SUV-inspired: Raised ride height and rugged body parts for the urban jungle
Extrovert: The wild Opel KARL with expressive exterior is perfect fit for individualists
Connected: Opel OnStar and Radio R 4.0 IntelliLink available
In the spotlight: Opel KARL ROCKS to celebrate world premiere at Paris Motor Show
Clear line: New Opel KARL ROCKS has five doors and room for up to five people.
Are you looking for a small car that has the stylish looks and
upmarket features of a much bigger and often much pricier vehicle? Or
are you looking for a mini car that can handle the daily challenges of
the urban jungle while simultaneously dazzling onlookers with its trendy
SUV look and feel? If this is the case, the new Opel KARL ROCKS should
appeal to you.
Breath of fresh air: New Opel KARL ROCKS comes with a raised ride height and the appearance of a small SUV.
The new car, which is set to celebrate its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show
(Booth 501 in Hall 5-2; October 1-16), bears a strong resemblance to a
true SUV and shares many virtues connected with this vehicle class such
as an elevated seating position that enables better visibility and
easier access to the cabin or an outstanding connectivity offer.
Furthermore, the new Opel KARL ROCKS maintains the unquestionable
practicality of the Opel KARL with five doors, five seats, compact
dimensions and a maximum trunk space over 1,000 liters up to the roof
making it the ideal vehicle for a broad audience of city dwellers. Like
Opel KARL, the rocking version will thus be big on everything – except size
and price.
Small rock star: Opel KARL with an SUV-inspired appearance has also been give the surname ROCKS.
Clever design tweaks set the Opel KARL ROCKS, available for order from the
end of the year, apart from most of its A-segment rivals and in fact
also from its tamer sibling. The functional silver roof rails, rugged
front and rear bumpers with integrated skid pads (the former also
including fog light), front and rear wheelhouse moldings and unique
15-inch bi-color look alloy wheels blend in perfectly with typical Opel
design cues such as the Opel blade that sweeps dynamically up towards
the rear. Combined with the sloping roofline this creates a dynamic,
sporty appearance that links the Opel KARL ROCKS to the Opel KARL while
simultaneously giving it a distinct rugged look.
Distinct: The unique 15-inch bi-color alloy wheels match the robust appearance of the Opel KARL ROCKS perfectly.
The car’s off-road character and outgoing personality are further
emphasized by an 18-mm increase in ride height enabling better
visibility in dense urban traffic or when admiring the view while
cruising along country roads. The raised ride height also brings further
advantages with it – Opel KARL ROCKS can also venture off tarmacked roads
and negotiate uneven surfaces better. Furthermore, the 18-mm increase
facilitates ingress and egress.
Nice view: New KARL ROCKS with distinctive, SUV-style rear bumpers, a roof railing and raised ride height.
The outdoor atmosphere created by the exterior design continues on
the inside of the car with the unique “Favo” fabric upholstery for the
seats. The design is reminiscent of honeycomb and exclusively available
for the Opel KARL ROCKS. Elsewhere, front door sill plates and the high gloss
frame for the standard Radio R 300 or the optional Radio R 4.0
IntelliLink system, which brings the world of smartphones to the Opel KARL ROCKS via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto and enables navigation via Apple
Maps or Google Maps, add to the new level of sophistication.
Alternatively, Navi 4.0 IntelliLink offers an integrated navigation
system. The connectivity offering of the Opel KARL ROCKS is rounded off by
the availability of Opel’s personal connectivity and service assistant
Opel OnStar, making it and its tamer sibling the best connected mini
cars on the market.
However, Opel KARL ROCKS has much more to offer than its enticing looks
and stylish interior – it is also just a practical as the Opel KARL.
Five doors guarantee easy access to the front and rear seats while the
five seats ensure that even families can enjoy Opel’s stylish mini car
with SUV flair. And when needed, the rear seats, with a standard 40/60
folding split, can be folded down completely giving the Opel KARL ROCKS an
impressive total trunk space of 1,013 liters up to the roof.
Furthermore, Opel’s wild child comes with all of the safety and
comfort features available in the regular Opel KARL. City mode reduces
steering effort at the push of a button (from Enjoy), greatly
facilitating maneuvering in heavy city traffic. Park Assist is also
available and assists the driver during parking by issuing an acoustic
warning as the car approaches obstacles when reversing. Cruise control
with speed limiter regulates driving speeds, which is extremely helpful
in complicated urban traffic and in residential areas with a 30 km/h
speed limit.
Dynamic OPC Line Sport Pack now available for “Car of the Year 2016“
Athletic, compact, efficient and extremely agile: OPC Line Sport
Pack can now be ordered to sharpen the Opel Astra’s attractive
contours.
