Saturn Astra To Come Soon

In an effort to revitalize the brand Saturn, General Motors expected in the direction of the European continent. With the help of his trademark Opel, General Motors has successfully reinvented until Saturn. The Outlook and Aura are just the beginning of the supply of Saturn with European influence. Come autumn of this year, General Motors will introduce a rebadged Opel Astra Astra as Saturn in the United States automobile market.
According General Motors, so that the European Astra to be accepted in the United States, has to be While attractive in appearance and the driver very favorable. The first step, of course, is to ensure that the Astra Saturn can attract the younger generation of car buyers. The second attribute is that it ensures that at the time of the test driving the Astra, potential car buyers would be hard pressed to walk away from car.
The hatchback is designed with European-style tacos with. The configuration of the trapezoidal headlights and the wide open air intake accentuate the front grille of Astra. Sporting emblem of Saturn on its narrow grille accents of the gentle slope of the bell. According to General Motors, Astra will be available as a three-door hatchback, five-door hatch and the other three doors, but given the Hatch Sport Hatch classification.
According the maker of the Astra, these are built at General Motors & 39; Ease of assembly in Antwerp, Belgium. Both the three-door and five-door hatch versions of the Astra share the same platform with a 102.9-inch wheelbase. Curiously, however, the three-door hatch is longer than the five-door version of 1.5 inches. There is also a difference in the height that the trip of three-door hatchback is 0.6 inches lower than his brother said General Motors.
Powering Astra in Europe, and possibly at its introduction in North America is a 1.8-liter Ecotec On-line four-cylinder engine. Equipped with Saturn head gaskets and other engine parts, which can produce as much as 140 horsepower. Nominal output torque is 129 foot-pounds at 3800 revolutions per minute.
The engine power can Astra to 60 miles per hour from a point in just 9.5 seconds. Maximum speed as General Motors is 129 miles per hour. As for qualification of fuel, USA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still a test of the Astra Saturn. In Europe, however, the Opel Astra, receives a grade of fuel 38.7 mpg combined city and highway driving. For pure driving in the city, Opel Astra gets 28.5 miles a gallon of gasoline.
Since Saturn is sure to produce a red line to cut Astra when it reaches dealerships in North America, it is hoped that a more powerful engine will be made available to The Astra. It was speculated that the Saturn Astra Red Line will be equipped with a 1.6 litre petrol engine with an output of 178 hp. Another candidate for the Red Line cutting is the engine used in the Vauxhall VXR and the Opel Astra OPC versions. The engine is a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with an output of 237 hp.
According General Motors, the Saturn Astra, which will replace the Saturn ION Saturn online. The Astra will join the redesigned Aura, the Vue, the new Outlook and the Saturn Sky convertible Saturn in the year 2008 model of the line. tayna chieko



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