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Vauxhall Astra Electr

Alastair_Crooks@autovia.co.uk

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Electric motor

Battery/range

54kWh/258 miles

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

9.2 seconds/108mph

“There’s little patter through the chassis, and not much noise to complain about on the motorway”

ADDING the Electric edition is certainly the biggest change to Vauxhall’s Astra line-up in its five decades of production. But whereas Ford seems willing to throw away iconic badges, such as Fiesta, Vauxhall obviously thinks the Astra nameplate can remain competitive into the electric age.

From the outside, though, you’d be forgiven for thinking this is

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