Vauxhall Astra Reviews

Tuesday 13 February 2007

Vauxhall’s Astra has long been a car that suffers a slight inferiority complex compared to its Ford equivalents, the Escort and, latterly, the Focus. No longer. The fifth generation Astra is the car t

Monday 4 December 2006

Although it’s hardly the most exciting car on the market, Vauxhall’s Astra Estate is a model that deserves recognition. In squaring away the fundamentals well, it offers a wagon that drives small but

Tuesday 4 July 2006

There’s an old maxim that says if something looks right, it often is right. While that doesn’t always follow when it comes to cars, it undoubtedly applies when it comes to the Vauxhall Astra Sporthatc

Thursday 16 February 2006

There’s something about a convertible car that sparks off all sorts of glamorous images: of blatting along the Cote d’Azur with a sophisticated brunette clad in Chanel headscarf and shades. The realit

Tuesday 8 November 2005

With compact estate cars now coming back into vogue a little more, it’s easy to forget quite what a tough time Vauxhall’s Astra estate faced. Launched just in time to coincide with the boom in popular

Tuesday 8 November 2005

When the Mark 4 Astra range was launched in February 1998, it was heralded as a sure sign that Vauxhall was turning things around, developing cars that would appeal to real people with real money in t

Tuesday 8 November 2005

The Vauxhall Astra has been the company’s staple family car for longer than most can remember. It’s the post-1991 shape Astra onwards that we concentrate on here. There’s plenty of choice on the secon

Friday 5 September 2003

All too often buying a convertible on a budget means having to put up with ropey handling, pram-like dumpy looks and a hood with more perforations than a tea bag. The Vauxhall Astra Convertible repres