here and now, it is also for tomorrow that is all the salt. Most likely, the inaccessible will guess just tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the Astra will become a reference point in the design and the level of equipment. In the meantime, while the Astra seems simple, some suddenly small, spinning, without a single sharp corner, without a single stilett, which will stick into the heart or obsessively catch on clothes. But these days, the buyer is not caught just on the hook, you need good bait. The best low price is best, it doesn’t matter whether the goods are bad or good as such, it can only be good at one price. At worst, you need the right image. Everything else in the offset goes purely formally. In Russia, the legislator of the mod in the golf class His Majesty VW Golf (V generation) in 2008 was sold in the amount of 4671 pieces (+8254 Jetta). Multiplying this modest figure by three, it turns out the volume of sales of the car Mazda3 (39 144 pieces). The previous generation Opel Astra finished 2008 with the result of 42,143, including all modifications, including the station wagon. 42 143 This is very far to the level of sales in Germany (69,234 pieces), even further to the UK (96 942 pieces) in Russia only tricks are sold (93,496 pieces). It is no secret that the secret of the attractiveness of Ford is in its value. The price list of St. Petersburg astra is not yet defined, but the new Opel will be cheaper than Volkswagen dependent on Kaluga golf. The assembly in Russia will keep the price of the new astra at the old level. So far, only a five -door hatchback has been announced, but in 2010 other variations on the Opel Astra topic are required to appear.
For the automobile market, this model is like fresh bread
In Russia, at first, all engines of gasoline gamut will appear (1.4,100 p., 1.6 115 hp, 1.4 Turbo 140 h., 1.6 Turbo 180 hp), and all diesel engines (1.3 95 liters . p., 1.7 110 hp., 1.7 125 hp., 2.0 160 hp.) So far remain in question. The start of sales is scheduled for January-February 2010, there is no doubt about this. But whether the first cars will be imported or from the very beginning will be assembled at the GM-Auto plant in St. Petersburg is not yet known. Apparently, trump cards in the sleeves, hares in cylinders and skeletons in the closet at the management of Opel. How little Opel was Russian, and even then only in words, but how much he has already learned! Actually, nothing is known about the trim levels in detail. There should be four of them, but they can differ somewhat from European content. Local details, as always, in abundance. For example, in Russia it will not be possible to extend a guarantee of up to 6 years, which in Germany will cost only 487 euros. The taste of the Opel Astra car does not change from its cost only appetite can change. And the appetite comes during meals. Having met the new model at the Dudenhofen test training ground and at the Frankfurt autobahns, there is every reason to predict her success, without even guessing the President of the GM Europe, Karl-Pether Foster. The history of compact cars of the Opel brand stretches from the distant 1936 from the first generation Kadett to the 1991, when the Astra model was replaced. At different times, it was part of the TOR-3 best-selling compacts in the segment, which occupies 27% of the total automobile market.
The seats were developed with the participation of the German Association of the Health of the back, and this is felt with his back. Fortunately, people are small in stature, the horizontal pillow has become noticeably shorter. Unfortunately all, the back is regulated by a lever, not a puck
As it is fashionable to say today, the main message of this fashionable machine is more comfort and safety. The idea of \u200b\u200bmoving towards higher castes showed its own viability on the example of Insignia. And now representatives of the company for a long time and insinuatingly talk about improved, almost the best in class, sound insulation. A special person shows graphs, diagrams and tables in a special hall, he tells how the sound of slamming the door affects purchasing activity. Noise insulation is really good, but Watt's mechanism, about which the suspension specialist will talk later, is somewhat dissolved in the sound and semantic material, which is inquired of the consciousness of a modern person. Among endless options, as if in acid, the idea of \u200b\u200bwhat makes the car good dissolves. Here is a Flexfix bicycle mounting system, and the idea that this breakthrough in the automotive industry comes to mind even to those who saw the bicycle only on TV. Here is a flexible shelf-floor of the trunk Flexfloor, which organizes space in the mind and does not allow things to ride back and forth. And here is the adaptive flexride suspension, responding to changes in the leading style or speed of turning. The choice of three modes, three completely different moods Standart, Sport and Tour. But no matter how the driver relaxes in a comfortable Tour mode, if necessary, the suspension will make a decision on his own. Here are three whales, three FLEX, laying reflexes into a person, so that he will turn into a person into a buyer. To the universal happiness of all mankind, the Opel Astra car came out good. If someone else can remember what exactly makes the car good, he will most likely be able to find it in the new Astra. In a car with a pleasant character, a colossal level of equipment, light and stable in management, modern and as well as possible for Opel.
P.S. If someone else is concerned about the awards of the Car of the Year contest, a competition in which Fiat models most often win, you should wait for November 30. Opel Astra got into the list of seven finalists, and not a single fiat by a happy chance among them is a chance! To one degree or another, the same chance for all of all other applicants has the same: Citroen C3 Picasso, Mercedes E-Class, Peugeot 3008, Skoda Yeti, Toyota IQ and VW Polo. Last year, Opel won this competition with his model for the first time in 22 years, ahead of Ford Fiesta by just one point. And it was a guardly happiness, and parity came out: in 2007, the new Corsa model did not have two points to the winner of the Ford S-Max. In general, Astra is on the right track.
Design
The gamut of gasoline engines will include atmospheric motors of 1.4 liters and 1.6 l with a capacity of 100 and 115 liters. with. Accordingly, two engines with turbocharged the same working volumes with a capacity of 140 and 180 liters. with. A new six -speed automatic transmission will be available with all motors, except for the younger atmospheric unit, paired with which a five -speed mechanics are offered. Also for turbo engines, a mechanic with six gears is provided.
The main technical skate of the chassis of the new Astra is the back of a half -dependent beam, supplemented by Watt mechanism, increasing its rigidity in the transverse direction. In front of McPherson racks, close to the InSignia
When creating a new Astra, the maximum attention was paid to achieving a high level of comfort, which caused the use of Watt mechanism in the rear suspension. This solution made it possible to use softer silent blocks without losing the rigidity of the elastokinematic scheme of the rear suspension, thereby lowering the noise and vibration level in the cabin. The Active FlexRide suspension can operate both in automatic mode and in one of the Standart, Sport and Tour modes. Improving controllability is associated with an increase in the hardness of the body by 43% and the installation of the block of the adaptive to the speed of the electrical power directly on the steering rail.
Opel Astra 1.4 Turbo
R4 gasoline engine with turbocharged
Working volume, cubic meter. cm 1364
Maximum power, l. p./vol./min. 140/4900
Maximum torque, NM/rpm. 200/18504900
Maximum speed, km/h 201
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h, from 9.8
Transmission 6-speed automatic
Fuel consumption (mixed cycle), l 7.0
Front drive
Suspension: in front of McPherson behind a torsion beam with a Watt mechanism
Length, mm 4419
Width, mm 1814
Height, mm 1510
Wheel base, mm 2685
Trunk volume, l 370
Track: front wheels, mm 1544 rear wheels, mm 1558
Equipped mass, kg 1373
Full car mass, kg 1870
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