Using last year’s 300hp (225kW) Nurburgring 24 Astra endurance race car as its inspiration, Opel’s official in-house tuner OPC has taken the Astra and beefed it up to ‘Race Camp’ spec.

for which Opel provides the cars. Its aim is to assemble a team that will participate in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring in 2008. But first, there's a car to mention. It's the Astra OPC ...

To say that the all-new Opel Astra K was met with mixed reactions ... considering the fact that it’s a much lighter car. Right now, the OPC is powered by a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine, good ...

Giving much more expensive cars a run for their money was one of the targets that hot-hatch car manufacturers aimed for, and the 2005 Opel Astra OPC was one of those vehicles that could do that.

Anyone who says you can't have fun in a front-wheel-drive car will probably change their tune when the Opel Astra OPC Extreme concept reaches showrooms. The race-bred, carbon-fiber-clad hot hatch ...

In 2002 Opel revealed a wild concept based on its ... the Nürburgring and was run alongside development of the Astra OPC Cup race car. The car’s weight savings have been brought about mostly ...

Opel no longer has a rival to ... Honda Civic Type R and Renault Megane RS. The Astra OPC hasn’t been around since the J generation of the compact car came out between 2009 and 2015.

Based on the Opel Astra GTC – that’s the coupe version of the popular hatchback – the Opel Astra OPC inherits the GTC’s overall visual balance and composed look, though, you can’t miss ...

The new Opel Astra OPC, otherwise known as the Vauxhall Astra ... sprint time of six seconds flat and a maximum speed of 158mph (254km/h). British car magazine EVO took the two rivals to ...

The Opel Insignia is current European Car of the Year ... though a 2.0-liter turbo with 237 horsepower will make it in the Astra OPC, a feisty competitor to the Volkswagen Golf GTI.

Just 150 of these Astra OPC models have been ordered for South Africa - the last batch produced in Europe as Opel Germany switches over to the new Astra shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October - ...