UPDATE – check out our review of the Vauxhall Astra and its launch at Millbrook More details have been released about the upcoming Vauxhall Astra. It looks like a typical set of of computer-tweaked beauty shots, but they do show off the sleek lines of the new Astra. Unfortunately the pictures only show the five-door, and not the three-door ‘Sport...

As parent company General Motors tries to stem the flood of money escaping from their coffers, Vauxhall have just announced they will be quitting the BTCC championship at the end of the 2009 season.Vauxhall was the one remaining manufacturer team in the championship so the news should not come as a surprise, but it will be a big disappointment to fans. While...

UPDATE – check out our review of the Vauxhall Astra and its launch at Millbrook The first official pictures of the 2010 Vauxhall Astra have been unveiled. Clearly influenced by the design of the larger Insignia, the new Astra will be bigger ‘more upmarket’ than the current model.Obviously the pictures are of a five-door model, but there will...

I was beginning to think Vauxhall’s marketing department had succumbed to the credit crunch, but there’s good news – the VXR Track Days are back for 2009. If you’ve been on one before then you’ll already know how much of a bargain these days are, and if you haven’t – well, read through my report from the 2008 VXR Track...

While the outcome of the 2008 BTCC manufacturers championship may have been something of a foregone conclusion, Vauxhall are still keen to celebrate their championship winning form with two special edition VXRs – the Corsa and Astra VX Racing.Both cars take the standard VXR and add some visual tweaks. Available in either red or black, the VX Racing...

Although the Astra VXR-R and VXR-S have only just been unveiled, they’ve already got stiff competition in the form of the Astra VXR 888.Triple Eight Engineering have already given us the 225bhp Corsa VXR 888, a fantastic (if a little unruly) hatchback. Now they follow the same formula with the Astra VXR, with a combination of engine and chassis tweaks to...

Alongside the Astra VXR-S and VXR-R, Thorney Motorsport have announced two tuned versions of the Astra’s little brother – the Corsa VXR-S and Corsa VXR-R.The range works the same as for the Astra, so the VXR-S is the ‘sport’ version and the VXR-R the ‘racing’ version. The recipe is largely the same, so the Corsa VXR-S...

Thorney Motorsport have a long history of tuning Vauxhalls, and now they unveil their latest work – the Vauxhall Astra VXR-S and Astra VXR-R.Launched at the same time as a new Corsa VXR-R and VXR-S, the modified cars feature various upgrades to squeeze even more performance out of the 2.0-litre turbocharged engine. The new models have been built to...