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Vauxhall confirms new Astra Convertible

New drop-top version of Astra to be built in Poland and will debut in 2013.

Vauxhall Astra Convertible

By Tom Phillips

25th February 2011

It’s official! Vauxhall has confirmed that it will build a convertible version of the Astra, and it will hit the road in 2013. 

The new Cabrio is part of the company’s €11 billion investment pledge announced a year ago as part of its plan for the future, which also includes the all-new Zafira and the Ampera range extender. 2013 is also the year when Vauxhall’s junior city car is scheduled to arrive. 

As with the previous Astra TwinTop convertible, the new cabrio will use the underpinnings of the current five-door Astra and Sports Tourer and will be built at Opel’s Gliwice plant in Poland, alongside other Astra models.

“The new Convertible will be a great addition to our product line-up,” said Vauxhall boss Nick Reilly. “It follows the long-standing tradition of highly emotional and legendary Opel/Vauxhall Cabrios that provided important halo effects on our brand. With its sleek and elegant design, our new Convertible will fully deliver on that same promise.”

Further details, such as the car’s name, price and spec, will be announced closer to launch. This will also include whether the car will continue with a folding metal hard top roof, or revert to a canvas top.

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3 Comments

If its a metal roof Tin tops are complex enough, it should have been built in Germany.
Best engineers.

By toycollector on 25 February, 2011, 7:07pm

Maybe they can make this thing out of Aluminium.

With the number of empty lager cans the fly-by-night Pole plumbers leave lying around on the pavements after a weekend - there should be plenty of scrap metal to base a car production on.

By TomTom on 1 March, 2011, 12:07pm

Cheecky sods, at least they would be better at building it than the Brits, who would probably want to go on strike everyweek, rust quickly due to poor grade steel used and would be assembled by alcoholic binge drinkers.

By hotredman on 7 March, 2011, 9:47pm

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