Our choice for the 1980s is the Vauxhall Astra GTE Mk1. The Astra GTE was the high-performance version of the Mk1 Vauxhall Astra, and arrived very close to the end of that generation’s ...

We get very hung-up on what VW and Peugeot were up to in those nascent years of the hot hatch – and understandably so – but, on the evidence of my time with it, the Mk1 Astra GTE is unfairly ...

Vauxhall hot hatches have had a chequered recent history. A reputation for lots of power, but in a chassis that can barely handle it, has dogged Luton's performance offerings, first with the Astra ...

Shame, then, that the Mk1 GTE was only around for two short years ... Despite featuring copious amounts of 1980s plastic, the design of the Astra’s interior and its level of fit and finish ...

David has been writing about motoring and motorsport since he was 13 and racing since he was 19. He is British, and therefore apologizes for taking up too much of your time.

Long before I passed my driving test, I’d already homed in on a Mk1 Astra as my first car, but I couldn’t afford to buy or insure the GTE, so I settled on the next best thing: the 1.6 SR.

ever since the Vauxhall Astra Mk1 GTE made its debut in 1983. They've always been properly honed performance cars, too. That first Astra GTE was rapid for its time and incredibly agile - much more ...

Some of the most exciting cars of the 80s are rotting in junkyards in shadows of their former selves - not this MK1 Turbo Astra. Riccardo Senior from LivingLifefast checked out this epic build.

Vauxhall hot hatches have had a chequered recent history. A reputation for lots of power, but in a chassis that can barely handle it, has dogged Luton's performance offerings, first with the Astra ...