The all-new Vauxhall Astra is a lot like the kid in school that seemed to win all the awards, the one who seemed to do everything right. The Astra received yet another award at the Autocar Awards, earning the Game-Changer Award after proving itself to be one of the top models on the market. We wonder if there’s any room left for more awards following the Astra’s white-hot streak.
“The Astra continues to go from strength-to-strength this year, and winning the Autocar Game-Changer Award further proves this,” said Rory Harvey, Vauxhall’s Chairman and Managing Director. “It’s great to see how well-received the Astra has been so far, and we hope to keep up this winning streak.”
The annual Autocar awards ceremony was held at Silverstone’s prestigious Wing complex. Topping the competitive Game-Changer category, the Astra was praised by the judges for its versatility, value for money and technology.
“The new Astra has taken a quantum leap forward over the previous generation and has put Vauxhall back in the running in one of the most competitive sectors of the industry,” said Jim Holder, Autocar’s Editorial Director. “It stands out for doing everything well, and some things better than everyone else. The Astra has an outstanding diesel engine and agile handling, while its infotainment and safety technologies provide selling points you might not expect from the brand.”
Other notable achievements for the Astra include being named European Car of the Year, a Family Car category win at the What Car? Awards, winning the Lower Medium category at the Fleet News Awards, and earning the Golden Steering Wheel Award.
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Agree the Astra is well deserving of the recognition!
Astra is one of the smallest cars in it´s class, interior-wise. Very low profile, bad entry. I was absolutely shocked, when I entered it for the first time – my legs did´n t fit under the stupidely positioned steering wheel, it was horendous how uncomfortable this car is. My height is 196 cm, but maybe Vauxhall/Opel thinks, that buyer need to spend money for Insignia, to fit inside, even if he is not that extremely tall driver. Also, quality and refinement (also it´s better than old, rusty Astras of the 90s are other things, which made me think, that Vauxhall/Opel is not match for any car in same class VW group produces today. Which is the shame, because our family owned Opel Vectra A 2.0 in the time just after velver revolution in CZ. Then, Skoda cars were considered inferior, even in the eastern bloc. Also, being the best car manufacturer of the former communist countries, VW bough Skoda, which was almost destroyed by the communist economy (Skoda is way older than VW or even BMW, and first VW was based on Czechoslovak Tatra), and nowadays, Skoda is better quality, better selling car than our once beloved Opel brand, also thanks to success on Chinese market, where Opel has tremendously failed…