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 ...

The hot hatchback market seems to be on a boil and Vauxhall has decided to jump right into the middle of it all with their new Astra VXR. Here is what the new Astra VXR is all about Before we mention ...

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 ...

Vauxhall will be heading to this year’s Geneva Motor Show with its most powerful front-wheel-drive model yet, the Astra VXR Extreme. Based on last year’s Astra Cup race car, the Astra VXR Extreme ...

The Astra VXR Extreme has been derived from last year’s Astra Cup race car that competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Championship, with much of the knowledge gained in racing under such extreme ...

There’s a button on the dash of this Astra VXR. A finger hovers over it. ‘You ready for Sport mode yet?’ I’m asked. ‘Suppose so,’ I reply. After all, what harm can it do? Might sharpen up the throttle ...

I could be driving a Ferrari, the way people are looking at me. Maybe it's this Vauxhall Astra VXR's bright red paintwork and the rush of air every time its turbocharger spins into life. It's not a ...

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 ...

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.

If you like your hot hatches brash, bold and loud, then the Nürburgring Edition could be the car for you. Its all-white finish, distinctive chequered graphics and great soundtrack turn heads. However, ...