In the mid-1980s, 60-profile tyres were considered ‘ultra-low’ profile, multivalve engines were the exception rather than the rule, and ABS was reserved for a handful of very expensive German cars. And animals roamed the racetracks. Meet the most famous one of all
As the fate of Opel’s Astra hangs in the balance, Calvin Fisher assembles the halo models that kept this performance hatch in the frame for five generations, and poses the big question: will there be a sixth?