Opel Astra Gran Tourismo Compact pics

[GeeBee]

Enjoy!

GB

http://img.interia.pl/motoryzacja/nimg/moto537079.jpg

http://img.interia.pl/motoryzacja/nimg/moto537081.jpg

http://img.interia.pl/motoryzacja/nimg/moto537084.jpg

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/Q/J/HBQJXR3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/S/J/HBSJXT3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/T/J/HBTJXU3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/U/J/HBUJXV3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/V/J/HBVJXW3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

[Tom76]

You can find a few more on this site (http://focus.msn.de/hps/fol/article/article.htm?id=7917). Click on "Foto-Gallerie" (the little camera symbol).

[DrDevil]

im liking the car more and more, everything except the rear. i hate the fact that they have tiny rear windows.

[Mark]

Hmm,not bad, just something about the roofline at the rear doesnt look right.
And the gearstick looks like something out of an arcade machine..
Other than that it looks snazzy.

[GOZOFF]

im liking the car more and more, everything except the rear. i hate the fact that they have tiny rear windows.

I couldn't agree with you more mate, even the back window is tiny :(
I bet there going to get alot of heat from the press and public about it having such a bad blind spot now with those petite windows :(

[Tom76]

One more interesting detail: Opel will offer a special wind screen as an option. It reaches up to the B column, as you can see on this prototype:

http://www.automotorundsport.de/sixcms/media.php/23/02_Opel_450.60786.jpg

There are some high resolution pictures of the pictures posted by GeeBee at this page (http://www.opel-mediainfo.at/scripts/depot3/opel-media/media/200408170001.txt). Click on the "Feinbild" Links.

[wishbone]

that windscreen kinda looks funny.. i wouldn't buy that
i'd rather a sunroof? ehehehe

[YuSuF]

The rear looks out of place, too small for my liking plus I think my head will be touching the roof

[Dee]

with those back seat head rests im suprised if you could even see out the back window....

[YuSuF]

http://a.relaunch.focus.de/img/gen/S/J/HBSJXT3dWyC_Pxgen_rc_400xA,400xA+0+0.jpg

Especially this this pick, how are you supposed to rear park?

[Anonymous]

don't count your eggs too soon....

It just may be that the set-up may take the small windows into consideration..

Only way to know is to take it for a test drive.

BTW, that loooks like a "sri" version. You've got to be kidding if the econo version has those offerings!


I'd still buy it!

[OzzySRi]

itd be nice if they set up a reversing cam hooked up to the in dash screen me thinks

[OzzySRi]

oh yeah if u look carefully at the rear bumper in the last pic, u can see lil dimples... reverse parking sensors they are

[Dee]

oh yeah if u look carefully at the rear bumper in the last pic, u can see lil dimples... reverse parking sensors they are

nah isnt that the towing hook cover... i have a dimple JUST like that on the front of my car...

[Nem]

u can see lil dimples...

Maybe thats where they reversed into something? :lol:

[Anonymous]

Yep, the pic that looks like it was taken outside the opel factory, you can notice the reverse parking sensors.

I'd still be able to see where I'm going though... :P

On second inspection, some of those pictures look chopped.

As I said, don't count your eggs people!

[YuSuF]

I just laid one :mrgreen:

[ultim8DTM5]

I like it :lol:

[dug74]

World premiere celebrates the OPEL Astra GTC on the automobile salon in Paris (25 September - 10 October 2004); Introduction on the market is in the spring 2005.

[Degen-Astra]

I beleive some options on the versions in Germany have voice activation for the information display and other items for the car.

[Tom76]

Well, parking sensors are an option for the five door version, so i guess they will be available for the GTC as well.

It is indeed a bit strange at first when parking, since the back of the car is rather high. But you get used to it. :)
While driving it's not a problem (at least for the five door version), and i don't think it'll be much worse for the GTC.

[frankie9fingers]

Remove the middle rear headrest and it'll be easy to see. I reckon once a decent bodykit comes out for it, it'll look sweet as. But for some reason when i look at the front, i think of hyundai tibourn??? :?

[FLY-SRi]

i think it looks to flat...

[Rhino]

WebWombat review:

clickety click (http://www.webwombat.com/motoring/news_reports/opel-astra-gtc.htm)


The range-topping turbocharged petrol model should be a real rip-snorter with 262Nm of torque on tap from 4000rpm,
I'm sorry, from 4000rpm is a slow running tap!

The G is gonna lay some smackdown on the H.

It looks like they've poured all their effort into refinements (which are phenomenal!) and forgot about the workhorse under the hood.

Opel's (http://www.opel.com) site shows some outstanding features... and now the Renault Laguna is not the only car to get a 5 star safety rating.

[Tom76]

Opel's (http://www.opel.com) site shows some outstanding features... and now the Renault Laguna is not the only car to get a 5 star safety rating.[/quote]

There are quite a few cars that have a 5 star rating by now (check out http://www.euroncap.com for details), but the Astra H hast the highest point rating in its class.

:wink:

[Anonymous]

frankie, funny you should mention the triburon...

the triburon and the getz have been given almost world wide praise as the two cars that will take Hyunai out of the $2 pit. Furthermore, Hyundai and other asian manufacturers alike, have taken a lot of inspiration from European cars.

So putting two and two together, you can see where opel have come from by releasing the astra. It's more of a universal euro style. Proto golf conecpt photos look similar!

At the end of the day, you can say that you're driving a euro, euro styled car, not an asian, euro styled car.