Used Vauxhall ASTRA 2001 2006 CONVERTIBLE car review
There’s something about a convertible car that sparks off all sorts of glamorous images: of blatting along the Cote d’Azur with a sophisticated brunette clad in Chanel headscarf and shades. The reality is frequently of wrestling with a recalcitrant r...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 2000 2005 COUPE RANGE car review
When the Mark 4 Astra range was launched in February 1998, it was heralded as a sure sign that Vauxhall was turning things around, developing cars that would appeal to real people with real money in their pockets rather than a legion of browbeaten ph...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 1991 1998 RANGE car review
The Vauxhall Astra has been the company’s staple family car for longer than most can remember. It’s the post-1991 shape Astra onwards that we concentrate on here. There’s plenty of choice on the second-hand market – but that can make it even harder t...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 1993 1999 CONVERTIBLE car review
All too often buying a convertible on a budget means having to put up with ropey handling, pram-like dumpy looks and a hood with more perforations than a tea bag. The Vauxhall Astra Convertible represents an affordable way into soft top motoring with...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA TWINTOP RANGE car review
Peugeot will claim that it brought the folding hard-top roof to the mass market with its 206 CC but it was Vauxhall that made the technology affordable on a car without a grossly distended bottom. For that, Vauxhall, we salute you and we salute your ...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA TWINTOP 1.6 16V car review
Peugeot will claim that it brought the folding hard-top roof to the mass market with its 206 CC but it was Vauxhall that made the technology affordable on a car without a grossly distended bottom. For that, Vauxhall, we salute you and we salute your ...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA TWINTOP 1.8 car review
Peugeot will claim that it brought the folding hard-top roof to the mass market with its 206 CC but it was Vauxhall that made the technology affordable on a car without a grossly distended bottom. For that, Vauxhall, we salute you and we salute your ...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA TWINTOP 1.8 VVT AUTO car review
Peugeot will claim that it brought the folding hard-top roof to the mass market with its 206 CC but it was Vauxhall that made the technology affordable on a car without a grossly distended bottom. For that, Vauxhall, we salute you and we salute your ...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA ESTATE RANGE car review
Although it’s hardly the most exciting car on the market, Vauxhall’s Astra Estate is a model that deserves recognition. In squaring away the fundamentals well, it offers a wagon that drives small but carries big. With 1,570 cubic litres of space in t...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 1998 2004 RANGE car review
With the Mark 4 Astra range, Vauxhall waved goodbye to dodgy build quality, mediocre dynamics and pudgy styling. Make no mistake, this Astra was as much of an advance over its predecessor as Ford’s Focus was over the outgoing Escort. But does this ma...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 2004 2009 RANGE car review
Vauxhall’s Astra has long been a car that suffers a slight inferiority complex compared to its Ford equivalents, the Escort and, latterly, the Focus. No longer. The fifth generation Astra is the car that competes on its own terms. Offering a level of...
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Used Vauxhall ASTRA 1998 2004 ESTATE RANGE car review
With compact estate cars now coming back into vogue a little more, it’s easy to forget quite what a tough time Vauxhall’s Astra estate faced. Launched just in time to coincide with the boom in popularity of mini-MPV style vehicles, this was a car tha...
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