The Astra used to play a crucial part in any fleet manager's playbook - now, it's grist to Shed's mill Per ardua ad astra. Many of you will recognise this as the stirring official motto of the RAF. If ...

##Coupe Turbo--right##QUESTION: what do the BMW M3, Ferrari 360 Modena, Porsche 911 Carrera and Vauxhall Astra Coupe Turbo have in common? Answer: they are all capable of speeds exceeding 150mph. Hang ...

The all-new Opel Astra K is about doing more with less. People who drove the test prototypes say the 1-liter turbo on the newer model does a better job than the old 1.6, and the 1.4 Turbo feels the ...

Here at What Car?, we define a hot hatch as a car that "mixes everyday practicality with higher performance and the sort of handling that’s ideally suited to British roads". Oh, and it "should be fun, ...

Whenever we see old vs new battles on the drag strip, we instantly know it’s not a matter of who wins, but rather how badly is the old model going to lose. Such is the case here, indeed. Even if there ...

I still remember how things used to be done in the hot hatch world. Cheap plastic, a few red stripes and the most overpowered four-banger engine were all standard. This formula gave us the first Focus ...

Vauxhall was the General Motors U.K. brand from 1925 to 2017. In this series, we are looking at one model in the magnificent Vauxhall Heritage Collection representing each decade of the GM era. Our ...

A well-preserved example of the Vauxhall Astra GTE from 1983 was auctioned in the UK for a cool £22,250, nearly matching the entry price point of the brand-new 2022 Vauxhall Astra which currently ...

A well-known motoring personality has taken to YouTube to share how he helped uncover a long-forgotten example of a classic hot hatchback. Jonny Smith is a former Fifth Gear presenter who now runs The ...