The Vauxhall Astra is a sensible small family car that looks pretty stylish and is even quite good fun to drive, but alternatives are roomier and feel posher inside. Buy or lease the Vauxhall Astra at a price you'll love Is the Vauxhall Astra (2015-2019) a good car? Underneath the Vauxhall Astra's sensible-looking outer crust beats the heart of a brilliant family car that's well-built, practical and good fun to drive. It's also available as an estate but it's the regular five-door hatchback being tested here. Peugeot 308 SW Hybrid: long-term test review. First up, though, an introduction to our specific Astra. It mates GS Line trim with the 1.2-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine - a well Summary The Vauxhall Astra is a medium-sized five-door hatchback and estate. This model was launched in 2015 and was the seventh generation of the Astra model in the Vauxhall family. It received a facelift in the autumn of 2019, and ended production in 2021. 29 August 2019 Share How we test cars You might be surprised to learn that F1 racer Lance Stroll is mulling the purchase of a Vauxhall Astra. That's a showroom stock Astra, not a BTCC When we tested this re-engineered MK7 Astra model in 2019, we discovered that we'd forgotten how good this Vauxhall was to drive; if you happen to be familiar with the original version of this 'K'-series seventh generation model, you might not have. nZdVt.

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