Introduced in 1991, the Astra is Opel's longest-running nameplate. And it soldiered on for 30 years with small-displacement four-cylinder engines only until 2015, when the Germans added three ...

However, the Astra Sports Tourer Electric has a cargo capacity between 516 -1,553 lt (18.2 – 54.8 cubic feet) while the ICE-powered equivalent has 608 – 1,634 liters (21 – 57.7 cubic feet).

After only six months on Australian shores, German wunderkind Opel reckons its all-new Opel Astra OPC is primed to take a commanding slice of the nation’s fiercely competitive hot-hatch market.