The Germans at Opel have finally taken the wraps off the new Astra GTC three-door sports compact, which is set to have its world premiere at the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show this September. The ...

The performance flagship for the just-launched new Opel range is the Astra GTC that brings the sports-car look with warmed over performance. Powered by the choice of a 103kW 1.4-litre four-cylinder ...

The Opel Astra GTC will now be available with the next-generation SIDI 1.6 liter ECOTEC turbo engine. The small 1.6 liter mill, which is currently offered in the Opel Insignia and Zafira Tourer, is ...

Superchips, the high performance ECU remapping specialist, can now make the rapid 280 PS Vauxhall Astra GTC VXR even hotter in a matter of minutes using the firm’s market-leading Bluefin handset.

Believe it or not, but here at Top Gear's not-so-top-secret base, we're constantly hunting down superlatives we can etch onto the walls. Seems Vauxhall wants to play too, and has thus announced the ...

If you believed the New Astra, as Opel calls it, is quite a good-looker, especially because is nothing like the Astra models we got used to for years, then you will find the GTC to be perhaps the most ...

Euro NCAP found only three general areas of concern in regards to the safety of the Astra GTC. For starters, “dummy readings of rib compression indicated marginal protection of the chest area” in both ...

The Vauxhall GTC looks like a three-door version of the last-generation Astra, but Vauxhall has replaced almost every panel on the GTC. With sculpted lines and a high-set rear end, it definitely ...

Opel is also hoping to introduce the Astra OPC hot-hatch, which will debut at March’s 2012 Geneva motor show, as it targets aggressive sales growth with the nameplate already well established in ...

IF YOU want to be the envy of other family motorists, you could do a lot worse than buy a second-hand Vauxhall Astra GTC. First going on sale in November 2011, this sleek sports coupe is actually both ...

Two door handles and a roof aerial. These are the only bodywork items the GTC has in common with other members of the Vauxhall Astra family. Like the Astra SportHatch before it, the GTC is targeting ...

Sharp looks mean the Astra GTC still stands out from the hatchback crowd, while cabin quality is on a par with the Kia’s. Handling could be more engaging, but the Vauxhall’s biggest problems are its ...