Athletic, compact, efficient and extremely agile – the youngest Opel Astra generation shows off what it’s got. The “Car of the Year 2016”
impresses with its dynamic, slim body. Now the five-door model is
available in an even bolder look: the optional OPC Line Sport Pack can
be ordered to sharpen the Astra’s attractive contours.
Sporty, flowing design: New OPC Line Sport Pack gives the Opel Astra an even racier look.
The front apron in OPC Line style gives the Astra an even stronger
presence and extra-low stance. The prominent cutouts in place of the fog
lamps to the left and right below the headlamps emphasize the Astra’s
confident look. Their horizontal lamella inserts take up the grille’s
new design and carry it from the center out to the sides. The sporty
uniform line flows around the car into the bold side sills. While the
rear of the series production version of the current Astra generation
already has a low, wide and athletic stance, the OPC Line Sport Pack’s
rear apron accentuates this even more. The license plate in the
sculpted, voluminous bumper is framed by pronounced swage lines. And the
lower tail lights are no longer horizontal, now forming exclamation
points as vertical lighting lines on the car’s edges. This all gives the
rear a more muscular appearance.
“With state-of-the-art technologies and lively engines, the youngest
Astra generation stands for pure driving fun. Our OPC Line Sport Pack is
perfect for those who want to underline these qualities with an
especially sporty look,” says Peter Christian Küspert, Vice President
Sales and Aftersales at Opel.
Eye-catcher: Prominent swage lines in the remodeled bumper and tail
lights as vertical lighting lines set exclamation points on the Opel
Astra’s rear styling.
The front apron, side sills and rear apron lip of the OPC Line Sport
Pack are always color-coded. Customers can choose from six metallic
colors (Sovereign Silver, Mineral Black, Deep Sky Blue, Dark Caramel,
Cosmic Grey, Emerald Green) as well as two brilliant lacquers (Summit
White, Absolute Red). The Pack, that gives the five-door Astra in
Active, Dynamic and INNOVATION trims levels that extra touch of
sportiness, can now be ordered for €1,150 (RRP incl. VAT in Germany).
Compact class darling: Youngest Astra generation winning over experts and customers
Compact class leader: Innovative technologies such as Matrix lighting and Opel OnStar
Successful duo: No matter whether as a Sports Tourer or a hatchback – New Astra is extremely popular
“Golden Steering Wheel” winner, “Most Sensible Car” and ultimately “Car of the Year 2016” –
since its premiere last year, the new Opel Astra has been winning over
experts and the public alike. But not only them: customers also love the
youngest generation of the compact class success story. To date,
already more than 250,000 orders have been received across Europe for
the Astra five-door and Sports Tourer variants.
Car of the Year 2016: New Opel Astra impresses with technical
innovations, efficiency and a completely new lightweight vehicle
architecture.
“Lighter, more agile and with top technologies that make driving more
relaxed – this is our new Astra,” says Opel CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas
Neumann. “We promised a big hit in the compact class – and we kept our
promise. With a host of innovations otherwise rarely found in this
segment, the youngest generation of the Astra and Astra Sports Tourer is
again a bestseller.”
Both of the current Astra five-door and Sports Tourer variants are
based on a completely new lightweight vehicle architecture that has
trimmed up to 200 kilograms off the car’s weight. Powerful new engines
deliver outstanding efficiency and lots of driving fun. The Astra offers
superb connectivity with state-of-the-art smartphone integration and
the personal connectivity and service assistant Opel OnStar with a
powerful Wi-Fi Hotspot for up to seven mobile devices (depending on
market).
It also continues the Opel tradition of making innovative
technologies and features from higher classes available to a broad
customer base. Opel introduced the trendsetting Adaptive Matrix light
IntelliLux LEDinto the compact class in the new Astra.
It
enables driving outside the city with constant glare-free high beam
lighting, thus increasing active safety for all road users as well as
driving comfort for the Astra driver.
Permanent high beam: Opel IntelliLux LED Matrix light is
adaptive; it recognizes a vehicle approaching or immediately ahead and
blanks them out.
Numerous other assistance systems
also based on the ultra-modern Opel Eye front camera also support the
driver – from the precise Traffic Sign Assist (TSA) and Lane Keep Assist (LKA) with
active steering correction to Forward Collision Alert (FCA) with Autonomous
Emergency Braking (AEB). And then there is the “comfort kick” in the Astra
Sports Tourer: for the first time, an Opel luggage compartment can be
opened and closed without requiring a key or remote control. A simple
kick under the rear bumper is all it takes to open or close the
tailgate.
