This Opel Astra is more expensive than a BMW M2

Posted on 15-10-2015 at 13:59 by sir_smokalot – 41 Comments”

An Astra that new 95.000 euro cost, which we had not seen coming. But for that money, you get 330 hp, where you are, however, not the street.

If you have the giant letters ‘OPEL MOTORSPORT’ on the windscreen have missed, go along to the optician. Opel presents its first hot Astra of the latest generation of an OPC is still to wait), which is intended for toerwagenracing. The thing is, quite appropriately, Touring Car Racing (TCR).

330 hp, 1,200 kg

Under the hood resides a tweeliter turbocharged engine that 243 kW (330 hp) and a maximum torque of 420 Nm (both determined by the ‘Balance of Performance’concept). The empty weight of the Astra TCR is 1,200 kilograms ideal for the curves. However, it is the car for real men and women that their male, because electronic assistance systems such as ABS and ESP are not allowed.

All 330 horses to the front wheels is transferred via a sequential six-speed sporttransmissie and a double clutch. The driver switches off with the schakelpeddels at the wheel, and when he switches back, provides an automated double-ontkoppelingssysteem for stability.

Great ho-irons

The Astra TCR is on the front brake discs 378 mm diameter and calipers with six pistons. Rear mounting Opel brake discs 265 mm and calipers with two pistons. The driver can the rembalans control from the cockpit, where he put on a thick Recaro seat.

The first copies will be at the end of February 2016 to racing with private teams delivered, for the already mentioned 95 mille. Nobody said racing after a wile she was. And look at the positive: for a bit of a GT3 racer are you four lost.

Gallery: Opel Astra TCR 2016

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