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 ...

GSE – short for ‘Grand Sport Electric’ – is Vauxhall’s new-era performance badge, taking over from beardy wonders like GTE ...

An Astra GTE in white, or a Mark 2 Vauxhall Cavalier in CD or SRi trim and the two-tone grey and black colour scheme was the mark of someone going places, with full expectation of getting there.