Set to replace the 1.7-liter oil burner produced at GM Powertrain Poland since the dinosaurs were still around, the 1.6-liter CDTI turbo diesel will provide the Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC with better ...

Opel’s sporty Astra GTC has adopted the all-new 1.6-liter CDTI diesel engine, which has been available on the rest of the Astra lineup since late last year. The quiet ‘Whisper Diesel’ is more powerful ...

IF strength and durability were the marks of a good small car, then history states that one of the best was the Holden Astra. We bought thousands of them, in fact, in 2005 alone, 34,000 Astras found ...

The Astra's styling is inspired by the larger Opel Insignia. Compared to the outgoing Astra model, the 2010 version is three inches longer and features all-new sheetmetal that borrows many design cues ...

Opel announced yesterday its 1.6 liter CDTI engine, which debuted earlier this year on the Zafira MPV, will find its way under the hood of the Astra for the new model year, replacing the outgoing 1.7 ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

The Hyundai, like a shot. The Astra has a horrible, growly old belt cam diesel engine. The i30 has a new chain cam diesel and on top of that a 5 year warranty. The lower powered versions of the i30 ...

All the attention is on Saturn and these designs are why. There is no coincidence that the Saturn Sky and Aura bear a striking resemblance to the Opel Astra and I believe that it was a conscious ...

Opel recently rolled out a few new photos showing the interior of the upcoming Astra model. As you can see for yourselves, the new Astra boasts a lot of new things inside the car, when compared with ...

If we were to take all 24 million Opel Kadett and Astra cars ever sold and line them up one behind the other, the column would circle around the equator two and a half times. Needless to say, Opel ...