New 4 Door Opel Astra Sedan more details revealed

New 4 Door Opel Astra Sedan more details revealed

Opel’s elegant four-door Astra sedan makes its world premiere at the Istanbul Motor Show (November 3 − 12, 2006), becoming the fifth model in the bestselling Astra range alongside the five-door hatch, station wagon, three-door GTC and cabrio-coupé TwinTop variants. Boasting Astra’s progressive, proportionally balanced design, dynamic lines and characteristic driving dynamics it adopts long wheelbase from the stationwagon. Four state-of-the-art ECOTEC gasoline and diesel engines are available for the four-door Astra, with displacements of 1.3 to 1.8 liters and output from 90 to 140 hp. The top-of-the-line 1.8-liter, 140 hp gasoline engine with variable camshaft phasing promises plenty of driving fun.

The transmission range includes one manual five-speed and one six-speed manual gearbox, a four-speed automatic, as well as an enhanced automated Easytronic manual transmission.