It has appeared on a user forum of a Brazilian car magazine but shows the new generation of the Astra that GM Europe is getting ready. Now that its main competitors - VW with the Golf (Rabbit ...

The new Astra’s interior is very like that of the recently ... and it’s not as distinctive as the previous-generation model or particularly original. No matter, we love the way the new Astra ...

The Astra’s interior seems light and airy. The dash is littered with touches of chrome that nicely breaks-up the amount of black. The plastics used do feel luxurious and pleasant to touch.

Vauxhall says the new Astra is between 120kg-200kg lighter than the current car; there’s up to 80kg taken out of the bodyshell and 50kg out of the chassis. And this light-weighting of the hardware can ...