Australia's Easy Reading New Car News Home | News | Road Tests NEWS INDEX:   Vauxhall Vauxhall Astra: the next generation Home > News > General Motors >Vauxhall GM reveal next-gen Astra 6th August, 2015 Vauxhall’s all-new Astra will be in UK showrooms in October. The new model, built at Vauxhall’s manufacturing plant in Ellesmere Port includes Design, Tech Line, Energy, SRi and Elite models ..... more April Fool's Day jokes from UK car companies 6th April, 2015 Tricksters will always try a prank on the morning of 1st April - commonly known as April Fools Day. Would you fall for this year's efforts in the UK? BMW, Nissan, Vauxhall and Volkswagen each tried to 'pull the leg' of the usual suspects! Here at Next Car we have assembled all four efforts on one page ..... read all about it! more Vauxhall Astra GTC coupe 7th June, 2011 The third body style to come off the new Astra’s Delta platform (following the Hatch and last year’s Sports Tourer), the only elements the GTC shares with its 'siblings' are door handles and the roof aerial – even the wheelbase and tracks are different ..... more New Astra Coupe Concept for GM Europe 12th September, 2010 Opel and Vauxhall’s GTC Paris Concept, which gives the strongest hint yet to the Astra Sport Hatch’s successor and is set for a debut early next month at the Paris Motor Show ..... more Vauxhall at Goodwood's Festival of Speed 21st June, 2010 While Vauxhall has yet to confirm its launch of the new VXR8, the latest HSV GTS E2 – its near-identical Australian 'sibling' - will give the clearest indication yet of its intention to sell the car in Britain ..... more GM's new Vauxhall Astra wagon 16th June, 2010 GM's new Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer will debut at this year’s Paris Motor Show in September and hit UK showrooms by the end of the year ..... more Top of page Andy Green at Goodwood Festival of Speed 3rd July, 2009 World Land Speed Record holder, Andy Green, will be experiencing a different type of thrust this weekend when he drives the all-new, 325 hp Vauxhall Insignia VXR up Goodwood’s hillclimb course at England's famous Festival of Speed ..... more Vauxhall at Goodwood Festival of Speed 24th June, 2009 The high-performance version of this year’s European Car of the Year winner will be displayed in the popular Super Car Paddock throughout the event, which runs from 3rd - 5th July ..... more More Details: GM's New Astra 19th June, 2009 And those gloves? According to the survey, most owners don’t keep them in the glove box at all ..... more GM Europe's New Astra Revealed 14th May, 2009 With its strong, cab-forward silhouette, steeply-raked windscreen and sloping rear roofline, the new Astra makes ingenious use of many of the design features found in the Insignia ..... more England's Vauxhall Heritage Centre Open Day 24th February, 2009 Vauxhall will be throwing open the doors of its Heritage Centre to mark the annual ‘Drive it Day’ celebration of classic motoring on Sunday, 26th April, 2009 ..... more Top of page Vauxhall Heritage Centre Open Day – An Astra-nomical day out 8th May, 2008 The world’s biggest private collection of classic Vauxhalls is to throw its doors open to the public for one day only, and, for 2008, Vauxhall will also be celebrating 10 million Astra sales since the model first appeared in 1980 ..... more GM's new Vectra for 2009 20th April, 2008 A new name, a new car and a new ambition ..... that's the story of the successor for Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Vectra ..... more GM's Meriva Concept To Make Geneva Debut 7th February, 2008 Already Europe’s market leader in the monocab sector, with one in five pan-European sales being a Zafira, Meriva or Agila, Vauxhall and Opel are set to unveil their vision of the future ..... more Top of page HSV at the 2007 Melbourne Motor Show 11th March, 2007 Holden Special Vehicles confirmed pricing and on-sale dates for the all new WM series Grange at the Melbourne Motor Show ..... more Corsa VXR – Vauxhall's Hottest Ever Supermini 4th January, 2007 The new generation Corsa (Europe's replacement for the former European sourced Holden Barina) has already caused quite a sensation with its bold styling and impressive road manners, but now Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off the ultimate version – the VXR ..... more Top of page Britain's Astra Gains Panoramic Windscreen 15th June, 2006 In the UK, the Astra Sport Hatch is now available with a Panoramic windscreen ..... more Vauxhall's Astra TwinTop Released In England 28th May, 2006 The right hand drive version of this new model was released in England just last Friday ..... more Europe's Corsa Uncovered! 18th May, 2006 The new Corsa is slightly longer and wider than the current car (which was sold in Australia as the Holden Barina until late last year) ..... more GM Opens New European Design Centre 15th May, 2006 As part of General Motors’ continued focus on further strengthening product development, it, last week, opened a new European Design Centre in Rüsselsheim ..... more Century Of Vauxhall Heritage 14th May, 2006 To coincide with the Luton Festival of Transport and over 100 years of being based in the town, Vauxhall is holding its annual open day at its Heritage Centre in Luton, on Sunday 11th June 2006 ..... more GM's Antara Targets European Growth Market 10th May, 2006 Following the enthusiastic reaction to the Antara GTC crossover concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2005, GM launches, in Europe, later this year, the five-door production version of the new Antara ..... more GM Europe and Renault pursue cooperation on LCVs 10th May, 2006 The cooperation between General Motors Europe (GME) and Renault is taking a further step forward with the release of new van versions for the two brands ..... more Vauxhall Unveils The UK's All-New Astravan 25th April, 2006 Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off its new Astravan – the latest edition of the company’s most established van brand ..... more New Corsa To Debut At London Show 23rd March, 2006 Vauxhall yesterday announced that the all-new Corsa will make its world debut at the British International Motor Show in July ..... more Top of page The New Astra Twin Top For 2006 2nd August, 2005 Last year, we reported the new Astra would be a coupe/cabriolet. Now we discover General Motors has lifted the lid on the latest version of its new Astra – the stunning TwinTop ..... more Racing Astra Sport Hatch Wins At Brands Hatch 7th June, 2005 Yvan Muller driving the new-for-2005 VX Racing Astra Sport Hatch ended two months of drought from BTCC wins with a masterful display of driving in the third race of the day at Brands Hatch ..... more Vauxhall Astra Diesel 20th April, 2005 Will we see a diesel engine in the Holden Astra? ..... more Irmscher Styling Pack For The Vauxhall Tigra 28th March, 2005 The Tigra may be one of the snappiest lookers around, but that has not stopped the specialists at Irmscher from developing a styling pack to give this coupé/convertible even more appeal ..... more Top of page About | Car Clubs | Great Drives | Home | News | Road Ramblings | Road Tests | Subscribe | Top Drive ©   2003 - 2015   Next Car Pty Ltd.   All rights reserved.