2020 Astra Facelift Spied at the Nurburgring, Progress Is Slow
14 Jan 2019, 19:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Astra facelift has been testing for a really long time with almost no changes at all. We think it's going to be closer to a new car than an update
2021 Opel Astra Will Have Peugeot Platform and Up to 220 HP
28 Sep 2018, 20:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Opel and PSA have three more years to make a new Astra, which is still among the top 10 best selling cars in Europe and also popular as a Buick in China
2019 Opel Astra Facelift Spied Doing Some Towing
18 Jun 2018, 20:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Astra facelift will call upon the might of Peugeot, but fighting the new Focus and Golf will surely be a tough challenge
Opel Working on Astra OPC With 300 HP from 1.6-Liter Turbo
4 Aug 2017, 12:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This might or might not happen. After all, the 1.6-liter turbo Astra OPC is a rumor that's been around since 2014, but it all seems too much
2017 Holden Astra for Australia Has OPC Line Kit and 200 HP 1.6 Turbo
27 Sep 2016, 22:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You might not know this, but the Astra is a global car, not a German one. There's even a Buick hatchback built in China for China
Vauxhall Is Auctioning Off Top Gear's Reasonably Priced Car, the Astra
21 Dec 2015, 14:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Vauxhall has decided to give automotive charity BEN the chance to seriously increase this year's donations. They're auctioning Top Gear's reasonably priced car
Opel Is Rumored to Bring Back the GT at the Geneva Motor Show
17 Dec 2015, 13:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The carmaker could return the GT nameplate in its lineup at the Geneva Motor Show. The information has been revealed by Opel’s CEO in a year-in-review video
2016 Opel Astra GSi Looks Ready to Take On the VW GTI in These Latest Spyshots
14 Dec 2015, 09:13 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Following the new model's release in September at Frankfurt, Opel is now getting ready to launch a sportier version, but not THE sportiest
2015 Opel Astra: We Sit in Opel's New Hatchback, First Contact Suggests Notable Improvements
28 Aug 2015, 15:09 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / We got inside the new 2015 Opel Astra because we wanted to see how much it changed from the previous generation. Here's what we found out
Opel Stops Making Old Astra and Zafira "Family" in Russia
31 Oct 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's become a time-honored tradition that some European companies keep their old cars alive and in production, mainly for emerging markets. Renault has the Clio Campus, Audi used to offer the o...
Angry Brit Refuses to Be Towed, Jumps Astra off Platform
18 Sep 2014, 15:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody who's been the 'victim' of one of these will attest that having your car towed away is a horrible feeling, comparable to losing a pet… maybe even worse. You're a...
2016 Opel Astra Prototypes Spied Testing at the Nurburgring
24 Jul 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German automaker Opel is secretly moving forward with development of the all-new Astra family of compact cars. The 5-door hatchback will be the first one to make its debut, probably a little more th...
Spyshots: 2016 Opel Astra Hatch Begins Nurburgring High-Speed Testing
25 Jun 2014, 16:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Compact hatchbacks are the most popular segment in Europe. So by that account, the new Astra is the most important upcoming car for Opel, GM's stricken European division. We've been tracki...
Spyshots: 2016 Opel Astra K First Photo
10 Apr 2014, 13:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Although covered in heavy camouflage, this hatchback prototype gives us our first clear idea of what to expect from the next generation Opel Astra hatchback. One of the German automaker's most ...
Opel Astra OPC in Camo Wrap Looks Tough
20 Mar 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honestly, we really have no idea why Opel and Buick have been joined at the hip by GM. One is trying to be young the other acts grownup and has recently taken the masters class in Mandarin. Another ...
Geneva-Bound Opel Astra OPC EXTREME Revealed
30 Jan 2014, 13:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A couple of years ago, Opel launched the Corsa OPC Nurburgring, an extreme version of its smallest hot hatch which had been specially developed for legendary Green Hell. It developed quite a cult fo...
Opel Astra Gets New 1.6 CDTI Diesel Engine With 136 HP
11 Nov 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Whenever we test drive Opel models, we like to get them with turbocharged 1.6-liter petrol engine that come close to 200 hp. But in reality, most people buy either the diesel models or the naturally...
Tuned Opel Astra J Is One Radical Uber-Hatch
23 Apr 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's been a while since we last saw a German tuning project in the true sense of the world, one that leaves you speechless as you look at every change made to the car. This Opel Astra J star...
Vauxhall Offering £500 in Free Fuel With Car Purchases
16 Nov 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Vauxhall really didn’t have to comission a study for this, but they did, and found that the cost of fuel would influence the purchasing decisions of 73 per cent of drivers when buying a new ve...
Tuned Vauxhall Astra/Corsa Available to Britons
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / British tuning company Thorney Motorsport has just unveiled a new series of customized Vauxhall Astra and Corsa VXRs, both of them available in two versions, VXR-S (Sport) and VXR-R (Race). The tune...