![]() ![]() Only there, no performance badging is involved, so it seems a touch disingenuous to apply some here. The thing is, those outputs come from a plug-in hybrid powertrain – the same one fellow Stellantis brand Peugeot fits in its 308. New Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer GSe 2023 review.New Vauxhall Astra Electric 2023 review.Vauxhall Astra 1.2 Turbo: long-term test review. ![]() Vauxhall Astra vs Ford Focus vs Volkswagen Golf: 2022 group test review.Honda Civic vs Toyota Corolla vs Vauxhall Astra: 2022 group test review.But don’t go thinking this is a return to the bonkers old days of overwhelmed front wheels, nor that this is even a renaissance for something warm like the GSi models. As hinted in the last letter, these cars are electrified, and yes, the treatment has been applied to the Astra, which was perhaps the best of the old VXRs. Now, though, Vauxhall has a range of GSe models. We haven’t had a VXR in years, and its milder replacement, a revival of the ‘GSi’ badge, had barely been around before Vauxhall ditched it. But sadly, it wasn’t a sub-brand that lasted. The results were mixed, but certainly never boring. It had a run of enormously powerful, VXR-badged cars that tasked their front wheels with far too much power, married to aggressive, in-yer-face bodywork. Vauxhall could have taken this car much further without compromising day-to-day driving too much, so it feels like either a missed opportunity or an appetiser for a spicier entree to come later. The Astra GSe makes some pragmatic sense as a company car, but even if judged as a ‘warm’ hatch, it falls far short of expectations, because of laggy, underwhelming power delivery and less-than-thrilling handling. ![]()
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