Every major European car show, we get two sets of press releases in our email, one from Opel and one from Vauxhall, but we rarely get two see both badges on the same car at one particular venue. This ...

Vauxhall’s new Astra VXR will incorporate motorsport know-how in its transmission and deliver a class-leading 400Nm of torque, giving it a 0-60mph time of 5.9 seconds and robust mid-range performance ...

In 2014 Vauxhall hinted at a two-seat Astra VXR to take on the Civic, Megane and Leon - what happened? At a time when Vauxhall's solitary hot hatch contender is the very ordinary Corsa GSI, it can be ...

A sleek, stylish and brutally quick compact three-door coupe that will go down in history as last great hurrah for Britain’s Vauxhall brand, the GTC VXR was first introduced as part of the previous ...

Vauxhall is using Rockingham motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire to launch its most powerful Astra to date. Vauxhall is letting journalists test the car’s mettle for themselves, by staging the ...

In 2012, Vauxhall introduced the most potent version of the Astra lineup based on the GTC version and re-ignited the battle for the crown in the hot-hatch segment. The GTC was the three-door version ...

Superchips, the high performance ECU remapping specialist, can now make the rapid 280 PS Vauxhall Astra GTC VXR even hotter in a matter of minutes using the firm’s market-leading Bluefin handset.

The Astra VXR Extreme has been derived from last year’s Astra Cup race car that competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Championship, with much of the knowledge gained in racing under such extreme ...

The Vauxhall Astra VXR was the most powerful hot hatch you could drive out of a showroom in 2005. Today, 240hp seems perfectly normal for this class of car, but back then it was pretty daring and the ...

The Astra VXR is powered by a 2.0 turboed four-cylinder engine, producing around 277bhp, which is funnelled exclusively through the front wheels. Under full acceleration, the VXR makes a sound like a ...