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Vauxhall’s all new Astra will debut at
the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15 with a highly competitive
line-up of petrol and diesel engines boasting reductions in CO2
over almost all equivalent models in the current Astra range.
The new model, which will be produced
at the UK’s Ellesmere Port plant for all markets across Europe, will
have an eight-engine range that promises to reduce combined CO2
emissions and fuel consumption by around 10 per cent overall.
Highlighting Vauxhall’s continued
strategy of reducing CO2 emissions through engine capacity
downsizing, an all-new 1.4-litre Turbo engine will join the range from
launch, producing 140hp and 200Nm of torque between 1,850 and 4,900rpm.
This engine replaces the naturally aspirated 1.8-litre from the current
range, yet features lower emissions, equal power and 15 per cent more
torque.
Completing the petrol line-up for the
new Astra is a normally aspirated 1.4-litre unit emitting just 129g/km
of CO2, and two 1.6-litre engines – one turbocharged,
producing 180hp and the other an un-blown unit with 115hp.
The Astra’s diesel range comprises
1.3-, 1.7- and 2.0-litre units, all of which feature common rail fuel
injection and produce combined CO2 emissions of no more than
129g/km* (with manual transmission). Despite this, their power will
range from 95hp to 160hp, allowing generous performance with optimum
frugality.
As with the Insignia, all Astra
powerplants meet stringent Euro 5 emissions standards, and at a later
stage an ecoFLEX model will be added to the range, achieving 109g/km of
CO2 on the combined cycle*.
All Astras will be equipped with
six-speed gearboxes, with the exception of normally aspirated 1.4- and
1.6-litre models and the 1.3-litre CDTi which employ a five-speed manual
gearbox. A new, compact automatic transmission will be available for all
petrol models.
Supporting the new Astra at Frankfurt
will be the efficient, but powerful Insignia ecoFLEX and Vauxhall/Opel’s
groundbreaking Ampera.
*Final figures subject to confirmation.
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