In the cabin Astra Family can easily accommodate 4-5 adults, and this despite the compact dimensions of the car. Not only on the front, but also on back row enough free space for the legs, and there are more than enough various amenities for the driver and passengers: there is climate control, heated seats, an audio system, and much more.
High-quality fabric and leather were used for interior decoration (in top-end configuration Opel Astra Family), which gives the car sophistication and sophistication. The finishing materials are pleasant to the touch, easy to clean and do not require special care.
Engines
Technical Opel characteristics Astra Family lets talk about the highest level skills of German engineers. Thanks to the well-thought-out technical “stuffing”, the sedan is completely ready for any difficulties. In his motor range includes 2 powerful 4-cylinder gasoline engines with moderate fuel consumption:
- 1.6-liter unit with output of 115 hp;
- 140-horsepower engine with a volume of 1796 cm3.
The first is paired only with a 5-speed manual transmission, while the second is also combined with a four-speed automatic transmission.
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Equipment
The list of equipment of the model inspires respect already in basic configuration. It includes heated seats, ABS, front electric windows, height-adjustable driver's seat, air conditioning, radio, etc. The price of the Opel Astra Family in the top version is higher due to fog lights, an original center console, cruise control and other attributes comfortable ride.
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In 2005, at the Istanbul Motor Show, the Opel model debuted very successfully Astra Sedan third generation (index “H”). The concern's marketers took into account that the popularity of sedans in Eastern Europe and Turkey is on the rise, in contrast to the West, where motorists are gradually switching to more compact hatchbacks.
Therefore, the production of the new product, in order to avoid unnecessary transportation costs, was located closer to the potential consumer - at the factory General Motors in Gliwice, Poland, and 3 years later, the assembly of the popular Opel Astra sedan (now with the “Family” prefix) for the CIS market was established in Russian Kaliningrad.
Externally this family sedan with a spacious trunk (almost 500 liters) is completely different from its predecessor - Astra G. Arrow-shaped car Astra The H Sedan is given a low hood, deliberately elongated lines, and a high, sharply chopped trunk. By placing the sedan on an extended station wagon chassis, the designers increased wheelbase up to 2703 mm, making the interior more spacious; the second row sofa moved back, freeing up sufficient legroom for passengers. The front and rear optics of a completely unusual design for an Opel, installed on the Astra Family sedan, reinforce the impression that the car is moving forward, bringing it closer to cars sports class. Negative frame tilt back door- not only a stylistic device, such a doorway, and even a fair width, makes getting into the back seat easy, without fear of hitting your head.
If we talk about technical characteristics, then under the hood Astra sedan Family – “Ecotek” with a volume of 1.6 liters and a power of 115 hp. or a more voluminous option - a 1.8-liter 100-horsepower unit. For those who like to ride in their own special style, the car is equipped with a five-speed automated manual transmission Easytronic gears, and those who are content with standard driving modes can purchase a four-speed automatic transmission. This whole technical miracle rests on an IDS (interactive driving system) chassis with front MacPherson struts and rear axle With torsion beam– a patented innovation from Opel.
Inside the Opel Astra H Sedan there is the familiar, classic style of Opel’s corporate design. The interior experience is enhanced by a protruding center console and a redesigned control panel with three-dimensional instruments. The front seats are free of the shortcomings that occurred in the “G” model - now they are firmer, almost sporty, and even with lateral support. Adjustments driver's seat are intuitive, setting it to your liking is quite easy, and the steering column is adjustable in such a wide range that you can sit with your arms extended forward, or you can, as in a sports “landing,” hold the steering wheel close to your chest, bending your elbows at an acute angle.
