City Smart Silver Fox - a test drive the new Opel Astra sedan
appearance of the new Opel Astra is also a kind of modern technology the United States, but people are not good at to find, especially for those reserves in the cold steel of the beautiful people is more difficult to capture.
But the new Astra is undoubtedly explained by the industrial aesthetic of the core concept: "The technology as the center, using technology to perform" - in a test drive in the process, we fully understand! Modeling Smart entered the exhibition hall, a silver Astra special attention.
It uses a five-door hatchback design, streamlined, dynamic body lines and lively movement to give the impression, from every point of view are more stylish, dynamic, gives a strong visual impact, this also is in line with its "City Silver Fox "personality.
Astra's positive use of the V-shaped front, with large integrated Opel logo and chrome trim and three-dimensional crystal headlamps, is particularly eye-catching; side highly personalized form, the tough Yaoxian designed to shape a vehicle A dynamic and unique C-and back-door design, but also get off on a special offer convenient rear taillights in the semi-transparent chrome decoration of the decorative, more particularly jumping, embedded LED brake lights and the overhead high - A spoiler for one, with large panoramic windows after all bring a strong visual shock.
Dexterous manipulation of the Astra test drive with a 1.8-liter ECOTEC all-aluminum engines, new engines with outstanding fuel economy and low emissions in the European market famous for integrated fuel consumption as low as 6.3 liters, also reached the European emissions standards on the 4th .
Electronic four-speed automatic transmission, the Astra can reach 188 km / h faster, from 0-100 km / h in only needed 11.9 seconds.
Ultra-low noise and is also one of the major characteristics, when the Astra goes unnoticed behind a parked at the press, journalists that are not found.
Refuelling started, do not have the slightest feeling Tuonidaishui, Astra on the road to the road, variable lines, it is easy to overtake, the engine's deep Hou Sheng people have a sense of excitement.
With the continuous improvement of speed, no impact point, Shift smooth switch.
The noise of a good car, the car into the road noise and wind noise are very small
Warning word He Jing Hui Cho-core Organisation bad Carpenter Deng Xi ? 00 km / h.
Open the sport movement patterns, sonorous voice passionate engine, transmission speed in 4000 to reach nearly automatic when the shift, speed has become more agile, modern is really worthy of being the "Silver Fox city."
Germany said the car was opened by the quality, but its fruit is not.
As a typical "Made in Germany" industrial products, Astra driving with a heavy feeling of the European style, not only tough chassis, suspension tuning also has toughness.
Our test drive route choice for a broad cement floor, which also provides an Astra demonstrate their good control of the stage.
In the straight, the reporter Meng oil accelerated, with the KICKDOWN action, a strong sense of pushing back suddenly hit, let's even a bit Shouzuwucuo; hunting Raozhuang, the suspension of the body of support is very smooth, rear passengers not toTo the feeling of rejection; power steering operation of the Light, point to accurate, the big 16-inch wheels Kuantai provide a good grip, also for the new Astra's performance and a lot of points.
Astra's brake performance uncomfortable, no matter how fast the speed, as long as I stepped on, when local truck stop to Wenwen, and there is no point "nod" phenomenon.
According to reports, the Astra body of the anti-distorting than the previous generation increased 52 percent, and the innovative use of interactive driving system IDS, through the chassis mechanical systems and electronic systems with the perfect role, significantly improve control of the initiative and driving safety.
Interior concise Astra home to the typical German car concise style: black, two-color meters with spacious interior decoration of the Taomu, together with the German car-class technology standards, a luxury car feel Youranersheng; 3 Steering wheel not only feel fullness, but also through the above shortcuts, such as audio control; three-dimensional car-dashboard particularly interesting, not only to read traffic information convenient and extremely campaign style; titanium silver "T"-type centre console organic Integrated air-conditioning, stereo systems and maximize the optimization of the driving comfort and convenience, in its large screen at the top of the show is also timely to all kinds of traffic information.
Let us most of the accidents is Astra's large internal space.
Although Astra is Liangxiang car, but its wheelbase has reached a staggering 2614 mm, whether sitting in the front row or the back seat, are not cramped flu, head, legs space are far beyond the reporter's imagination.
- Specially in the back row get three big men, that the results did not seem crowded.
In addition, Astra also provides a number of internal storage space, large glove boxes, storage boxes around the inside door, front seat back storage bags and so people can feel it meticulous care.
It is worth mentioning that the most is the large panoramic sunroof Astra, according to the China-staff, it is an area of 2.25 times the ordinary sunroof, and can open the two.
Through this large transparent roof, we can provide more passengers and more broad perspective of the sun, while maintaining clean air, adjusting temperature.
Reporter found that, even in the process of moving to open sunroof, noise is quite small.