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Sporty two-seater offers driving pleasure with all-season, everyday suitability Electro-hydraulic retractable steel roof opens and closes at the touch of a button Two cars in one - from coupé to cabrio in 18 seconds "Cabrio of the Year" with harmonious proportions and best-in-class luggage capacity
Sportlicher Zweisitzer bietet Fahrspaß und volle Alltagstauglichkeit das ganze Jahr Elektrohydraulisches Stahl-Klappdach öffnet und schließt bequem per Knopfdruck "Cabrio des Jahres" mit harmonischen Proportionen und klassengrößtem Stauvolumen |
Tigra TwinTop: Compact new cabrio-coupé from OpelRüsselsheim. The Tigra TwinTop comes with an electro-hydraulic retractable steel roof that opens and closes at the touch of a button and makes Opel Germany's first volume automaker to present a sporty two-seater of this kind.
The Tigra TwinTop's generous interior offers optimum space for two passengers. In addition to the trunk's large loading capacity, the Tigra has a 70 liter compartment with a luggage net behind its seats, ideal for bags or jackets. The trunk has 250 liters of cargo space when the top is down, still offering plenty of room. When closed, the trunk's loading capacity increases to 440 liters. Together with the 70 liter interior com-part-ment this adds up to more than 500 liters of loading space - the largest in its class. The key to the Tigra's large loading capacity and dynamic and sleek design is the car's state-of-the-art, electro-hydraulically powered, folding roof mechanism that opens and closes comfortably at the touch of a button. In contrast to previous roof systems that required roof parts to be laid on top of each other and thus took up a lot of space, creating a "plump" rear end, the Tigra's engineers were able to develop a roof system with space-saving folding kinematics.
To turn the coupé into a cabrio, the partition must be slightly tilted to the rear to create the space necessary for the roof. At the same time, sensors signal the switch electronics to release the roof kinematics. Just like the roof, the trunk lid can be opened and closed electro-hydraulically at the touch of a button. The folding kinematics have been arranged in such a way that the trunk lid opens in two directions: tilted to the back when opening or closing the roof and tilted to the front when loading or unloading. Highly sophisticated sensors ensure that one function cannot be activated as long as the other one has not been completed. Despite its versatile roof design, the Tigra TwinTop has an exceptionally stiff body. Tigra Project Manager Horst Bach: "A number of measures, from stable side sills to sturdy cross members in the underbody behind the seats, ensure high rigidity in the Tigra TwinTop. This is especially apparent in the comfort and driving dynamics." The Opel Tigra TwinTop, which will go on sale in late summer, is built by the renowned coachbuilder Groupe Henri Heuliez S.A in Cerizay (France).
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Depending on weather conditions or one's mood,
this compact quick-change artist offers open air enjoyment or coupé
driving pleasure. Thanks to its state-of-the-art and space-saving retractable
roof design, the Tigra offers 500 liters of cargo space - the most in its
class. This intelligent roof construction enabled a sleek design line from
the front right up to the elegant and well-proportioned rear end. Hans H.
Demant, Executive Director, Technical Development Center, explains the Tigra
TwinTop's concept: "We decided to offer the Tigra as a sporty two-seater
that looks good, both open and closed. Eliminating the tiny rear seats customary
in this class enabled us to use a special retractable roof system. This in
turn is the key to the Tigra's dynamic, sleek design and the largest loading
space in its class." The concept is already a success: a jury crowned the
Tigra TwinTop "Cabrio of the Year 2004" at its premiere at the Geneva Motor
Show in March.
Transforming the Tigra TwinTop from coupé
to cabrio is effortless: pull the handbrake, turn on the ignition, release
both roof latches placed on the left and the right of the window frame and
push the roof button. Within 18 seconds the refined interaction between four
hydraulic cylinders, five electric motors, 18 contact sensors and the clever
folding mechanism automatically folds together the steel roof, which then
disappears under the trunk lid. An acoustic signal confirms that the roof
has retracted properly - the journey can now begin. The rear part of the
retractable roof (the c-pillar and rear window) disappears nearly vertically
into the trunk, while the front part folds itself horizontally on top of
the rear element - a specialty of the Tigra TwinTop's folding kinematics.
Retractable roof tops in this vehicle class usually place both roof parts
horizontally on top of each other and thus take away a substantial amount
of overall height in the trunk. The TwinTop's ingenious solution enables
a well-proportioned trunk lid as well as a large loading area offering full
luggage compartment height - even when the top is down. An adjustable luggage
compartment partition has been vertically installed to prevent objects in
the trunk from getting in the way of the folded roof parts while opening
the roof. When this partition stands upright, the entire loading capacity
(440 Liters) is available.
