Auto Express Magazine

Vauxhall Astra

Dawn_Grant@autovia.co.uk

Running costs

50.4mpg (official)

£78 fill-up

Practicality

Boot (seats up/down)

422/1,389 litres

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

9.7 seconds/130mph

THERE’S nothing quite like a major road trip to get you settled into a new car – be it your own purchase or a long-term test car. The first few miles around home are easy pickings for a box-fresh arrival, after all, whereas a journey over several hundred miles can really help you to pick out strengths and weaknesses.

That’s certainly been the case with my latest Auto

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