One of the oldest cars in Europe’s hugely competitive compact segment is switching to the next generation, bringing a completely new design inside and out along with overhauled underpinnings. Once again assembled at home in Rüsselsheim, the sixth iteration of Opel’s popular Astra has all the ingredients to go up against the giants in this class: Golf, Focus, Megane, and the Octavia.

It also has to do battle with the mechanically related Peugeot 308, with the two sharing the EMP2 platform as both brands are part of Stellantis – the world’s fourth-largest car manufacturer.
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