The test drive showed that the Opel Astra Family sedan is quite good on the move; with some stretch it can even be called “ sports sedan" Even with the 1.6 engine, the acceleration time to hundreds does not exceed 11.5 seconds. During a test drive of a production sample without the slightest modification to maximum speed, electronically limited - 191 km/h, the car accelerated quite easily, without strain. The sample with automatic transmission turned out to be less responsive, even turning on sport mode, although it sharpened the reaction to pressing the accelerator, it did not compare it with its manually controlled counterpart. When traveling around the city at low speed, the suspension seemed a little harsh - large potholes were felt by the whole body. But on the highway the car did not notice any irregularities; it entered turns with a slight roll, but without the slightest tendency to skid. General impression even the section of the route marked “road repair” did not spoil - the trajectory is not lost on large potholes, the steering wheel does not hurt your hands, and passengers back seat I didn't feel any shaking at all.
The disadvantages of the Astra Sedan H model include a rather large “dead zone” rear view- a small thing that is quite annoying when parking in a narrow space.
This sedan is not an expensive car to operate. Gasoline consumption in mixed cycle does not exceed 10 liters per hundred even with a 1.8 engine with an automatic transmission. Parts, a significant part of which are manufactured at domestic enterprises, are easy to buy, and those spare parts that are produced abroad are unified with similar units from many European and Asian manufacturers. Having looked through the catalogs of several companies, you can always find enough cheap analogue required part.
The price of the Opel Astra H sedan in 2014 starts at ~720 thousand rubles (in the Essentia configuration) ... up to 825 thousand rubles - this is the price for the Astra Family Sedan 1.8 AT Cosmo.
What will happen in 2019: expensive cars and disputes with the government
Due to the increase in VAT and the unclear future of state support programs for the car market, new cars will continue to rise in price in 2019. We found out how car companies will negotiate with the government and what new products they will bring.
However, this state of affairs only stimulated buyers to make decisions more quickly, and an additional argument was the planned increase in VAT from 18 to 20% in 2019. Leading auto companies told Autonews.ru what challenges the industry faces in 2019.
Figures: sales have been growing for 19 months in a row
Based on the results of sales of new cars in November 2018, the Russian car market showed an increase of 10% - thus, the market has continued to grow for 19 months in a row. According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB), 167,494 new cars were sold in Russia in November, and in total from January to November, automakers sold 1,625,351 cars - 13.7% more than last year.
According to AEB, December sales results should be comparable to November. And at the end of the whole year, it is expected that the market will reach the figure of 1.8 million cars and light vehicles sold commercial vehicles, which would mean a 13 percent plus.
Most noticeably in 2018, according to data from January to November, they grew Lada sales(324,797 units, +16%), Kia (209,503, +24%), Hyundai (163,194, +14%), VW (94,877, +20%), Toyota (96,226, +15%), Skoda (73,275, +30%). Began to reach lost positions in Russia Mitsubishi(39,859 units, +93%). Despite the growth, Subaru (7026 units, +33%) and Suzuki (5303, +26%) noticeably lagged behind the brand.
Sales increased at BMW (32,512 units, +19%), Mazda (28,043, +23%), Volvo (6,854, + 16%). Hyundai's premium sub-brand, Genesis, took off (1,626 units, 76%). Stable performance in Renault (128,965, +6%), Nissan (67,501, +8%), Ford (47,488, +6%), Mercedes-Benz (34,426, +2%), Lexus (21,831, +4%) and Land Rover (8 801, +9%).
Despite the positive figures, total volumes Russian market remain low. According to the Autostat agency, the market historically showed its maximum value in 2012 - then 2.8 million cars were sold; in 2013, sales decreased to 2.6 million. In 2014, the crisis came only towards the end of the year, so there was no dramatic drop in the market - Russians managed to buy 2.3 million cars at the “old” prices. But in 2015, sales collapsed to 1.5 million units. Negative dynamics continued in 2016, when sales dropped to a record low of 1.3 million vehicles. A revival in demand occurred only in 2017, when Russians bought 1.51 million new cars. Thus, up to the original figures of the Russian automotive industry It is still a long way off, just like the status of the first market in Europe in terms of sales, which was predicted for Russia in the pre-crisis years.
Representatives of auto companies surveyed by Autonews.ru believe that sales volumes in 2019 will be comparable to the results of 2018: according to their estimates, Russians will buy the same number of cars or a little less. Most expect a bad January and February, after which sales will pick up again. However, auto brands refuse to make official forecasts until the beginning of the new year.
