General Motors announced today that the brand new 2010 Opel Astra was awarded with five stars for safety, the top rating for new tough regulations that took effect this year. The new vehicle received the highest points ever awarded for Astra’s active head restraints which protect against whiplash but it also scored very well on its front passenger occupant protection in a frontal impact (thanks to Electronic Stability Controlplus – a computerized technology that improves a vehicle’s stability by detecting and minimizing skids). The 2010 Opel Astra comes with many safety features such as advanced dual seat belt pre-tensioners, heavy knee airbags, smart seatbelt reminder system and a passenger airbag switch-off to allow child seats, ABS with numerous assistance functions, tractions control, new generation ESPPlus, adaptive brake lights, Adaptive Forward Lights (AFL+) and the Opel Eye camera system. Photo gallery after the jump!

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