OPEL Astra · 1.7 TDS Edition Cool · Hatchback · 1997 ‐ 1998

From 1997 Opel launched production of automobiles type Astra, modification of 1.7 TDS Edition Cool and terminated it in 1998. The weight of the car is 1.1 tn and a length of 4.1 m, It is shaped as hatchback with five doors, and may be fit in 5 men with a driver.

«Astra 1.7 TDS Edition Cool» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 13.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 173 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «indirect injection fuel system», which generate a max output of 82 hp at 4400 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.5 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 4.8 l, and the average fuel consumption is 5.8 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 52 liters of diesel, what provides to drive approximately 897 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have disks brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have drums brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 175/65TR14.

Opel Astra is not certified for crash test Euro NCAP. This auto does not have active safety, however there is passive features (driver airbags).