It’s not pretty, but it sounds urgent. The gearshifter is a big, slightly awkward oblong shape (although nowhere near as bad as the old Astra VXR’s) and the shift doesn’t require much ...

the absence of new ones invariably makes the old ones even more interesting. Because even if the 280hp Astra VXR didn’t have the finely adjustable handling of a Megane or the interior ambience ...

The secret of great comedy is timing, so it should come as no surprise that the arrival of Triple Eight Engineering’s Astra VXR at the evo office in the first week of December raised a laugh or two.

Holden is bringing over the Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC and VXR three-door hatchbacks along with the Cascada convertible down to Australia for the first time. We wouldn't go so far as to say General ...

There are quite a few cars you see in the classifieds now that make the early 2010s seem even longer ago than they actually are, and the second Vauxhall Astra VXR most certainly qualifies as one.