It also featured a sports body kit and widened front seats in the interior. The Astra F consisted of two main revisions and was revised in 1995, with the launch of Opel's new Ecotec engine.Īside from the South Africa-only 200tS, the lead model was the GSi – a 2.0-litre 16V fuel injected model with 150 PS (110 kW), available as a three-door only. While the Astra F finished production in Germany in 1998, Polish-built Astras remained on offer in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Turkey, with the name Opel Astra Classic from 1998 to 2002. A cabriolet was also offered, designed, and built by Bertone in Italy. It was offered as a three- or five-door hatchback, a saloon (sedan), and an estate (wagon) known as the Caravan and available with five doors only, bringing Opel's run of three-door wagons to an end at long last. With the Kadett E's successor, Opel adopted the Astra nameplate, which was already used by Vauxhall for the Kadett D and E (see Vauxhall Astra). Models sold as Vauxhall, Holden, or Chevrolet have different generation designations reflecting the history of those nameplates in their home markets and their naming conventions. The Mk1 and Mk2 Astras are often retrospectively called the Astra D and Astra E by enthusiasts for continuity with their Opel Kadett sister models. The usual convention would have started with Astra A, if the Astra had been considered a separate model. Opel's official convention is that the Astra is a logical continuation of the Kadett lineage, thus, the first generation of Opel Astra as the Astra F (the last Opel Kadett was the Kadett E). In a fashion typical for Opel, they are designated with subsequent letters of the Latin alphabet. Subsequent GM Europe policy standardised model nomenclature in the early 1990s, whereby model names were the same in all markets regardless of the marque they were sold under.Īs of 2021, there have been six generations of the Astra (or eleven generations of the Kadett/Astra family as a whole). The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett (the Kadett D (1979–1984) and Kadett E (1984–1991)) as the Vauxhall Astra. Developed by PSA Group, the Astra L was released after the merger of the company to form Stellantis.
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Īfter Opel was sold by General Motors to PSA Group, the Astra K continued to be produced under license until it was replaced by the Astra L. Between 20, the Astra nameplate was also used for the Holden version of the Cruze sedan. In 2015, Opel reintroduced the Astra GTC and Astra VXR to Australia and New Zealand in 2015, again bearing the Holden badge. It briefly returned to the Australian market in 2012, for the first time badged as an Opel, but was discontinued after Opel withdrew from the country a year later. The Holden Astra was discontinued in Australia and New Zealand in 2009, and was replaced by the locally assembled Holden Cruze. It was rebadged and sold as the Saturn Astra in North America between 20, as the Buick Excelle XT from 2009 until 2015 and as the Buick Verano/Hatchback GS in China from 2015 until 2021. The Astra is branded the Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom. The Twin Top retractable hardtop convertible replaced the soft top convertible in 2006, while the Caravan was renamed to Astra Sports Tourer since 2009. These body styles were later followed by a coupé (the Astra GTC) in 2004, and the sporty Astra OPC appeared in 2005. A panel van ( sedan delivery Astravan) and a convertible (Astra Cabrio) also appeared in the early 1990s.
Initially, the Astra was available in hatchback, saloon, and estate (station wagon known as the Astra Caravan, later the Sports Tourer) forms. As of 2022, the car slots between the smaller Corsa supermini and the larger Insignia large family car. It was first launched in September 1991 as a direct replacement to the Opel Kadett. The Opel Astra is a compact car/ small family car ( C-segment) developed and produced by the German automaker Opel since 1991, currently at its sixth generation. Opel/Vauxhall/Buick/Holden Cascada (for Opel Astra H TwinTop).Chevrolet/Holden Cruze (for Chevrolet, Saturn and Holden Astra).
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