We’ve already said it, but the new Opel Astra is one sexy little hatch and you should check out these new spy shots of the Astra Sport Coupe version. In direct competition with the Volkswagen Scirocco, it’s just as sleek and sporty as its competitor and could have an impressive engine line-up to boot.

Four engine options will be available on the coupe, starting with a 1.4-litre turbo, and arriving at the top-of-the-range 2.0-litre turbo direct injection model with 240 hp which will appear on the VXR model. The Opel Astra Sport Coupe will possibly debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, marking some fierce competition in the sporty hatch segment from the Germans.

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This rendering of the new Opel Astra GTC comes from the recent Calibra spy shots of a camouflaged version which will debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, ready for sales to start in the spring of 2011. So far there are those commentators who love it, and those who say the Astra GTC looks too much like the Renault Megane Coupé.

The rendering has a few add-ons which would eventually only appear on the GSi and OPC sports versions. The name of this car is still under discussion and we could see anything from the Astra GTC, Astra Sport Coupé or Astra Calibra emerge. Whatever the case, the Astra GTC should be developed as the coupé version of the Insignia, with a shooting brake design.

Engine options are likely to include the 1.7 CDTI with 130 hp and the 2.0 CDTI with 160 hp, while the 1.6 Turbo engine with 210 hp should appear on the new GSi version. The top of the range sports model will be the OPC version with a 2.0 Turbo unit and 240 hp.

Source | Es.Autoblog

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