AFTER WHETTING our collective appetites with the AWD Insignia OPC, word is circulating that Opel is preparing to launch a hi-po variant of the sharp-looking Astra hatch too.

The Astra OPC will be based on the upcoming three-door Astra GTC, which will flaunt a lower roofline and a much more steeply-raked windshield than its five-door stablemate.

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In terms of power, handling and engineering, the Opel Astra OPC - or HSV Astra VXR - may not be the hottest hatch around, but there’s one area the Astra two-door hatch has always had it over its competitors: that roofline.

While most two-door hot hatches have fairly square rear quarter windows, the two-door Astra has [...]

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