OPEL Astra · 1.8 Elegance · Hatchback · 2004 ‐ 2005

Model of autos Astra, modification of 1.8 Elegance began producing by Opel from 2004 and closed in 2005. This car has 5 doors, the body chassis is shaped like a hatchback, weight 1.2 tons and length 4.2 meters, which can seat 5 people total.

«Astra 1.8 Elegance» is a front wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This vehicle can be accelerated for 10.8 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 198 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max output of 125 hp at 5600 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 10.5 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 6.2 liters, and the average fuel rate is 7.8 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 52 l of petrol, what allow you to drive approximately 667 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55R16.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Astra got the maximum quantity of stars - five, which indicates that it is a perfect safe automobile. Furthermore to active safety (EBD, Brake assistant, ABS), it is also has passive safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags).