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This is the new Vauxhall Astra VXR, a hot hatch from Luton offering the power of a Ford Focus RS for the price of a Ford Focus ST. Just how powerful is the new Vauxhall Astra VXR? A direct injection and turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine provides the power and torque, 276bhp and 295lb ft respectively. Top speed is 155mph, but ...

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Vauxhall Astra VXR (2011) first official pictures

Ben Pulman, 04 November 2011 09:00

Vauxhall's 2012 Astra cab to be standalone convertible

Tim Pollard, 07 October 2011 11:14

Vauxhall's new convertible will not be the Astra cabriolet, CAR has learned. Instead the new Astra-based convertible will be positioned as a separate, standalone model like Volkswagen's Eos. The new mid-sized Vauxhall/Opel convertible will be launched in 2012. Expect to see it next summer, with UK sales kicking off later in the year. Just in time for another Indian summer, ...

Vauxhall Astra GTC (2011) more official pictures

Mark Hamilton, 07 June 2011 00:01

This is the Vauxhall Astra GTC, Luton's new three-door rival for the Renault Megane and VW Scirocco. It's an important car for GM, expected to take up to 20% of all Astra orders, and the UK is traditionally the biggest market in Europe for the three-door Astra. Vauxhall Astra GTC: design and packaging The Astra GTC may be related to the ...

Vauxhall Astra GTC (2011) first official pictures

Ben Pulman, 26 April 2011 13:00

This is the Vauxhall Astra GTC, a sleek three-door version of the Vauxhall’s family hatch. Unveiled in these rendered images, it looks almost identical to the sharp GTC Paris concept that Vauxhall revealed at the 2010 Paris motor show. How does the Vauxhall Astra GTC differ from the original GTC Paris concept car? The front grille isn’t quite so swooping, ...

Vauxhall GTC Paris concept (2010) first pictures

Ben Pulman, 23 September 2010 23:01

This rather lovely red beauty is the Vauxhall GTC Paris concept, and our first look at how 2011’s new three-door Astra will look. But you know that because Vauxhall released the first pictures of this car back in early September – the reason we’re revisiting it is that we’ve now got a chance to glimpse inside the GTC Paris.Vauxhall GTC ...

Vauxhall reveals its line up for 2010 Paris motor show

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John O'Brien, 04 August 2010 00:01

The 2010 Mondial de l’Automobile – aka Paris motor show 2010 – is set to be the launchbed for a bevy of new models from the Vauxhall stable. The Paris show will see Vauxhall launch a three-door Astra GTC Paris concept car (the main news, but sadly no photos available yet), plus a clutch of other spin-offs. There are new ...

Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer estate (2010) unveiled

Tim Pollard, 16 June 2010 00:01

Vauxhall has slid the covers off the new Astra Sports Tourer – a mini-me, shrunken Insignia estate for less money. The two share plenty of character and were both penned under GM Europe's design boss, Mark Adams.Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer: the lowdownThe new 2010 Astra estate puts the ultimate accent on cool looks over practicality, and its vital stats suggest ...

Ellesmere Port's bid to build Ampera hits snags

Rob Golding, 09 October 2009 15:02

Prime minister Gordon Brown’s personal crusade to get Vauxhall's version of the Chevrolet Volt petrol-electric plug-in hybrid – the Ampera – built in Britain's Ellesmere Port factory in 2012 is a dream delayed, CAR can disclose today.News that the UK Astra plant is the best in Europe, that the Astra's Delta platform will underpin the Ampera, and that Volt will ...

Frankfurt motor show revisited: a reader’s review

Richard Webber, 05 October 2009 17:26

Richard Webber won a competition held by CAR and Vauxhall to take a CAR Online reader to Frankfurt. Here's his earlier report from the 2009 IAA - and you can now watch his video preview of the new 2010 Astra below I was chuffed to bits to win CAR’s competition to go to the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. But would the ...

Vauxhall Astra (2009): first interior photos

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Ben Pulman, 18 June 2009 15:15

Vauxhall has released the first interior pictures of the new sixth-generation Astra, showing that the inside of the five-door hatch has been heavily influenced by the bigger Insignia's. Talk me through the Vauxhall Astra's insides The architecture broadly follows that of the Insignia, with (at least in top-spec models) a high-set sat-nav system, sitting above the audio and air-con controls and ...

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