“In 2019, the cars purchased in the pre-crisis year of 2014 will already be five years old - for Russians this is a kind of psychological mark at which they are ready to think about replacing the car,” Kia Marketing Director Valery Tarakanov noted in an interview with Autonews.ru.
Prices: cars have been rising in price all year
New cars in Russia after the 2014 crisis increased in price by an average of 66% by November 2018, according to Autostat. Over the 11 months of 2018, cars became more expensive on average by 12%. The agency's experts came to the conclusion that auto companies have now practically won back the fall of the ruble against world currencies. But they stipulate that this does not mean a price freeze.
Further increases in car prices will be driven by inflation and an increase in the VAT rate from the beginning of 2019 - from 18% to 20%. Representatives of auto companies, in conversations with an Autonews.ru correspondent, also do not hide that the increase in VAT will directly affect the cost of cars, and from the very beginning of 2019 - this, for example, was confirmed by Renault, AvtoVAZ and Kia.
Discounts, bonuses and new prices: when is the best time to buy a car?
“On the threshold of the last quarter of the year, the Russian automobile market continued to demonstrate strong growth. However, this welcome development comes as no surprise given the tailwind in the sails of the entire retail sector as it counts down to the VAT change. There has been growing concern among market participants regarding the sustainability of retail demand since January 2019,” explained Jörg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee.
At the same time, automakers hope that the ruble exchange rate will not change much against foreign currencies, which will avoid price surges.
State support programs: they gave half as much
In 2018, government support programs for the car market, popular among Russians, were allocated twice less money compared to 2017 - RUB 34.4 billion. instead of the previous 62.3 billion rubles. At the same time, only 7.5 billion rubles were spent on targeted programs aimed specifically at motorists. We are talking about such programs as “First Car” and “ Family car”, which apply to cars worth up to 1.5 million rubles.
The rest of the money went to more specific programs like “Own Business” and “ Russian tractor" For development and production activities Vehicle with remote and autonomous control spent 1.295 billion to stimulate the acquisition of ground-based electric transport- 1.5 billion, for measures to stimulate production in the Far East (we are talking about compensation for transportation costs to auto companies) - 0.5 billion rubles, for the purchase of gas engine equipment - 2.5 billion rubles.
Thus, the government, as promised, continues to systematically reduce the volume of state support for the industry. For comparison: in 2014, only 10 billion rubles. went to recycling and trade-in programs.
In 2015, 43 billion rubles were allocated to support the automotive industry, of which 30% was also spent on recycling and trade-in. In 2016, spending on state support for the automotive industry reached 50 billion rubles, half of which was also spent on similar targeted programs.
As for 2019, the situation with state support remains. Thus, in the middle of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that the “First Car” and “Family Car” programs were extended until 2020 inclusive. They should allow you to buy new cars at a 10-25% discount. However, automakers claim that they have still not received any confirmation about the extension of the programs - the Ministry of Industry and Trade for a month was unable to clarify the situation and respond to Autonews.ru’s request. Meanwhile, at a recent meeting with automakers, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said that the volume of state support for domestic automotive industry
five times higher than the budget revenues from this industry. “Now this amounts to 9 rubles per 1 ruble of income to the budget system from the automobile industry. This is with recycling fee, but without recycling fee
“5 rubles of state support,” he said.
Kozak explained that these figures should make one think about the conditions under which state support measures should be provided to the auto industry, adding that the vast majority of business sectors do not receive any support from the state at all.
In 2018, disputes between auto companies and the government over the terms of further work in the market intensified. The reason was the expiring terms of the agreement on industrial assembly, which gave auto companies that invested in the localization of production a tangible set of benefits, including tax ones. This situation primarily means that manufacturers, in conditions of uncertainty, can postpone the launch of new models, which, by the way, was threatened by Renault. In addition, it is more difficult for companies to predict their pricing policy . On this moment
The government, represented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Energy, has still not been able to develop a unified strategy.
