Deep inside the Vauxhall Opel headquarters, the next generation Astra GTC (or VXR for you Brits out there) is coming to fruiting, getting ready to compete with the new Ford Focus ST and Renaultsport ...

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 ...

Lotus has a long history with GM brands such as Vauxhall and Opel. After tuning cars like the Vauxhall VX220 and the Vauxhall Carlton, which was even badged as the Lotus Carlton, reports are now ...

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 ...

A sleek, stylish and brutally quick compact three-door coupe that will go down in history as last great hurrah for Britain’s Vauxhall brand, the GTC VXR was first introduced as part of the previous ...

VXR has always been a brand of hits and misses. The Corsa VXR, for instance, always had a place alongside the Ford Fiesta ST and Renaultsport Clios as a rorty, boisterous hot hatch that flipped a ...

Superchips, the high performance ECU remapping specialist, can now make the rapid 280 PS Vauxhall Astra GTC VXR even hotter in a matter of minutes using the firm’s market-leading Bluefin handset.

What's better than power? More power, of course! The Vauxhall Astra VXR already has a lot of it, since its 280 PS put it above all of its rivals in terms of output, save maybe for the radical and ...

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 ...

Hot on the heels of the recently launched GTC, these are the first official pics of the new Astra VXR, which goes on sale next year and is set to become one of the most powerful cars in its class and ...

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 GTC takes the concept of the Astra Sport Hatch to a different, better-looking and more exciting level. Vauxhall sources tell us the new three-door range will cost about the same as before – so the ...