Opel will unveil its new Astra TCR race car in Belgium on October 15. A rival for the VW Golf TCR , the Astra TCR will be eligible for the Touring Car Racing Series (TCR), a competition for ...

Opel has unveiled its latest touring car racer ahead of the car's debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September.Based on the Opel Astra, the car has been built to the new TCR series' regulations ...

Meanwhile, the Opel Astra OPC Cup will race in Germany’s VLN Endurance Championship racing series, one of the most popular grassroots racing leagues in Europe, beginning with the 2013 racing season.

Using last year’s 300hp (225kW) Nurburgring 24 Astra endurance race car as its inspiration, Opel’s official in-house tuner OPC has taken the Astra and beefed it up to ‘Race Camp’ spec.

Opel Astra TCR Customer Race Car Debuts In Belgium . By Sam McEachern. October 15, 2015 12:02 pm . Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Print. 0 . Sponsored. The TCR (Touring Car Racing) ...

There’s a new race series called the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) that held its inaugural season this year. With its low cost of entry and low running costs, the series is aimed ...

Powered by a 2.0-liter, direct-injected four-cylinder turbo that makes more than 300 horsepower, it is one of the sportiest cars ever to be offered by Opel. The Astra OPC Extreme is based on the ...

Opel Astra Race Car Headed to Frankfurt Auto Show, 2016 TCR Series. Touring car meets TCR regulations with 330-hp four-cylinder. Joseph Capparella Writer Jul 31, 2015. See All 2 Photos.

Opel's DTM efforts also spawned the Astra OPC X-treme, a race-inspired road car with aggressive aerodynamics and a V8 engine rated at 444 horsepower and 530 Nm (391 pound-feet) of torque.

Opel Shows Its Electric Ampera-e Outsprinting Race Cars. The Ampera-e, Europe’s version of the Chevrolet Bolt, may not seem like ...

In case you were wondering why modern race cars are required to have such overbuilt roll cages, this video is a good reminder. It's footage of a brutal rally crash that leaves an Opel Astra ...