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Geneva Motor Show,
Europe,
Hatchback,
Opel,
Vauxhall
If hot hatches are your thing, this year's
Geneva Motor Show is the place to be.
Seat used the occasion to reveal its Ring-running
Leon Cupra. Not to be outdone,
Honda showed up with its
Civic Type R concept.
VW has got the new
Scirocco R and
Golf GTE to show off,
Audi finally bestowed the new
S1 upon us and
Abarth transformed the
Fiat 500 into the bonkers
695 Biposto. Even
Alfa Romeo got in on the action with the latest
QV edition
MiTo and
Giulietta. But the lineup wouldn't be complete without the
Opel Astra OPC Extreme.
Arguably the ultimate expression from the
Opel Performance Center, the Astra Extreme packs a 2.0-liter turbo four with 300 horsepower, a six-speed stick and limited-slip differential underneath the most outlandishly extreme aero kit this side of a
DTM racer. Everything's made of carbon fiber and the cabin's stripped out for business to make it 220 pounds lighter than the standard
Astra OPC/
VXR and closer in spirit and appearance to the Astra OPC Cup that challenges the
VLN series at the
Nürburgring.
It's a beast of a hot hatch if there ever was one, but at the moment, the press release
below describes it as a "study for low-volume production." We just hope Opel and its British sister
Vauxhall will actually make it, but even then, it's not likely to ever find its way across the Atlantic, even with those giant wings. Indulge in the Opel madness with the video below.
Continue reading Opel Performance Center takes Astra to the Extreme [w/video]
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