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Opel Astra Coupe OPC X-Treme Concept.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)

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| March 12, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

No, we will not get this car in America. And no, it's of no use asking why. We tried. Chalk it up to the fact that Opel, General Motors' European arm, gets all the fun toys and we get, well, we get the Aztek.

Despite its high-maintenance name (note the obligatory ``X,'' a requisite, it seems, for 21st century coolness), the Opel Astra Coupe OPC X-Treme Concept commands attention, and not only for its brilliant scarlet paint job. With its low, wide stance, massive front air scoop, gullwing doors and Reynard-like swooping wheel arches, it looks fast as all get out, and where ...

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