It didn't make an appearance at the Geneva Motor Show, but General Motors' white-hot Vauxhall Insignia VXR is spending more time out of doors and (accidentally?) posing for pictures for the folks ...

There are quite a few cars you see in the classifieds now that make the early 2010s seem even longer ago than they actually are, and the second Vauxhall Astra VXR most certainly qualifies as one.

The rest of the Vauxhall Insignia range also gets a mid-life overhaul, with new engines – including a 168bhp 1.6-litre turbo petrol – the same interior polishing as the VXR and some of its ...

For starters, Vauxhall claims that the car can lap the Nurburgring 12 seconds faster than the old Insignia VXR, while mechanical ... which means the interior is spacious, well built and packed ...

How naive we were… Even with the silly stuff gone by then, there was still a Corsa VXR, an Insignia VXR (including ... handling of a Megane or the interior ambience of a Scirocco, it was still ...