Astra GTC Panoramic Roof/Windscreen
Discussion
Shermanator said:
I have just found out this was an option on the old Astra GTC! Not that I have ever seen one.
Other than a number of Citroens, does anyone else have any other cars with oversized windscreens?
I wonder if they ever actually sold one? Was it an option in the UK?Other than a number of Citroens, does anyone else have any other cars with oversized windscreens?
Whilst it looks lovely and open I dread to think of the replacement cost - thats if you can even get a spare given how rare the option was in the first place
Zippee said:
Shermanator said:
I wonder if they ever actually sold one? Was it an option in the UK?...Here you go...£850 option apparently https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vauxhall/astra/16614...
It looks perfect in that promotional shot, like you're out in the open without the buffeting.
But imagine the practicalities of it. No wipers, so it'd stay wet and dry streaky, and imagine trying to keep an area of glass that large and relatively inaccessible as clean as it would need to be to truly look like that promo shot. Considering what the fate of this generation of Astra was after a few year (serious neglect of the most slovenly order), I doubt the glass would get cleaned at all and would start to return to nature under the film of grime and dirt.
I love the concept, but it really needs to be fitted to the sort of car that is seldom used and lavished with attention.
But imagine the practicalities of it. No wipers, so it'd stay wet and dry streaky, and imagine trying to keep an area of glass that large and relatively inaccessible as clean as it would need to be to truly look like that promo shot. Considering what the fate of this generation of Astra was after a few year (serious neglect of the most slovenly order), I doubt the glass would get cleaned at all and would start to return to nature under the film of grime and dirt.
I love the concept, but it really needs to be fitted to the sort of car that is seldom used and lavished with attention.
Considering how Tesla have dealt with getting cabling to the sensors to the mirror for lights, wipers, (cameras?) etc, I wonder how GM circa 2004 would have dealt with it? I wonder if a reason for its rarity was that if you had the pan screen, you couldn't have auto dim/auto lights/auto wipers etc (I notice the Astra in the picture has none of that)
Zippee said:
Shermanator said:
I have just found out this was an option on the old Astra GTC! Not that I have ever seen one.
Other than a number of Citroens, does anyone else have any other cars with oversized windscreens?
I wonder if they ever actually sold one? Was it an option in the UK?Other than a number of Citroens, does anyone else have any other cars with oversized windscreens?
Whilst it looks lovely and open I dread to think of the replacement cost - thats if you can even get a spare given how rare the option was in the first place
Only listing on ebay is for a head lining for one of them!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284316668328?hash=item4...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284316668328?hash=item4...
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