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New car lines
publication date: Jul 26, 2010
 | The new Astra Sports Tourer will enter the UK market
later this year priced at £16,575, over £500 less than the current
entry-level Astra Estate but has a long list of additional
standard kit.
Built in Britain at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant, the range starts with the 1.4 (100PS) ES model, which gains an extra
10PS of power over the equivalent 1.4 Astra Estate. It also adds: air
conditioning, curtain airbags, Electronic Stability Control (ESP),
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB), an aux-in socket and Active Safety Front
Head Restraints, all as standard. | Better still, the Sports Tourer's premium over the 5-door hatch model
starts from just £995, for which customers benefit from a larger cargo
area (500* versus 470 litres, with rear seats up), despite retaining the
same wheelbase as the new hatch.
Diesel pricing is equally aggressive, with the entry-level 110PS 1.7
CDTi ES Sports Tourer costing less than the outgoing 90PS 1.3 CDTi Astra
Estate Life, yet packing more power and benefiting from sub-120g/km
CO2emissions.
The Sports Tourer range comprises four trim levels: ES, Exclusiv, SE and
SRi, but adds a variety of standard and optional equipment, including
FlexFold, which allows each section of the 60:40 split-fold rear
seatbacks to be lowered at the press of a button housed in the walls of
the cargo compartment. | | |
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