Episode
Car S.O.S.: Vauxhall Astra GTE
Overview
General Motors was a late entrant to the hot hatch market - but when it did turn up to the party, it did so with an amazingly effective offering.
Details
- Series
- Car S.O.S.
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2016-05-26
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Vauxhall Astra GTE is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Car S.O.S.. It aired on 2016-05-26. The runtime is 45 min.
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