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The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car that has been sold by Vauxhall since 1980. Over its eight generations, it has been made at several GM/Opel/Stellantis plants around Europe - however most versions have been sourced from Vauxhall's plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.
The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett (the Kadett D and Kadett E) as the Vauxhall Astra since March 1980. Subsequent GM Europe policy standardised model nomenclature in the early 1990s, whereby model names were the same in all markets regardless of the marque ...
Meanwhile, Hammond reviews three hot hatchbacks on the track – the Peugeot 208 GTi, the Renaultsport Clio 200, and the Ford Fiesta ST – to see which is the best to drive. Finally, the Kia Cee'd has been retired, and in its place is a Vauxhall Astra Tech Line, leading Hammond and Clarkson to hosting a party and inviting celebrities to join ...
The "V" badging was an echo of the fluted V-shaped bonnets that had been used in some form on all Vauxhall cars since the very first. The "V" grille was not, however, used on the Vectra-replacing Insignia, unveiled in 2008 and the 2009 Vauxhall Astra and the 2010 Vauxhall Meriva. All the above, plus the US Saturn brand up to its demise in 2009 ...
Astra 2-door coupe 4-door sedan Delta: Opel/Vauxhall Astra [broken anchor] Chevrolet HHR. Chevrolet Cobalt. Pontiac G5. Relay: 2005 2007 1 fullsize MPV: M: Oldsmobile Silhouette: Outlook 5-door minivan: U: Pontiac Montana. Chevrolet Uplander. Buick GL8. Buick Terraza. Sky: 2007 2009 1 sports car: S: 2-door roadster: Kappa: Pontiac Solstice ...
Hammond and May spend an evening doing "Road Test Russian Roulette", by volunteering to drive drunk people home in their own cars. Meanwhile, Clarkson reviews the BMW M5 and three hatchbacks - the VW Golf GTI, the RenaultSport Mégane, and the Vauxhall Astra VXR - while there is an attempt set a world record for sideway rolls made by a Ford Sierra.
In 1984, the Vauxhall Astra Mk2 hatchback/estate/cabriolet was released, alongside a saloon version called the Vauxhall Belmont. The first significant Japanese-designed compact car in the UK was the 1981 Triumph Acclaim, a licensed version of the four-door Honda Ballade with a Honda-designed engine. The Acclaim was replaced in 1984 by the Rover ...
The Kadett E (sold as the Vauxhall Astra Mark 2 in the United Kingdom) was introduced in August 1984, and was voted the 1985 European Car of the Year. [25] [26] The 1984 model was also developed into a more conventional three-box design with a boot (trunk), badged as the Vauxhall Belmont in the United Kingdom, launched at Frankfurt 1985. There ...