Vauxhall (Opel) Astra ST from ￡16,575

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$ I3 d, X6 h) Q5 G5 K<font style="font-size: 1.15em">Vauxhall's new Sports Tourer will cost from ￡16,575, the company has revealed.</font><br />
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. ]: B, q8 u- Q6 p4 w<font style="font-size: 1.15em">The estate version of the Astra hatchback will go on sale by the end of this year after making its public debut at the Paris motor show this September. It will be built at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant.</font><br />
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<font style="font-size: 1.15em"><strong><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsGallery.aspx?AR=251548&amp;EL=-1" target="_blank">See official pics of the new Vauxhall Astra ST</a></strong></font><br />
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" O" J- \4 U6 h( K<font style="font-size: 1.15em">The base model 1.4-litre ES starts at ￡16,575 – more than ￡500 less than the current entry-level Astra Estate. That's also a premium over the five-door hatch of ￡995.</font><br />
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<font style="font-size: 1.15em">Standard equipment includes air conditioning, curtain airbags, Electronic Stability Control, Electronic Parking Brake, an aux-in socket and Active Safety Front Head Restraints. The top of the range 2.0-litre SRI automatic will cost ￡23,900.</font><br />
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6 t( |( _' H$ D9 \" S: W& Y<font style="font-size: 1.15em"><strong><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Vauxhall-Astra-1.3-CDTi-ecoFLEX-Exclusiv/251448/" target="_blank">Read what we said about the Vauxhall Astra hatchback in its road test</a></strong></font><br />
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; L% e! R) Y. t* P4 b5 ]) m" W<font style="font-size: 1.15em">Six engines will be available from launch, with a low-CO2, 1.3-litre turbodiesel with stop/start available soon afterwards.</font><br />
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<font style="font-size: 1.15em">A 1.4i Turbo developing 138bhp has combined economy of 45.6mpg and CO2 emissions of 145g/km.</font><br />
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<font style="font-size: 1.15em">The most powerful engine in the range, the 2.0 CDTi with 158bhp, will have a Combined economy of 55.4mpg and CO2 emissions of 134g/km.</font><br />
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<font style="font-size: 1.15em">The Sports Tourer will have a rear boot space of 500 litres (with rear seats up), 30-litres more than the hatchback.</font><br />
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4 F( J- j! X1 u! Q<font style="font-size: 1.15em">The new Astra range has already sold more than 28,000 units in the UK and Vauxhall expects the Sports Tourer to account for approximately 10 per cent of all future sales.</font><br />
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