Ellesmere Port celebrates 100,000 Astra Sports Tourers

The Opel Astra Sports Tourer has passed the 100,000 units mark inside its first year of production. Alain Visser, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales says “the response to the Sports Tourer has exceeded our expectations.”

The Sports Tourer was released last September and since then the factory has increased its capacity and run extra shifts to meet demand. The largest market is Germany, where 40,000 units have been sold to date.

Interestingly, the biggest selling engine is a petrol, the 1.4 litre turbo model tops the charts with the 1.7 litre diesel in close pursuit.