{"id":244933,"date":"2018-05-16T12:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=244933"},"modified":"2018-05-16T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:09:39","slug":"a-look-at-opels-new-grandland-x-suv-with-south-african-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/244933\/a-look-at-opels-new-grandland-x-suv-with-south-african-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at Opel&#8217;s new Grandland X SUV &#8211; with South African pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opel hosted its official launch for its Grandland X SUV in Johannesburg on Tuesday (15 April), with the company revealing official pricing and specifications for the car in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Set to take on Toyota&#8217;s RAV4 and Hyundai&#8217;s Tucson,\u00a0the Grandland X also marks an important release for Opel after announcing that it would continue operations in the local market following General Motors&#8217; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/175745\/general-motors-pulls-out-of-south-africa-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">departure<\/a> <\/strong>almost a year ago to the day.<\/p>\n<p>As such the Grandland X is a statement of intent,\u00a0boasting a 1.6 litre turbopetrol engine with a power output of 121kW and 240Nm of torque. The SUV is also economical for its size and class with a fuel consumption average of 7l\/100km.<\/p>\n<p>Among other features, the Opel Grandland X features an impressive 360\u00b0 surround vision camera, advanced grip control, and bright LED headlamps with adaptive forward lighting.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be available in a variety of colours &#8211; and will launch with a full-length panoramic sunroof option.<\/p>\n<p>Opel said that Grandland X available in three model variants including a standard model, as well as &#8216;Enjoy&#8217; and &#8216;Cosmo&#8217; options which offer additional trims and fittings.<\/p>\n<p>All three models include a 5-year\/120,000km warranty as well as a 5-year\/90 000km service plan.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cars.co.za\/motoring_news\/opel-grandland-x-2018-specs--pricing-in-sa\/45008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cars.co.za<\/a> reports that a\u00a02.0L turbodiesel derivative is expected to join the line-up in the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the full launch pricing detailed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grandland X 1.6T AT &#8211; R429,000<\/li>\n<li>Grandland X 1.6T Enjoy AT- R465,000<\/li>\n<li>Grandland X 1.6T Cosmo AT &#8211; R565,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244939 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-3-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244937 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-2-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244941 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-4-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Opel-4-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/243697\/top-10-most-popular-r1-million-luxury-suvs-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 10 most popular R1 million luxury SUVs in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grandland X marks an important release for Opel, after announcing that it would continue in the local market following General Motors&#8217; departure almost a year ago to the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":244935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-244933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244933"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244961,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244933\/revisions\/244961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}