OPEL Astra · 1.7 TD Club · Hatchback · 1999

Opel launched production from 1999 of autos type Astra, modification of 1.7 TD Club and finished it in 1999. This automobile has three doors, the body is in the form a hatchback, weight 1.1 tons and length 4.1 meters, which allows a seat 5 people in sum.

«Astra 1.7 TD Club» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. The 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with «indirect injection fuel system» can generate power 68 horsepower at 4500 rmp, allowing you to speed up the car in 17 s to 100 km/h and obtain peak speed of 163 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 7.7 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 4.9 l, and the medium fuel rate is 5.9 liters per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank capacity is 52 l of diesel, what provides to drive about 882 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have drums brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/60HR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Astra gained the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety systems (driver, passenger airbags), it is also has dynamic safety features such as ABS.