They started life as Opels and Vauxhalls, but now they have been rebadged as Holdens for their journey to Australia. We’re talking about the Astra GTC, Astra VXR and Cascada convertible, which will ...

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 ...

Holden’s lion and Astra badges have been reunited once more, with the returned line-up now on sale in Australia from $26,990, alongside the new $41,990 Cascada cabriolet. The Astra hasn’t been seen in ...

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 ...

Low, wide and mean, the VXR has taken the already beautiful Astra GTC design and added even more aggression. Riding 10mm lower than the GTC, the car looks menacing with revised bumpers, 19-inch wheels ...

Deep inside the Vauxhall Opel headquarters, the next generation Astra GTC (or VXR for you Brits out there) is coming to fruiting, getting ready to compete with the new Ford Focus ST and Renaultsport ...

The last three Buying Guides have been on an Aston, a Ferrari, and a £1.1 million Porsche. Nice work if you can get it, but this week we're coming in to land in the Vauxhall Astra GTC VXR. And not ...

Hot on the heels of the recently launched GTC, these are the first official pics of the new Astra VXR, which goes on sale next year and is set to become one of the most powerful cars in its class and ...

VXR has always been a brand of hits and misses. The Corsa VXR, for instance, always had a place alongside the Ford Fiesta ST and Renaultsport Clios as a rorty, boisterous hot hatch that flipped a ...

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.

Vauxhall is set to launch its most powerful Astra yet. The second-generation Astra VXR is a considerably heated up version of the new GTC hatchback; power comes from a turbocharged, direct-injection ...

A top used car expert has urged motorists thinking about buying an affordable hot hatchback to consider one often overlooked model that offers plenty of power and surprising levels of practicality.