General
Motors Europe’s popular compact Astra range, sold around the globe with Opel,
Vauxhall, Holden and Chevrolet badging, has been upgraded for the 2002 model year.
Full-size curtain airbags, ESP, electronic climate control and Xenon headlamps
are now either standard or optional, depending on equipment specifications set
by national distributors.
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ESP (the Electronic Stability Program) is now standard equipment on the Astra
2.2 and can be ordered as an option with the 1.8-litre, 16V engine.
The interior has been upgraded with six new upholstery fabrics and the instrument
dials are restyled with yellow back-lighting. The optional Sport package has
white, chrome-ringed dials and the top Elegance version has chromed black dials.
All two-door Astra models (with ‘Comfort’ equipment specification or higher)
now have a centre rear head restraint as standard equipment.
Opel offers the Astra as a three or five-door hatchback, four-door sedan or
station wagon plus the more recently introduced Coupé and Cabrio models.
Power units range from a 55 kW (75 hp), 1.2 16V petrol engine through 1.6 (62
kW/85 hp), 1.6 16V (74 kW/100 hp), 1.8 16V (92 kW/125 hp) and 2.2 16V (108 kW/147
hp) units plus a choice of three turbocharged direct-injection 16-valve diesel
engines.
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