Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

There’s no shortage of automakers which claim the vaunted Nürburgring Nordschleife as their own stomping ground. Along with the likes of BMW, Porsche and Aston Martin, to name but a few, GM’s European ...

Vauxhall has turned to Lotus for help with their chassis engineering on their upcoming Astra VXR hot hatch. The input from Lotus will supplement the work done by GM division Opel, which is testing the ...

In an effort to compete with the impressive Ford Focus RS and Renaultsport Mégane, General Motors is reported to be building a new Vauxhall Astra VXR with as much as 300-hp. So why should you care?

Vauxhall has released a limited edition of its Astra VXR hot-hatch, dubbed Arctic Edition, of which 500 units will be produced. The Arctic Edition is fitted with equipment worth GBP 1,965 at the price ...

Vauxhall's VXR department has been at it again, this time making the Astra foam at the mouth. It's bright, it's fast and it's fun. What more do you need? Alex Goy is an editor for Roadshow. He loves ...

While sales of the newly-minted (at least for the U.S.) Saturn Astra aren’t exactly setting the world on fire, we found it to be a rather good vehicle with a chassis capable of handling plenty more ...

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 ...

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 ...

We're absolutely pleased to see this newest performance sedan from GM's European performance studios. Aiming, with no excuses, directly at the Audi S4, is a 2.8-liter V6 turbo ECOTEC engine. That ...

Opel/Vauxhall has yet to debut or even hint at their all-new Astra hatchback, but Australia’s Motoring.au already has the scoop on the car’s high-performance VXR variant. Wilfried Diehl, Opel’s ...

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 ...