If you like your hot hatches brash, bold and loud, then the Nürburgring Edition could be the car for you. Its all-white finish, distinctive chequered graphics and great soundtrack turn heads. However, ...

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 ...

Blisteringly quick, yet with the style, comfort, quality and grace of a luxurious executive saloon, Vauxhall’s classy Astra VXR points the direction hot hatches should be taking. It can show the ...

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 ...

Vauxhall’s new Astra VXR will incorporate motorsport know-how in its transmission and deliver a class-leading 400Nm of torque, giving it a 0-60mph time of 5.9 seconds and robust mid-range performance ...

Following Holden’s decision to pull the plug on local manufacturing, the brand swiftly introduced a handful of new-ish models to pad the brand’s lineup. Straight from Opel, the Holden Insignia VXR and ...

We’re airborne. Properly airborne. And there’s a left-hander ahead that we really need to be slowing down for. As the Astra’s tyre noise falls silent and those in the back seat suddenly find ...

There’s a reason that automotive enthusiasts the world over love hot hatches: not only are they practical, but they’re also very sporty and fun to drive. That’s why we spent the last twenty minutes ...

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 ...

NOT so long ago the hot-hatch scene was less fashionable than flared trousers. Sky-high insurance premiums thanks to inflated theft and accident risks plus competition from other sectors of the market ...