Monday, May 14, 2007

New Opel Agila breaks cover




Opel has just shown the first photos of its all-new Agila city car, which will be shown at the Frankfurt motor show in September.

The old Agila, a car shared with the Suzuki Wagon R+, has been pretty well ignored in Europe thanks to its cheap-feeling cabin and geeky exterior. The new Agila, which shares its chassis with the next-generation Chevrolet Matiz, will seek to turn that opinion around, and join the ranks of cool small cars like the Fiat Panda and Toyota Aygo.

Engines will be a 65bhp 1.0-litre petrol and an 85bhp 1.2-litre petrol, with the possibility of a Fiat-sourced 1.3 MultiJet diesel making an appearance too. Opel will be revealing full prices and specs closer to the on-sale date of Spring 2008.

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