31 Facts About Vauxhall Corsa

Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982.

At its height of popularity, the Vauxhall Corsa became the best-selling car in the world in 1998, recording 910,839 sales with assembly operations in four continents and was sold under five marques with five different body styles.

Six years later, the Vauxhall Corsa received a facelift, which included a new front fascia and some other minor changes.

In September 1987 the Vauxhall Corsa received a light facelift, with a new grille that was now the same on hatchbacks and sedans, an updated interior, and other slight changes.

The Vauxhall Corsa Plus includes dual front airbags, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, electric windows and central locking as standard equipment.

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Vauxhall Corsa was updated in 1997, resulting in different styling options and better safety features:.

Vauxhall Corsa B was manufactured in South Africa and first entered the market in November 1996, featuring three models, all having the same 1.

The Vauxhall Corsa B continued in production post 2002, when the Vauxhall Corsa C was introduced, with only the 1.

Vauxhall Corsa C was revealed in 1999, and introduced to the European market in October 2000, and the facelift arrived in August 2003.

In 2002, the Vauxhall Corsa chassis spawned a mini MPV called the Opel Meriva, development of which began under Opel in Russelsheim.

Brazilian version of the Vauxhall Corsa sold in those countries featured a more conservative front end than its European counterpart.

Brazil offered a pickup truck version of the Vauxhall Corsa named the Chevrolet Montana, which, as well as the saloon, was exported in a completely knocked down form to South Africa for local assembly.

Vauxhall Corsa C arrived in the 2002 model year as a five-door hatchback, and was imported from Europe; but for the model year of 2003, the Vauxhall Corsa sold in Mexico began coming from Brazil and a saloon version was added.

Vauxhall Corsa C was that was sold in South America, was produced at the Rosario production plant in Argentina.

The Latin American Vauxhall Corsa C featured the Opel inspired Chevrolet logo with a golden bowtie instead of a chromed one – the new logo was first introduced in the South American market with the new Chevrolet Vectra.

Facelifted 2004 model was imported; however, in December 2005, the Vauxhall Corsa C was suddenly dropped from the Australian and New Zealand Holden ranges as a cost-cutting measure by GM and was replaced by the Daewoo Kalos, rebadged as a Holden Barina.

The Vauxhall Corsa D placed second in the European Car of the Year for 2006, only behind the Ford S-Max.

Vauxhall Corsa D was briefly available in Australia under the Opel brand name, rather than as a Holden as the Vauxhall Corsa B and C had previously been, during Opel's short-lived foray into the Australian market.

Vauxhall Corsa D was never available in Japan, as Yanase had stopped importing the Opel Vita in April 2004, due to declining sales.

Opel Vauxhall Corsa boasted a new petrol and diesel engine line up that fully complies with Euro 5 standards.

In February 2015, Opel introduced OPC version of Corsa E Compared to the previous generation model, power output had increased by 15PS to 207PS from 1.

Vauxhall Corsa OPC featured a sports chassis with Frequency Selective Damping technology, which enabled the damping forces to adapt to the frequency of the car to balance sportiness with comfort.

Original project of Vauxhall Corsa F was initially planned to be released in the third quarter of 2017 on a GM platform, the G2XX.

In December 2018, Opel announced the launch of an electric version of the Vauxhall Corsa, called the Vauxhall Corsa-e, which was originally planned to go on sale in 2019, but was delayed into the second quarter of 2020.

The main competitors to the Vauxhall Corsa-e were expected to be the Nissan Leaf and the Renault Zoe, as well as its mechanically identical twin, the Peugeot e-208.

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Externally, the standard Vauxhall Corsa F is almost identical to the electric version, with the exception of different alloy wheel designs and the lack of exhaust.

However, the Vauxhall Corsa is slightly larger than its predecessor, with a larger body and longer wheelbase to allocate more interior and boot space.

Vauxhall Corsa Van was a car derived van based on the corresponding generation of the Vauxhall Corsa superminis that was produced from 1983 to 2018.

The Vauxhall version is called the "Corsavan" since 1994, linking it to the earlier Astravan model.

In 2021, the Vauxhall Corsa grabbed the top spot for the most popular car of the year having had more new cars registered than any other in the UK throughout 2021.

The Vauxhall Corsa managed to achieve 40,914 new registrations throughout the year, beating second place by over 6,000 registrations.