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The new Vauxhall Corsa SXi “sits below the Corsa SRi in the line-up, and offers equipment designed to make the car feel more sporty than the lower-spec models, but without the hard sports suspension from the SRi”, says Auto Express. The car is available in either three-door or five-door versions with a choice of engines including 1.2 and 1.4-litre petrols, and a 1.3-litre diesel with a rang...

24Posted: 24th Apr 2014

New engine builds character

Autocar’s Steve Cropley says it’s “surprising” how a better engine can “improve the whole of a car’s character”, in his review of the Astra Sports Tourer 1.6 CDTi. “The arrival of a new aluminium-blocked 1.6-litre unit – which matches the power and torque of some of 2.0-litre versions, complies with Eur...

24Posted: 24th Apr 2014

More to the VXR8 than meets the eye

“Aussie-built Vauxhall V8s are fun but crude, right? Wrong,” says Autocar’s Richard Bremner, as the new VXR8 goes toe-to-toe with the BMW M5 and Mercedes E63. Despite looking “as traditional as a Vegemite sandwich”, the VXR8 is “more sophisticated” than it lets on. “This is a substantially different beast...

24Posted: 24th Apr 2014

ADAM travel fasts

With spring arriving, Autocar’s Mark Tisshaw has been settling in with his long-term Vauxhall ADAM, and he’s not the only one either, after he saw plenty of them during a Sunday drive. “Each ADAM was wearing a shiny new 14-plate and they all looked cheery in their vivid and unique colour schemes. Of course, the bla...