{"id":2137286,"date":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137286"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:00","slug":"savethemanuals-vauxhalls-stuck-a-six-speed-gearbox-in-its-astra-now-26k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137286","title":{"rendered":"#SaveTheManuals? Vauxhall\u2019s stuck a six-speed gearbox in its Astra, now \u00a326k"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vauxhall has today announced one of its new cars is now available with a very old-fashioned gearbox. There\u2019s a six-speed Astra<\/a>! In 2026! Now. TopGear.com is not suggesting the addition of a six-speeder in the Astra will conjure up the magic of, say, an old Honda S2000<\/a>, but still.<\/p>\n

And admittedly, it is not the most exciting Astra, because slotting in a manual has been explicitly designed to lower<\/em> the entry price of Vauxhall\u2019s long-running nameplate. It means the hatch and estate now start from \u00a326,495.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For that healthy sum, you get a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine, said manual gearbox, and \u2013 be still thine beating hearts! \u2013 128 mildly enthusiastic horsepowers. We say mildly, because it\u2019ll do 0-62mph in 9.7s (10s in the estate).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more enthusiastic about saving fuel, mind, Vauxhall claiming 50.4mpg is possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There are faster versions available, but only this entry 1.2-litre car gets the new \u2019box. It also comes with a new \u2018Denim Blue\u2019 paintjob which TopGear.com strongly suspects is a shade of blue that matches denim, and three trim levels. \u2018Griffin\u2019 is the entry-level trim that costs \u00a326,495, FYI.<\/p>\n

You can make it at least look sporty with the \u2018GS\u2019 trim (\u00a327,995), or plump for the \u00a330,495 \u2018Ultimate\u2019 level which gets lots more stuff thrown in. Oh, and those prices are the same whether you go for an estate or the hatch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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#SaveTheManuals?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vauxhall has today announced one of its new cars is now available with a very old-fashioned gearbox. There\u2019s a six-speed Astra! In 2026! Now. TopGear.com is not suggesting the addition of a six-speeder in the Astra will conjure up the magic of, say, an old Honda S2000, but still. And admittedly, it is not the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2137286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2137286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2137286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2137286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2137286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}