OPEL Astra Stationwagon · 1.8 Essentia · 2004 ‐ 2005

Opel launched manufacture from 2004 of automobiles type Astra Stationwagon, modification 1.8 Essentia and finished it in 2005. The weight of the car is 1.2 tn and a length of 4.5 m, It is formed as wagon with five doors, and may be placed in a 5 people including the driver.

«Astra Stationwagon 1.8 Essentia» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 4-speed automatic gearbox. This vehicle can speed up for 12.2 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 188 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 125 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Fuel rate is 11.4 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the track 6.3 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 8.2 liters per 100 km. Tank volume is 52 l of petrol, what lets to go roughly 635 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/65R15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Astra Stationwagon received the maximum number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a highly safe car. Furthermore to active safety features (EBD, Brake assistant, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety features (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags).