欧宝雅特K是在三年前上市的，其生命周期越来越短，现在欧宝正在开发这款五门掀背车的改款车型。最近谍照记者在西班牙拍到了这辆车，当时车身的伪装很少。这辆车只是在前脸部分进行了伪装，前保险杠改款仍掩盖在厚实的塑料布下面。另外，前格栅也进行了遮盖，但即便如此也可以轻易看出格栅造型有所改变，采用了蜂巢布局。由于某些原因，欧宝对车尾锐利的闪电形车标也遮了起来。欧宝此前发布了InsigniaGSi和可赛GSi，希望这次改款后的雅特也能装上“GSi”的标志。预计2019款雅特将搭载取自欧宝新的母公司标致雪铁龙的引擎。至于高性能的OPC版本，欧宝计划早晚会推出，但现在讨论这个问题还为时过早。不要预计这辆雅特GSi动力会有很大提升，因为另外两款GSi车型的动力并未超过其他版本。更高端版本很可能搭载200马力1.6升涡轮增压引擎，另外还有其他硬件上的升级，包括更硬悬挂和改进后的底盘。
2019 Opel Astra Spotted Masking Modest Facelift
The Astra K came out about three years ago and with life cycles getting shorter and shorter, it comes as no surprise Opel is already working on a midlife refresh for its compact five-door hatchback. A former Car of the Year winner, the VW Golf rival from Rüsselsheim has traveled to Spain where a barely disguised prototype was caught on camera by our spies.
It only had camouflage on the front fascia where the bumper’s design remained mostly hidden underneath a thick piece of plastic. We can also observe another additional disguise item on the front grille, but even so it’s easy to notice the pattern has changed as the Astra K facelift will have a honeycomb layout. For some reason, Opel decided to mask the sharp lightning badge at the back. With the launch of the Insignia GSi and the revealing of the CorsaGSi, we’re now patiently waiting for Opel to slap the “GSi” badge on the Astra as well with the model’s forthcoming refresh. Expect to see the mildly updated model in 2019 when there’s a good chance the regular versions of the model will borrow some engines from Opel’s new parent company PSA.
As for the return of the OPC nameplate, Opel has said it has plans to bring it back sooner or later, but it’s too early to say whether the Astra will be getting the performance-oriented treatment. At least we can take comfort from knowing a GSi version is in the pipeline and this prototype might have been it judging by the dual exhaust tips at the back.
Don’t expect more power from the highly anticipated Astra GSi since the other two GSi-badged models we’ve mentioned don’t pack more punch than the lesser versions. In other words, the hotter hatch will likely feature 200 hp from a turbocharged 1.6-liter engine, along with some hardware upgrades such as a stiffer suspension setup and a tweaked chassis.