Pricing for the Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer has been announced, which at £16,585.
The estate includes air conditioning, cruise control, electric front and rear windows and remote central locking as standard on the £16,585 base Design spec, with 16in alloy wheels, black roof rails, chrome window trim and a rear spoiler also included. Top-spec Elite models start at £20,605.
The range of engines includes a frugal 1.6-litre diesel engine with stop-start, with claimed figures of 85.6mpg with CO2 emissions of 86g/km while the most punchy 197bhp 1.6-litre petrol engine is available in the sporty SRi-spec.
Vauxhall promises more interior space but improved efficiency and reduced weight with its new Astra Sports Tourer, which made its debut at the Frankfurt motor show in September.
The estate version of the five-door Astra has the same basic dimensions as the model it replaces, with an overall length of 4702mm and a width of 1871mm. However, Vauxhall claims that tweaks to the interior packaging have freed up an additional 26mm of front head room, 28mm more rear head room and an extra 80 litres of luggage space. With the rear seats folded down, the Sports Tourer now has a capacity of 1630 litres.
The Astra wagon’s load bay gets a 40/20/40 split rear seat as standard and it can be enhanced further by optional products from the FlexOrganiser range, including side rails, fasteners and cargo nets. The rear hatch can also be electrically operated and, as an option, opened and closed by waving a foot below the rear bumper.
As with the conventional Astra hatchback, the Sports Tourer makes significant weight gains - up to 200kg, in the case of the estate - thanks to a switch to General Motors' latest D2 platform.
Much of the cabin trim and fascia design is carried over from the recently launched Astra - including Vauxhall’s OnStar connectivity package and an infotainment system that offers Apple’s CarPlay and Android Auto.
The Astra Sports Tourer is will appear in showrooms in March.
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so much hate for vauxhall
End of the day it doesn't matter if vauxhall have the best car for sale for the money they will still get slated, and we end up with the usual people saying corsa are for people who don't know anything about cars etc or have given up on life, truth be told in my opinion the corsa is better than the fiesta.
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Hes just stating a fact - the
they're the only ones then
something VW,BMW etc would never do. Of course they do, which of the top 7 large car companies have a totally different range of engines for EACH model??
If it works
Like the old,cheap outdated rear LEAF SPRING suspension on the NEW £50,000 XC90???? Reminded me of the leaf springs on my old MK1 escort
Same old GM...
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I've come to the conclusion that Fatczech writes nothing but total bull on this site (albeit a good troll). Can't decide if he/she works for the broader VW Group (or other German marque) or is a bored student. Either way, keep it up; we all enjoy seeing you make a 'bell' of yourself.
He made a valid point and
Yeah, thats what loads of
@typos1
. Absolutely agree: the way the bright strip runs across the base of the D-pillar then meets, well, nothing actually, is really poor. Perhaps it's just a cheap way of hiding a joint between the rear quarter panel and the roof. I don't particularly like the C-pillar treatment on the hatch, but at least I understand what the designers were trying to achieve. This, however, is completely incoherent. The previous Astra hatchback, estate and GTC were,IMHO, better resolved and classier looking than the new models.