Introduced in 1991, the Astra is Opel's longest-running nameplate. And it soldiered on for 30 years with small-displacement four-cylinder engines only until 2015, when the Germans added three-cylinder ...

Opel dropped their most insane hatchback ever on us at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month, the Astra OPC Extreme. The OPC Extreme is a crazy 300 horsepower Astra with a six-speed manual ...

After the 2015 Opel Astra K was successfully leaked on the Internet then detailed by the manufacturer, the pixel artists started dreaming up the yet-to-be-launched OPC variant. Khalil B beat the other ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran November 4, 2011 Comment Now! GM’s European division Opel has taken the wraps off its new Astra OPC (known as the Vauxhall Astra VXR in the UK), which goes on sale in Europe next ...

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 ...

While the 2016 Opel Astra has done immense things to ensure weight was shed, and an overall footprint of the car is smaller, while increasing room inside, it may have made for a tough time when ...

A new motorsports-derived edition of the Opel Astra OPC (or Vauxhall Astra VXR for Britain) named “Extreme”, will make its world premiere at the 84th Geneva Motor Show in March. It promises to be the ...

Mark McNabb was a contributor at TopSpeed from 2013 to 2018. Growing up, Mark always had a mind for tinkering on random items throughout his home and dad’s garage, including a 1953 Ford Mainline and ...

Anyone who says you can't have fun in a front-wheel-drive car will probably change their tune when the Opel Astra OPC Extreme concept reaches showrooms. The race-bred, carbon-fiber-clad hot hatch ...

PSA won’t kill the Opel and Vauxhall performance-oriented models, but will update them in the future with a focus on improving CO2 emissions. According to CarBuyer, who cites a Vauxhall spokesperson, ...