Photographers lurking around the Nurburgring Nordschleife caught pictures of the new three-door Opel Astra (J/D) in OPC trim. The Astra OPC could get 27 percent more power courtesy of a 296 bhp (224 kW, 300 PS) turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.  It looks to be wearing dark tinted lenses over the headlights, though much else is [...]

Photographers lurking around the Nurburgring Nordschleife caught pictures of the new three-door Opel Astra (J/D) in OPC trim. The Astra OPC could get 27 percent more power courtesy of a 296 bhp (224 kW, 300 PS) turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.  It looks to be wearing dark tinted lenses over the headlights, though much else is [...]

Opel has announced plans to introduce the GTC Paris concept at the Paris Motor Show. While details are limited, Opel says the concept will embrace the philosophy of “And the speed was pure beauty.” It will be a “sporty compact hatch with dramatic proportions and sculptural surfaces typical of Opel’s design language.” This likely means [...]

Williams could be looking to get involved with the premier German touring car championship DTM. It is reported by Switzerland’s Motorsport Aktuell that German carmaker Opel is keen on a collaboration in the series with the famous British formula one team. Williams chief executive Adam Parr is quoted as saying that a meeting with Opel [...]

Opel has ripped the lid off the new 2011 Opel Astra Sports Tourer, ahead of a planned public debut at the Paris Motor Show in October.  Along with the car, Opel is introducing a new 1.4-liter turbocharged petrol engine that produces either 118 horsepower (88 kW, 120 PS), or 138 horsepower (103 kW, 140 PS). [...]

The new-generation 2011 Opel / Vauxhall Astra GTC was spied out in public for the first time This three-door Astra was caught testing on public roads near the Nürburgring where it will surely get more test kilometres as well. The previous-generation GTC had a panoramic windscreen in some models and featured a 2.0-litre petrol turbo [...]

A heavily-camouflaged 2011 Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC was spied while testing on the Nordschleife circuit at the Nürburgring earlier this week.  The next-gen Astra GTC prototype looks similar, but sports a different number plate than the car seen a few days ago. Though padded, it appears the next Astra GTC will have a better integrated roofline, [...]

These are the latest pictures of the next-generation 2012 Opel Zafira doing some track testing on the Nürburgring circuit. This next Zafira iteration prototype is still heavily camouflaged but the general design seems very consistent with this category of vehicle – stretched at the corners for maximum cabin space but still with an aerodynamic front [...]