Astra goes Panoramic
Newswheel staff :: 15 June 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Vauxhall, Vauxhall Astra,
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Exceedingly large windscreens all round…
With its Sport Hatch moniker and arching window line, the Vauxhall / Opel Astra three-door is a bit of a try hard. By most measures, of course, it’s a distinctly plain Jane mass market hatchback. But it now has at least one USP to separate it from the Euro hordes – a panoramic extended windscreen, known imaginatively as the, er, Panoramic windscreen. And the best news is that Vauxhall will hand you a fiver to give it a try…
To prevent occupants of the GTC from suffering a life-threatening frazzling, the Panoramic screen is hewn from heat absorbing glass. There’s also a scrolling electric blind if you fancy a complete break from the beating rays of the brutal Blighty sun. Possibly.
Panoramic screen comes with a free fiver…
The first model to offer the new windscreen is the Astra GTC, a limited 500-unit edition and yours for £15,995. That’s exactly £5 less than the standard 1.8-litre Astra Sport Hatch upon which the GTC is based. The GTC also gets 18-inch rims, air-con and ESP stability control.
After the initial run of 500 GTCs, the Panoramic roof will be an £850 option on all three-door Astras. Of course, glass is heavy stuff - the Panoramic roof probably doesn’t do much for the Astra’s centre of gravity. But if you are insane enough to be forking out your own folding for an Astra or perhaps you’re just a user / chooser ticking those spec boxes, for £850 it looks like a no brainer.
Posted 16 January 2007, by Brad.Aqau
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