Until recently, departments offered different tools to replace the expiring decree on industrial assembly No. 166. Thus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade actively lobbied for the signing of individual special investment contracts (SPICs) between the government and auto companies. The document provides for a certain set of benefits, which is determined separately with each signatory depending on the size of investments, including in R&D and export development. This tool has been repeatedly criticized by auto company executives for its lack of transparency and too stringent requirements for further investment.
The Ministry of Energy, in turn, opposed it for a long time and insisted that only those who produce high-tech products, which do not include cars, will be able to work under SPICs. The FAS also joined the negotiations with the position that companies should not form alliances and consortia, that is, they should not unite to sign SPICs. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade began to promote precisely this idea of combining brands to obtain a synergistic effect many years ago. IN conflict situation Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak had to intervene, who created a special working group, invited representatives of all auto companies to it and also expressed a number of his own ideas. But this did not calm the situation - auto brands complained about newcomers, including
Chinese companies
who, from scratch, could count on government support and a reluctance to invest too much in R&D and export organization.
Despite the careful forecasts from automakers, most of them are preparing many new products for Russia. For example, Volvo Autonews.ru told that they will bring new Volvo S60 and Volvo V60 Cross Country. Suzuki will launch updated SUV Vitara and new compact SUV Jimny.
Skoda in next year will bring the updated Superb and the Karoq crossover to Russia; in 2019, Volkswagen will begin Russian sales of the Arteon liftback, as well as new modifications of the Polo and Tiguan. AvtoVAZ will roll out Lada Vesta Sport, Granta Cross and promises several more new products.
Debut Opel station wagon Astra Family took place at international motor show in Frankfurt. The appearance of the car is formed from elegant, representative lines; large headlight units are equipped with bi-xenon and LED elements.
The car's cabin is finished with silver plastic inserts, genuine leather, and elastic polymer panels. The initial version of the car includes automatic climate control and many others. useful systems functioning independently. There are two options installed under the hood of the station wagon gasoline engines.
Exterior
In the center of the station wagon hood Opel models Astra Family goes beyond stamping, the wings are raised and widen towards the nose. Large headlight units have a leaf-shaped shape; in addition to the main headlights, turn signals are built into them. The narrow radiator grille is covered with horizontal blinds; the socket intended for air intake looks like a single element with the radiator. On a surface front bumper relief stamping is made, niches with built-in fog lights and covered with mesh. Between speakers wheel arches a stiffening rib runs through, the line of the window sill is emphasized by a matte metal strip. The roof has a 15-degree slope towards the stern, parking lights repeat the shape of the head light blocks. Between them there is a corporate logo, emphasized by a wide chrome strip.
Interior
All passenger seats In the interior of an Opel station wagon, the Astra Family models provide well-tangible support for the knees, sides, and lower back. Rear passengers have the ability to adjust the intensity of operation of climate control equipment and control the stereo system. Window servo keys are mounted in the door armrests, and car audio speakers are located underneath them. A couple more speakers are built into rear shelf and front panel. The console and the platform formed in front of it with the transmission selector are finished in silver plastic. On the surface of the console there are controls for climate control equipment, controls for the functions of the stereo system, and airflow deflectors. An HD monitor of the multimedia complex is built directly into the front panel. On the instrument panel there are two large scales and a small LCD screen.
Specifications
In the initial version, the station wagon comes with a 1.6-liter gasoline unit, which is capable of developing power up to 115 hp. strength A more advanced version of the car is equipped with a 140-liter unit. The motors work in conjunction with an automatic transmission or robotic transmission, integrated with a start-stop system and a number of other devices that contribute to more efficient fuel consumption.
Equipment
The optional equipment of the station wagon includes climate control with a sunlight intensity recognition sensor and a gas analyzer. Thanks to the operation of these devices, the air in the cabin will be cleaned in a timely manner and with the required intensity, and optimal temperature and humidity conditions will be maintained. The headlight is equipped with an ALC system, which allows you to change the intensity of the headlights. When parking, the driver will be assisted by distance control sensors.
The minimum cost of the Opel Astra Family station wagon is 740 thousand rubles. The price of a fully equipped car is 805 thousand rubles.
