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 ...

Vauxhall is preparing to give us the Astra VXR at the Geneva Motor Show (the same goes for the Opel Astra OPC) and the company is now offering us a taste of the vehicle’s special seats. The hot ...

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 moniker has a relatively short history that began with the launch of the VXR220 Turbo in 2004. Since then, various models have been created, including the previous generation Astra VXR, ...

Hot hatches might be made in a number of different countries, but it is in the UK where they are the most popular. Brits love hatchbacks in general, and although Ford has pretty consistently had the ...

Opel’s sister company Vauxhall is not a brand with a very cool image in the UK, quite the contrary, actually, as some qualify it as a maker of boring automobiles. However, the story is quite different ...

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 ...

Fewer young people are learning to drive. In fact, compared with 2006, the numbers are down 19% – or 250,000. So, are buses more fun to travel in these days? Are they all doing a Wiggins and taking to ...

Vauxhall has confirmed that next month, at the annual Geneva motor show, it will unveil its Astra VXR to the public for the very first time. This is good news. After all, the standard Astra GTC (on ...

Starting off as a spotty youth who worked in Currys, he moved to the BBC (after getting a degree) where he was an editorial wrangler. A stint writing for Top Gear and co-presenting Sky One's Gadget ...