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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With the upcoming 2010 Holden Cruze filling a similar niche and sharing its platform with the new Opel/Vauxhall Astra, we’re not likely to see the European hatch here in Australia.

Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t admire it from afar.

To help us do that (and to whet the appetites of those who will actually be able [...]

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After having been partially revealed to the web yesterday, GM has unveiled its 2010 Opel Astra and filled in some of the blanks in the process.

The latest Astra is scheduled for public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September but at this rate there won’t be anything new to see.

Following in the Insignia’s [...]

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We’ve had leaked images and a couple of official photos so far, but this is easily the best look we’ve had at Opel’s 2010 Astra. And as these images show, the new model lands with very appealing lines.

Set for debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the 2010 Astra follows design cues set by [...]

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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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Vauxhall, GM’s British subsidiary, has been kind enough to release a trio of teaser images of its all-new Astra, well ahead of the official launch at next years Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Both the five-door and three-door models are shown, in black and white respectively, and while the images provided are fairly low on [...]

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