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Opel Astra GSi 16V - new name, new luck?

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Created on December 28, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - für diesen Effekt musste ETC - Electronic Traction Control - abgeschaltet werden

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - die Fahrdynamik musste mit einer harten Fahrwerkseinstellung erkauft werden

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - dank aerodynamischer Verfeinerungen 200 km/h schnell mit 150 PS

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - der schnellste Astra seiner Zeit

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - mit Dachspoiler

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - Radio serienmässig an Bord

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - der Zweiliter mit 16 Ventilen leistete 150 PS

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - aerodynamische Feinarbeit, z.B. der Dachspoiler

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Opel Astra GSi 16V (1991) - Kennzeichnung des schnellsten Opels

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Opel Kadett (1985) - die E-Generation ab 1984, hier das GSi-Modell

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Opel Kadett E GSI (1989) - aerodynamischer und verbrauchsoptimierter Vorgänger des Opel Astra GSi

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Opel Astra GSI (1991) - die schnellste Art, die F-Serie zu fahren zu jener Zeit

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Opel Astra (1990) - die Kadett F-Serie hiess nicht mehr Kadett

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Opel Astra (1991) - dreitürige Variante

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Opel Astra (1991) - Normalausführung zum Serienstart

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Opel Astra (1992) - mit serienmässigem Gurtspanner

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Opel Astra (1992) - mit Seitenaufprallschutz in den Türen

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Opel Astra (1993) - Stationswagen nach dem Facelift für das Baujahr 1994

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Opel Astra J (2010) - die Geschichte der Kompaktklasse, vom Vorkriegs-Kadett über den Kadett A bis zum Astra x

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Summary

From 1991 to 1998, Opel built the Astra F, which was the first Kadett to no longer bear the traditional name. Once again there was a GSi model and, as with the predecessor Kadett E, the two-liter engine with 16 valves produced 150 hp and made the Astra GSi 220 km/h fast. This vehicle report describes the successful Astra GSi model, shows it in contemporary pictures and places it in the context of the competition at the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Name change
Proven concept
Slightly heavier
Tough but warm?
Well equipped
Not without competition
Original rare
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The first Opel Astra will be 25 years old in 2016. It succeeded the Opel Kadett Generation E in 1991 and, like its predecessor, had front-wheel drive. And it was also available as a sporty GSi model right from the start. The name change was part of Opel's strategy at the time of using artificial names ending in "a" as type designations. Kadett E was followed by Astra F, the model series code was continued according to the same logic. The relatively rounded Kadett was followed by the more modern and straight-lined Astra, which from the outset was available with three or five doors, but only with a hatchback. However, the estate and notchback variants followed only a few months later.

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