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The sixth generation Vauxhall Astra is dealership-bound from today. I attended a premiere event at GM’s Millbrook Proving Ground last weekend to see the car for myself.
It was a chance for attendees – mainly interested members of the public - to take various Astra models for a spin. Vauxhall is emphasising improvements in quality and the cabin certainly feels a step up over the old car.
Yet despite Vauxhall’s best efforts to allude to movie glamour and motorsport, most people I spoke to seemed more convinced by the Astra’s solid engineering and build quality. As one of the nation’s workhorses, perhaps that’s as it should be.
