ʻO Opel Astra 2012 hōʻike
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ʻO Opel Astra 2012 hōʻike

Ua hoʻi mai ʻo Astra. Mai hele e ʻimi i kāu mea kūʻai Holden e ʻimi ana i kahi punahele lōʻihi i nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi. I kēia manawa, ua loli nā mea a pau akā ua hoʻololi ʻia ka inoa ʻoiai ke alakaʻi nei ka Astra i ka heihei Opel Kelemania.

Ua hoʻokuʻu mau ʻo Opel i ka Astra, akā i kēia manawa ua kiʻi hou ʻia kāna pēpē makana a ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i ka GTC coupe hou - a me ke kumu kūʻai hoʻomaka kūpono o $23,990 no kahi hatchback ʻelima-puka - e alakaʻi i kahi laina o ʻekolu mau hiʻohiʻona e ulu koke i ka Volkswagen's. i hoʻolālā ʻia i nā kuleana ʻEulopa, nā kuleana kaena ma Australia.

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me ka Astra ʻo ka pēpē Corsa - ʻo Holden Barina hoʻokahi - a me ka Insignia ʻohana nui, i hoʻolaha mua ʻia e Carsguide a loaʻa i nā ʻano kino kaʻa kaʻa sedan a i kapa ʻia ʻo Sports Tourer.

No laila, ʻaʻole wale ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi lumi hōʻikeʻike no Astra, ʻoiai he manawa koʻikoʻi kēia, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka brand Opel. No ka nānā ʻana i nā Opels hou, ʻike mākou ʻaʻole kūʻē lākou iā Holden, akā i Volkswagen, Peugeot a me kekahi mau hōʻailona Iapana kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ia ka manaʻo o ka poʻe hoʻolālā o Opel, nāna i wehe i 17 mau mea kūʻai aku ma Australia e hoʻomaka i ke kūʻai aku ma ka lā 1 Kepakemapa.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi a Opel he hōʻailona Kelemania i alakaʻi ʻia me ka ikaika like me Volkswagen. Pehea ka poʻe kūʻai aku e hana ai, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 50 mau hōʻailona like ʻole ma Australia i 2012, he nīnau nui loa, akā ʻo ke poʻo o Opel Australia, ʻo Bill Mott, ʻo ia, e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, hilinaʻi iā ia iho.

“Ua pau ka helu ʻana. “Ke hoʻololi nei ke koho o nā mea kūʻai aku. Manaʻo mākou ua loaʻa iā mākou ka huahana kūpono a me ka hōʻailona no kēia mākeke loli, "wahi a Mott. Hoʻohiki ʻo ia i ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, akā ʻōlelo ʻo Astra ke kī i ka kūleʻa. “Ke komo nei mākou i nā ʻāpana e… i manaʻo ʻia no ka ulu hou ʻana. Manaʻo wau e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī me ka ʻole o Astra, "wahi āna.

"He kōkua maoli kēia Astra no mākou a, ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona hou, he pilikia e pono ai mākou e hoʻoponopono. Pono mākou e ʻōlelo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a e ʻōlelo maikaʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia ʻo Astra ma ʻaneʻi a ʻo Opel mau nō ia.

waiwai

Ua hōʻole ʻo Holden i ka Astra no ka mea hiki iā ia ke kiʻi i nā kaʻa keiki liʻiliʻi mai Daewoo ma Korea, akā ke hana nei ʻo Opel i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻohui i ka waiwai i kāna mau kaʻa. "Ua maopopo iaʻu ua hana mākou i kā mākou haʻawina home," wahi a Mott. Ua kōkua nui ʻia kēia e ke kālā Australia ikaika, ʻo ia hoʻi he kūpono ka laina lalo o Astra, akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi.

No laila, hoʻomaka ia ma $23,990 no ka ʻaila turbo ʻelima puka 1.4-lita. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi Toyota Corolla like ʻole ma lalo o $20,000, akā noho ʻo ia i loko o ka puʻuwai o nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi ʻEulopa a maikaʻi ke nānā aku i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka $21,990 Golf loa me ka mana liʻiliʻi a e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana. Opel, me liʻiliʻi mea maʻamau. ʻO nā ʻano kino nui ʻo ka hatchback ʻelima puka a me ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa Sports Tourer, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei ka laulā i ka turbodiesel 2-lita mai $27,990 a me ka turbo petrol 1.6-lita mai $28,990.

He $2000 keu ka hoʻoili maʻalahi, a he nui nā pae ʻoki a me nā pūʻolo koho. Akā ʻo ke poʻo o ka GTC coupe, e hoʻomaka ana ma $28,990 me ka turbo 1.4-lita a i ʻole $34,90 me ka GTC ikaika loa. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he holoholona ʻokoʻa ka Astra GTC. He kaʻa moeʻuhane hiki ke loaʻa."

o ka 'ike loea hou

Ua hana mau ʻo Opel i nā hana ʻenekinia he nui, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea chassis maʻamau a hoʻokau hou aku. ʻAʻohe mea weliweli e pili ana i ka pūʻolo Astra, akā hāʻawi nā ʻenekini ʻokoʻa i ka mana paʻa a me ka torque, aia kahi manual ʻeono-wikiwiki a me ka hoʻoili ʻakomi - ʻakomi wale nō i ka Sports Tourer - Watts-link hope hoʻokuʻu a me nā mea e like me nā kukui bi-xenon, nā huila huila. . huila a me ka wehe ʻana o ka pahu uila a me kahi ʻōnaehana e hoʻohuli i ka noho hope i loko o kahi kaʻa.

