Over the years, Vauxhall forgot how to achieve this blend ... on the evidence of my time with it, the Mk1 Astra GTE is unfairly overlooked. What’s more, it gets there on its own terms and ...

The Vauxhall Astra is a familiar presence in the UK car market ... not the epitome of consumer choice (the exceptions were the sprightly, sporting GTE model, which quickly found favour amongst car ...

And while Vauxhall’s Luton presence was once a powerhouse, the same can’t be said of this Astra GSE ... taking over from beardy wonders like GTE and SRI and GSI and VXR.