368 cm, 5 doors, spacious inside and technology like never before. Opel with Karl promises to bring revolution in the segment thus challenging the cars that hold the scepter for years ILARIA SALZANO
In a segment where competition is ruthless and the challenge is among the most difficult – here centimeters outweigh the costs – Karl Opel debuts focusing on comfort, technology and innovation, with every intention of giving a lesson to competitors, who in the supermini market responds right shots of customization and design, who for years was at the peak of the segment to a tradition established over time: a market segment that has 18% of the total sold in Italy, as many as 47% if you include the segment B , with which it shares the same target audience, flexible, emotional. So, starting with the name – taken from Carl von Opel, the eldest son of the founder of the House – Karl has become a true heir of the past of the brand, and then to concentrate all the news in recent years in less than 4 meters, and watch to the future. The result was a little off that behaves like a great, with a quality that still can be seen with difficulty: ambition.
“Karl is an ideal car for the traffic everyday that combines comfort with most innovative technology. With this car we replace the Agila after 240,000 in assets, but we continue to reach out to a target price sensitive: we start with an even lower cost than those 10,500 euro which was in the dealership, “confirm the home. The project, in fact, entrusted to GM plants in Korea, one of the top priorities had
the price. The Germans, good at not to exceed the fateful threshold of departure – 9,900 euro – in addition to the public of the Opel Agila, now will try to open up to more roads, pointing also to the customers of the Spark, after the release of Chevrolet in Europe, for one thing a. The rest just like its antecedent, Karl hopes to become the second family car, the first for moms (and dads) single, struggling with child seats (Isofix attachments), strollers (here the trunk reaches up to 1013 liters) and sometimes grandparents in tow: who sits behind the seat will behold a tall panoramic windows and completely descendants, not only to open compass as is increasingly the case in urban areas. The design, of course, continues to fulfill the typical philosophy of the brand with sober, but the core technology we see now, is pulsating, alive as ever.
It starts from Intellilink system with 7 “display, which fully integrates the smartphone (Android, Apple): haulage by road using so directly installed maps on the phone without adding in car navigator. A substantial saving in time (updates) and money (the ships is often optional). Also this fall will come OnStar, a system – offered free for the first year – that connects the machine to 360 degrees, keeping open communication with a call center 24 hours a day: in the event of an accident, with the outbreak of the airbag, the driver is automatically contacted by a person of flesh and blood that consists health status, the damage; otherwise it is the same driver can press a button and require operator intervention: a check of the car before a trip, all ‘Setting a specific location, without distinction. “It brings me closer to the center of Apple? I forgot the charger of the phone …” 30 seconds and is on the route. To entertain guests, however, by the same package, the car can be up to act as a hotspot: Up to 7 devices including tablets and smartphones can be integrated for music and video during journeys. Therefore travel will be increasingly easy, in cities and not. Karl, quick and agile, even on the weight – 939 kg – has an engine 3 aluminum cylinder, a small 1.0 to 75 hp with which the house says 22 km / l. At the moment it is provided only to a five-speed manual transmission – automatic for you will have to wait – but the implants are soft and precise, steering is easy to handle (possibly adjustable in height), with a markedly overall lively, that does not tire even in traffic.
Among the deluge of options that the brand offers, the steering wheel can be heated leather as the front seats, the roof chosen transparent. Among the safety equipment of a higher category is the Hill Start Assist, which locks the car in case of departures in slope, the Lane Departure Warning that alerts you if you exceed the lane markers unintentionally, the Park Assist and Cruise Control. “It is a complete car in every respect, that will appeal to the hearts and minds of customers,” they say from Opel.
They seem to have thought of everything. In Italy, where the fleet is the oldest in Europe, the launch price already proposed scrapping. It starts from 8500 euro, turnkey, and then come up with another 2 features more comprehensive. Whatever the outcome – will always be the store to say – the brand of lightning seems to succeed in something else: you board and back the feeling of renewal that the city car was missing for a while ‘. And this remains still far light years from watches wrist integrated alert us when we are too tired to drive, the autonomous driving. A revolution simple, all in the name of everyday life, the “here and now”. Not surprisingly, no debuts with great fanfare or doors open, Karl is already in the dealership.
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