Loaʻa nā lako koho i kahi console kikowaena premium a me nā noho haʻuki ergonomic kūikawā, a me kahi ʻōnaehana kukui adaptive me nā kukui kihi a me nā kukui haʻahaʻa. Pehea e pili ana iā GTK?

Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka chassis me nā hoʻonohonoho haʻuki maʻamau, akā aia pū kekahi ʻo HiPerStrut i mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana no ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka traction a me ka pane ʻana, koho ʻia nā dampers Flexride magnetically controlled - e like me nā mea i loaʻa ma kekahi mau HSV Commodores - a me nā huila huila 18-inihi, hoʻokele mana uila a hou aku. Hele mai nā Astras āpau me ka pilina Bluetooth.

mea i manao ai

He manawa koʻikoʻi kēia no Opel, e makemake ana e kū i waho kona mau kaʻa ma ke alanui. ʻO Nils Loeb i hānau ʻia ma Australia, ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka hoʻolālā o waho ma Opel, he malihini kūikawā ma ka hōʻike paʻi kaʻa a kamaʻilio nui e pili ana i ka ʻikepili o ka hui. "He hōʻailona Kelemania mākou," wahi āna. ʻIke maikaʻi nā kaʻa, a kū maoli ka GTC e kūʻē i nā nani e like me Renault Megane, akā ʻo ka mea kupanaha loa ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī.

ʻOi aku ka nui o nā Dashboards ma mua o nā paneli plastik palahalaha, nānā a maikaʻi nā hoʻololi, a ʻae ʻo Loeb e koho ʻo Opel i nā huila nui no kāna mau kaʻa "no ka mea he maikaʻi lākou."

Palekana

ʻEono ʻeke lewa i nā ʻano hoʻohālike a pau. Loaʻa i nā kaʻa a pau nā hōkū EuroNCAP. Ua lawa.

Ke kaʻa

Maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maikaʻi. ʻO kēia ke kumu. E hoʻomaka ana mai ka lalo, ʻike ka hilinaʻi a me ka pane ʻana o ka hatchback base o Astra. ʻAʻole mea kūikawā ka mīkini 1.4-lita, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka 1.6-lita no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hana a hoʻohiki i ka hoʻokele wahie ma mua o 8 lita no 100 mau kilomita.

Ke nānā nei a puni, he mea kupanaha ka hatchback a me ka Sports Tourer i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Corsa, nona ka manaʻo kahiko o Korea i loko o ka hale - mai ka hoʻolālā dashboard a hiki i ka hōʻoluʻolu noho. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, noho mau ʻo Opel i ke kula kahiko me nā pihi kaomi ma mua o kahi mea hoʻoponopono iDrive-style maikaʻi, a ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai, mai ka ea ea hilinaʻi a hiki i ka pilina Bluetooth.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaʻa kaʻa ma mua o ka hatchback, mahalo i ka nui o ke kaʻa ma ka noho hope a me ke keʻena ukana, ʻaʻohe mea e hana ai no ka leʻaleʻa hoʻokele. Akā...he walaʻau makani, kani ikaika nā panaka ma nā wahi ʻino ma New South Wales, a ʻaʻole i like ka nani o ke kaʻa e like me ka Golf. Nani, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole naʻe he holomua.

Ka mea e lawe iā mākou i ka GTC. ʻO ka headliner coupe he mea ʻoluʻolu a nani loa, akā me he mea lā ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wahi ma ka noho hope ma mua o ka pahu. Hiki ke hele maikaʻi ke kaʻa kumu, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i ka poʻe kūʻai ʻike ʻano, akā ʻo ka mīkini 1.6-lita me ka hoʻokuʻu FlexRide e pono ai ke aloha.

Hoʻololi ka FlexRide hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻokele a me ka pane throttle, e lawe i ke kaʻa mai ka maʻamau a i ka snappy a me ka snappy i nā milliseconds. Loaʻa iā ia ka traction maikaʻi a hiki ke maʻalahi i ka mana hou aʻe - a mākou e hōʻoia hope loa i ka manawa e loaʻa ai iā Opel Australia ka hele mua no ka hotrod OPC model. ʻO ka manaʻo mua o ka Astra e manaʻo ʻia, ʻoi aku ma hope o nā makahiki he nui ma Holden.

ʻO ka hoʻololi nui ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e hāʻawi ka lawelawe kumukūʻai paʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hilinaʻi e pono ai lākou e kūʻai i nā kaʻa.

ʻO ka hoʻoholo

Maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi, akā e ʻike hou mākou ke hoʻohālikelike mākou i ka Astra me ka Golf a me kā mākou punahele i kēia manawa ma waena o nā kaʻa paʻa, ʻo Toyota Corolla.

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