OPEL Astra · 1.6i Diamond · Sedan · 1999 ‐ 2000

In 1999 Opel began manufacture of cars model Astra, modification 1.6i Diamond and terminated it in 2000. This automobile has four doors, the body chassis is shaped like a sedan, weight 1.1 tons and length 4.3 meters, which allows a seat 5 people total.

«Astra 1.6i Diamond» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 14.5 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 170 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 75 hp at 5200 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 9.7 liters in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 5.8 l, and the average fuel rate is 7.2 l per 100 km. Gas tank volume is 52 l of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 723 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have drums brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/60HR15.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Astra gained the many quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety systems (driver, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as ABS.