Refreshed Vauxhall Astra Arrives and Achieves Price Parity for All Powertrains
This is huge news for Vauxhall customers - pick an Astra, choose the hatchback, or estate and then select a powertrain that suits the customer best - the prices are the same irrespective of whether you choose, petrol, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or a full electric powertrain, or even the estate over the hatchback.
There are three trims to choose from starting with the Griffin, with the GS at the mid-point and hitting the top spot is the aptly named Ultimate.
It couldn’t be simpler than that! Hats off to Vauxhall for offering choice without penalty.
The fully electric powertrain has a new battery with 58.3kWh of capacity, adding 22 miles more range over the outgoing Astra electric, for up to 281 miles (WLTP) on a single charge for the hatchback and 276 miles for the estate.
A 1.2-litre petrol option, with manual and automatic transmissions, will join the line-up later this year.
Vauxhall also offers adaptive Intelli-Lux HD headlights, while an updated interior focuses on sustainability with Intelli-Seats made from 100% recycled materials, but without compromising comfort.
Externally there’s a few tweaks with the Vauxhall Vizor narrower and now including an illuminated Vauxhall Griffin.
There’s also new compass-inspired light strips that run horizontally into the headlights and vertically into the crease of the bonnet - a first for Vauxhall’s design language.
Each trim features specific alloy wheels:
Griffin: 17-inch diamond-cut Noir Onyx ‘Kaddett’ alloys
GS: 18-inch ‘Pentagon’ black alloys
Ultimate: 18-inch ‘Pentagon’ diamond-cut wheels
Astra Electric: New 18-inch diamond-cut ‘Rekord’ alloy wheels
Inside there are some physical buttons for key features, such as climate control, drive modes and the audio system and there’s a nice coloured ambient lighting with 7 colour options to choose from offering a more sophisticated interior feel.
There’s up to 1,339 litres of luggage space in the rear of the hatchback with the seats folded down. The Sports Tourer offers up to 1,634 litres of storage.
Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer and Hatchback
For the electric variant, it supports 100kW DC rapid charging, which is a little on the low side for 2026, but it enables a 20-80% recharge in just 32 minutes.
For AC charging, it has 11kW on-board charger is fitted as standard.
And, for the first time, Vauxhall offers Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) bi-directional charging which enables devices to be plugged into Vauxhall’s adapter using the high voltage battery to run them.
The Plug-in hybrid Astra uses a 1.6-litre petrol engine with a 17.2kWh battery for 196PS and 360Nm of torque, enabling 0-62mph in 7.6 seconds (7.7 seconds for Sports Tourer).
If using electric power, the Astra Plug-in Hybrid can cover up to 52 miles (WLTP combined) of all-electric range, suitable for a lot of peoples daily use case.
The Griffin is priced from £29,995 with the GS priced from £31,495 and the top-of-the range starting at £33,995 irrespective of powertrain or whether choosing a hatchback or estate.
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