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 ...

'Ring special was faster (and a lot louder) than the record-setting car. This one takes it to another level There's a serious business advantage to Nurburgring record hunting. While it may not the ...

Vauxhall is set to launch its most powerful Astra yet. The second-generation Astra VXR is a considerably heated up version of the new GTC hatchback; power comes from a turbocharged, direct-injection ...

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 ...

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 ...

A COUPLE of weeks ago, we tested the new Vauxhall Astra GTC and liked it a lot. It has great styling and a chassis that was set up by British engineers, on British roads, for British customers. We ...

It’s been badged an HSV, an Opel, and now the hottest Astra will return in 2015 as the Holden Astra VXR to put the Lion badge back in the hot-hatch game for the first time since 2009. Holden, though, ...

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 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 ...

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.

When Vauxhall set out to design the latest generaion of its VXR flagship it wanted to build the fastest hot hatch around and with 276bhp and plenty of development time at the fearsome Nurburgring ...