Inside former family favourite Vauxhall Astra’s sales slump – but why that could soon change with new ‘best ever’ model

WE need to talk about the Vauxhall Astra. Once a firm family favourite, now lesser spotted than the Hamburglar. It wasn’t so long ago that Astras were everywhere and I mean absolutely everywhere. Astra cars. Astra vans. Astra convertibles. GTC coupes. Hot GTEs, SRIs and VXRs. I’d wager someone in your family owned an Astra...