Opel Astra 2013 CDTI BiTurbo - acceleration 0-224 km/h, top speed test and more

Aside from the terrible sound, the new 2,0 liter twin-turbo diesel in Astra proved to be a very good engine. It has amazing range of usable revs from 1 000 to 4 800 rpm, quick throttle response, linear character and it is quite powerful. With adequate gears, it makes even the heavy Astra ST (1 626 kgs DIN) a fast car, mainly above 100 km/h. Be sure to see the last acceleration on 6th gear from 60 to 200 km/h, it shows the best what is this engine about...

[sleepingPikachu]

0-100 km/h 8.2 s
0-100 mph 17.1 s
0-200 km/h 29.5 s

[MrVukdusan]

This is great, I love it! Opel cars are frequently very underestimated...
Check out my Astra 2.0 cdti 160hp, it's stock and goes 0-100 in some 7, 5 seconds! :)

[civik]

to goinfiniti: that extra "pork"saves your life in direct crash.

[MrVukdusan]

Golf mark VI came out in 2009, the same as Astra J. Golf VII came out this year. Can't compare those two. And there still won't be much difference.

The point is - despite being heavier, underpowered, with manual gearbox (but being much cheaper etc), Astra competes with Golf.

[djurobojcetic]

I don't understand this first slowdown from 230 to 0?

[peterdzvonik]

Je to diesel tak si preboha nesťažujte na zvuk...

[CharisGR]

the engine is really new after 15.000km will be a little bit faster but I think the best solustion to be fast at all is to install a race chip ti increase the maximum hp from 190 to 230 and the torque from 400Nm to 490Nm

[medarbydriftcity]

What's happening with gas 0:20 ? :O

[indigo_enigma]

Where did you have the microphone though? On the outside?
One thing you can't deny. The Astra is terribly noisy above 50mph.

[GOINFINITI]

You are right - why should I have a brand new, best in class car with factory waranty and excelent resale value when it gets older, when I can have slower, worn out, 4 years old Astra :)

[mark-rc]

I have to wonder where is all that power going ?
But in the bright side it's faster than the Focus ST diesel . Sadly :(

[MrVukdusan]

Check out my video. It's a stock astra J, versus a stock Golf GTD, both similary loaded. I don't care what journalists say, they are sponsored by those same brands (except these less significant ones which can be neutral).

[GOINFINITI]

I don`t care when it came out, importnat is what I will buy today

[MrRui]

27 sg dos 0 aos 200kmh,  muito bom, ,  fiat power engine

[Brix]

195hp? my astra H 1.9CDTI 120HP gets 220km/h

[MrVukdusan]

You're again missing the point... Comparing old vs new...

[jaykoedam]

my father have this car and we race always on the highway

[JonathanClegg]

For the money I would rather have a Bi turbo basic Jaguar XF

[GOINFINITI]

All that extra power is totally killed by the 250 kg of extra "pork" it has to haul around when compared to VW Golf.

[heislikejim]

I don´t think the most important is what is overvalued or not. The weight of the particular car is quite crucial - accelerating, braking, cornering. Can you tell me, why Opel makes such beautiful cars... but so heavy? They are killing the potential themselves. And - if you save up when buying the car, think about the petrol you load in while driving with 250 kg useless load... Astra is heavy. Full stop.