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| Astra convertible comes 2013 |
LATEST CAR NEWS - 2013, The new Opel Astra will be convertible into production. Now prototypes to test drives are been caught again. Already in February Opel has officially confirmed the convertible plans for the Opel Astra.
Apparently as reaction to the premiere of the VW Golf cabriolet Wolfsburg has the Opel confirmed the construction of the new open air model manufacturer. It is again based on the Astra and should come in 2013 on the market, it was announced by the company. The car with other Astra variants in Gliwice in Poland is being built.
Astra convertible comes 2013
The last Opel Astra convertible was the TwinTop model with a retractable steel roof, which was stopped about a year ago with the generational change in the compact class. Given the former corporate crisis the Hessians had left open first, whether they would again occupy this niche. The new version of the Opel Astra will be again a folding hardtop convertible, although the Erlkönig walk runs a temporary customized fabric hood. The drive range will rent the Astra CC at the normal Astra, a variant of the OPC is not foreseen. The facelift of the normal version will already have the open Astra. 2013, Premiere could celebrate the Astra CC at the motor show in Paris or in Geneva.
"The new convertible is an ideal addition to our product portfolio," said Opel Chief Executive Nick Reilly: "With its elegant design it is in the tradition of our open and sporting vehicles and will have a major positive effect on our brand," says Reilly.
