Opel Astra GTC 2012 - Good-looking 1

Opel Astra GTC 2012 - Good-looking 2

There is no doubt that the Opel Astra GTC 2012 is a highly attractive coupe confirming the progress of people in Opel’s design. Charming as the coupe Renault Megane Coupé VW Scirocco and have raised the bar considerably, but the Astra GTC seems to know how to cope. And because many words are poverty, the photos show a better result and how much potential can be a hatchback just teasing back. The dynamic appearance of the body, however, contribute and raised geometric characteristics, such as wheelbase (+1 cm) and tracks (+4 cm forward, +3 cm rear). Instead, the distance the body from the ground has shrunk (-1.5 cm)

In the interior, the look of the dashboard could be very different from that of the hatchback. To my surprise, however, the hatch and transferred a large part of practicality, as are numerous pockets for small items, while the rear areas and the trunk (380 liters) is a leading on coupe model.

Opel Astra GTC 2012 is not merely the coupe version of the Astra, since there are significant changes which enhance the sporty profile, they claim the makers of the company. The rear suspension with Watt’s link has received improvements, while the front suspension (HiPerStrut) consists of newly developed McPherson struts with additional lever link limits during cornering the lateral movements for better control. Same time, contributes to a better driver feedback on the wheel.

Note also that even the steering has changed since the system electromechanical assistive transferred from the base of the column directly onto the rack. The popular optional “active” FlexRide chassis with three settings (Standard, Tour, Sport), which alters the throttle response and degree of damping.

In the wet streets of Majorca the Astra GTC with 180 hp (1,6 Turbo) managed to impress us with high margins grip, excellent handling and suspension comfort, considering that he wore 19-inch wheels. The steering wheel has a much better feeling than the five-door Astra, while the front suspension rests just fine, no signs of torque steering (pulling the steering wheel left and right chazospinarisma on closed tracks). Equally impressive was the two-liter diesel version with 165 horsepower.

Regarding the engines, to say the Astra GTC will be launched by early next year with even two smaller capacity of 1.4 liters and output 120 and 140 horsepower. Sales prices are very competitive, starting from 18.400 € and go up to 31.950 € in version 2.0 CDTI. So as things stand, the more powerful Opel Astra GTC 2012 which can acquire the 1.6T version with 180 horsepower. Unless you wait about a year for the OPC hot with two-liter direct-injection motor, which delivers 280 horsepower!