Vauxhall Astra Mk2 (Including Belmont)

Impressions : Astra GTE 2.0i/16v

The Vauxhall Astra GTE has always been something of an also-ran in the hot-hatch stakes. Now it comes with 16 valves and enough power to make a Golf 16V look weak. But David Sutherland asks if that will be enough to make the blandly rounded Astra a real hot-hatch winner