All-New Opel Astra Sports Tourer is “FAMILY CAR of the Year 2022”

• For design and technology: Opel compact class station wagon wins two awards
• Crowd favourite: New Astra Sports Tourer the everyday hero with a style factor
• Online: Almost 11,000 AUTO Verkehr readers take part in the digital election

All-new Opel Astra Sports Tourer wows the audience. This is now also confirmed by the result of the readers' vote for "FAMILY CAR of the year 2022" in the trade journal AUTO Verkehr (Issue 20/2022). Since March, participants have been able to vote for their favorite family car. With 22.7 percent of the votes, the latest generation of the Opel compact class station wagon won 1 among all vehicles up to 25,000 euros won the "Design" category, and with 19.3 percent, the participants in the readers' poll gave the Astra Sports Tourer first place for its "technology(s)". This shows that the new Opel Astra Sports Tourer not only scores with maximum practicality, plenty of space and comfort - it is also an eye-catcher on the road and makes driving safer, more relaxed and more sustainable with its numerous state-of-the-art technologies and assistance systems.

Because the all-new Opel Astra Sports Tourer is an everyday hero with a style factor, a real design statement from the brand: more dynamic than ever before, with clear, exciting lines without superfluous flourishes and with the new brand face, the Opel Vizor. This seamlessly integrates technologies such as the front camera and the adaptive IntelliLux LED Pixel headlights . The optionally available glare-free lighting system with a total of 168 individually controllable LED elements is just one example of how the new Astra Sports Tourer makes state-of-the-art technologies available and affordable for the compact station wagon segment.

Inside, the driver and passengers look at the fully digital and intuitive Pure Panel Cockpit with two standard 10-inch displays - a human-machine interface of the latest generation. Driver is supported by state-of-the-art assistance systems from the Intelli-HUD (Head-Up Display) to the Intelli-Drive system. These include the front collision warning with automatic emergency braking as well as pedestrian and drowsiness detection, active lane keeping and automatic speed assistant plus blind spot and cross traffic warning.

In addition, the compact class bestseller from Rüsselsheim has not only been available with highly efficient petrol and diesel engines since it went on sale in February, but also for the first time as an electric plug-in hybrid (power range from 81 kW/110 hp to 96 kW/130 hp). hp for the combustion engines and currently up to 133 kW/180 hp for the plug-in hybrid; fuel consumption according to WLTP 2 : combined 5.9-1.1 l/100 km, 133-25 g/km CO 2 ). This makes the Astra the brand's first electrified station wagon. And as early as 2023, a battery-electric version will complete the range of drives.

All-new Opel Astra Sports Tourer has won over the audience at AUTO Verkehr with its many advantages : almost 11,000 readers have taken part in the online vote since March. As usual, the field of competitors was large: A total of 123 station wagons, vans, SUVs or crossovers had to be evaluated in the eleventh edition of the readers' choice. Participants could present 18 awards.

1] Voting based on official Opel price lists from spring 2022; AUTO Verkehr call for readers' choice in March 2022, results in issue 20/2022 of August 31, 2022.

[2] Values ​​were determined using the more realistic test procedure WLTP (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure), which replaces the test procedure with reference to the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle). WLTP values ​​are also the basis for calculating vehicle-related taxes. A vehicle's consumption, CO 2 emissions and range not only depend on the efficient use of energy by the vehicle, but are also influenced by driving behavior and other non-technical factors. Further information on the official fuel consumption and the official specific CO 2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide to fuel consumption, the CO 2-Emissions and power consumption of new passenger cars” which is available free of charge at www.dat.de. Information on consumption and emissions does not refer to an individual vehicle and is not part of the offer, but is intended solely for purposes of comparison between the various vehicle types.