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Astra Extreme is hottest OPC yet

Limited production run of Opel's Geneva show star will be built.

Astra Extreme is hottest OPC yet

What's the news?
Opel has announced first details of the fastest ever road-legal Astra. A limited production run of the Astra VXR Extreme will follow the car's debut at the Geneva show in March.

The Extreme is a street-legal race version of the road-going Astra OPC and is based on last year's Astra Cup race car, which competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Championship.

It promises to have a mouth-watering spec when released, using plenty of carbon fibre and featuring an integrated safety structure, racing seats and six-point safety harnesses. Expect it to make more than the 280hp/400Nm the street OPC puts out too.

Anything else?
The road-going hot Astra is the best-selling OPC of all. More information about the Extreme will follow next month.

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