Vauxhall Astra: FIRST REPORT We've just started an extended test of a 1.6-litre diesel Astra SRi built in Ellesmere. And we decided that there was only one place to be to take delivery of it

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Even before it started appearing in British showrooms six months ago, the new British-built Vauxhall Astra had already staged one remarkable fightback. Not long before its launch, plans had been laid for the closure of the Ellesmere plant, near Liverpool, that today builds about 30 new-generation Astras an hour and has been making General Motors' small cars since the original Vauxhall Viva back in 1962.