Opel Astra

The Opel Astra is a compact car/small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991. The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett and Kadett E as the Vauxhall Astra. Opel's official convention is that the Astra is a logical continuation of the Kadett lineage, thus, the first generation of Opel Astra as the Astra F.

The Opel Astra F introduced in September 1991. It was offered as a three- or five-door hatchback, a sedan, and a wagon known as the Caravan and available with five doors only. The lead model was the GSi – a 2.0 L I4 16V petrol injected model with 151 hp, available as a three-door only. It also featured sports body kit and widened front seats in the interior. The Astra F was replaced by the new generation Astra G in 1998.

The Astra G was launched in Europe in 1998.  It was available as a three-door liftback and five-door liftback, four-door saloon, five-door estate. There are also two special versions of Astra G: the Astra Coupé and the Astra Cabrio. The Astra G saw the introduction of a natural gas-powered engine. Its chassis was tuned by Lotus and formed the base of a 7-seater compact MPV, the Opel Zafira.