GSE – short for ‘Grand Sport Electric’ – is Vauxhall’s new-era performance badge, taking over from beardy wonders like GTE ...

The Vauxhall Astra Mk8 arrived on UK roads in February 2022. The range consisted of a turbocharged 1.2-litre petrol engine ...

The Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer continues to be a fine estate car choice, but doesn't quite match the refinement, interior quality or passenger space of the best rivals. The plug-in hybrid is the ...

The Skoda Octavia Estate also undercuts the Astra on price, and while it isn’t as stylish or well-equipped, it is more spacious inside and still the overall benchmark in the class. At the time of ...

All in, it makes 223bhp and Vauxhall claims 0-62mph in 7.5s ... It’s a shame, because the Astra could otherwise have made a really good case for itself. We’ve said it loads but it bears ...