Next-Generation Opel Astra Rendered Once More
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The 2016 Opel Astra (K) has been spied a few times now, but never in-the-buff. But while we may not know yet exactly what the finalized design will look like, Photoshop wizard Remco Meulendijk from the Netherlands has completed a render which gives us a pretty good idea.
We were tipped off to this rendering by World Car Fans. The 2016 Opel Astra K will be the first Astra ever built entirely outside of the marque’s homeland of Germany. This rendering is likely pretty close to what the finished product will look like, with influence drawn from both camouflaged spy shots of the next Opel Astra, and the Monza concept.
WCF says that the exterior dimensions will remain virtually unchanged from the current car, but the interior will swell in size. The Astra is expected to be unveiled sometime mid-2015, with a coupe, wagon, and possibly other variants to follow thereafter. The new Astra may also have a weight reduction on the order of 200-some pounds, and could even debut an independent rear-suspension, in-place of the current Watt’s linkage setup.
As we recently reported, Ellesmere Port in the U.K. has been selected as one of the Astra’s construction facilities, alongside a plant in Gliwice, Poland.
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WTF is this. But I guess he probably happens. Opel is only in recent times, a lot of talking, and talking to machines and all kinds of konsept. Only talk about big mouth but no deeds. This Astra is boring and ugly to be lost, among others. Already Opel very backward in its new models, even when compared to other new models, or even the old ones.
What is this car Monza konsept common. Opel is a great hands, and told how the Monza konsept figure is used to show the new models. Opel Insignia had never had konsept as well and it was good. However, the renewed models have been still a very boring compared to konsept machines and promises.
I bet that Opel lovers do not like the kind of crap but if you mess with Opel sells its own know. sorry that Opel lovers can not be proud of
“The 2016 Opel Astra K will” certainly NOT “be the first Astra ever built outside of the marque’s homeland of Germany”.
The current Astra is built mainly in Ellsmere Port, Britain, and in Gliwice, Poland.
But the Astra K will certainly be the first Astra which is not at all built in Germany, since the Bochum factory is closed, where an “Astra Classic” (i.e. Astra H) was still built in 2013 for an Eastern European country, and since the production of the five door Astra J in Rüsselsheim will move to Ellsmere Port to be replaced by a production of the current Zafira, which is moved from Bochum to Rüsselsheim.
So this exclusivity will already become into being before the Astra K hits the show rooms,