Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2i

~ CONNIE IS THE WINNER ~ I’ve had my baby for about eight months now and love it. Connie my Corsa came from a Hartwell’s garage in Bath and I purchased it back in March this year. After passing my driving test in early march I was anxious to get my first car. To be honest I never really liked Corsa’s the old ones just looked naff and I also thought they were the ultimate ‘chav’ car. People around where I live buy them and but stupid mismatched bumpers ...
...to Hartwell’s that afternoon I was looking at a newish blue Renault Clio 1.2 when I noticed this in the corner. Connie was on sale for £3,999 and looked in brilliant condition in a shiny silver colour. After taking the Corsa out on a test drive which was nerve racking, my first drive since my test in a new car, I instantly loved it. The great factor about the car is that I got a very good deal on it. It only had one owner before me which did not ...

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...none other then the humble Vauxhall Corsa. Background to Car ----- We acquired our Corsa in 1998, when my Mother’s Mini was starting to fall to pieces (It was an F-reg) This car was in Dad’s company as a pool car, so it had come to the end of it’s four year lease. We bought it for the superb price of £3,200, with about 40,000 miles on the clock. It was in very tidy and clean condition, and being a fleet car, had been serviced regularly at a Vauxhall ...
...to read. A credit to Vauxhall over this! Driveability ----- Well, this one is an interesting subject. The Corsa does some things very well, and others not so well. So I will start from the beginning, as there is no better place to start. When the engine fires up and you leave it idling, it has quite a rough note to it. However, one you engage first gear, the engine becomes smooth and quiet for its age. The clutch is very light, and is very easy ...

stevie-boy 19.06.2004 · Read full review
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...Corsa. I test drove a Vauxhall Club and discovered a few built-in problems but decided I could live with these and bought a new 1.2 in metallic silver. I still have that car and so this is a long-term, five year test of the small Corsa (as opposed to the bigger version marketed a little later). I'll start with a brief overview of this 'compact'. At first glance it appears to be a small, light, nippy car, which is what it should be. However, this ...
...the curious speed dependant power-steering. Vauxhall should have realised, as soon as they tested the sysem, that it was a bad idea but it was obviously a good marketing ploy. When travelling at low speeds or using small arcs of steering wheel movement the steering is heavy and stiff but it can suddenly 'free up' unexpectedly to give an inconsistent and worrying feel to the steering. The road-holding of the car, however, is generally good as one ...

tel1 28.02.2005 · Read full review
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...that it is marketed as Vauxhall and as Opel throughout the rest of Europe. They are one of Germany's oldest car manufacturers (1863) and manufactured their first motor vehicle in 1899. Since 1929 they have been part of the world wide General Motors Group. I was never a huge fan of Vauxhall cars, having been put off them at an early age when I was unfortunate enough to purchase an old 1960's Vauxhall Victor early in my motoring career. It was a total ...
...off the road than it did on it. But a couple of years back I rented a small diesel Corsa (1.3 CDTi) for a week while visiting Sicily, and have to say that I was highly impressed with the car. So when we decided around the middle of last year (2008) to get rid of my wife's Nissan Almera (we never liked it) the Corsa was high on our list of potential replacements, not least because my teenage daughter had just turned seventeen and obtained her first ...

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INTRODUCTION Vauxhall Man strikes again! After 6 years and one month, we finally decided to part company with our rather good little Vauxhall Corsa ‘Sport’ (See my previous Op); and after the usual tramp around the showrooms we have replaced it with... another Vauxhall Corsa – an Sxi 1.2 16-valve! This time, however, we opted for the Corsa Sxi, and, now baby is less of a baby and more of a little girl, we decided that 5 doors (i.e. ...
...in design and quality from Vauxhall (Opel/General Motors) in the last few years – mostly these changes have been positive. So where to begin – 5 words to sum up a (5-door) Sxi: spacious, comfortable, nippy, good-looking, good sounds. And what do you get for around 9000 – 10,000 depending on options? EXTERIOR Some of the curves of the old Corsa B’s have been replaced by slightly straighter edges in the Corsa C – but ...

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...of: “A 3 door Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Sxi with twin airbags….” Admittedly, I am not an expert on speed, revs per minute (or whatever they are) or abs (I thought that was some sort of muscle in your stomach), but since taking ownership of my beloved Corsa, I have become a lot more interested in cars in general. I started looking for a replacement for my annoying Ford Fiesta, after the gearbox seized up on the way to an important meeting. I did some ...
...eventually drawn into the local Vauxhall garage in Newport after spying an advert in our local paper. They were offering a special deal that weekend, which included a free DVD player, mountain bike and Playstation 2 with every purchase! Always one for a freebie, off I went. I instantly fell in love with my Corsa on the forecourt. Being a bit of a novice, and not realising what make or model or specifications it had, the deciding factor initially ...

purplelynne 07.05.2004 · Read full review
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...Having never driven a Vauxhall before I took to the controls fairly easily, all the usual stalk controls are where you would expext them to be. Although the intermittent wipe is still a mystery so I will have to look it up in the owners manual, it seems to vary in speed but I don't know why without further investigation (some indication on the stalk would be helpful). My only major complaint is the positioning of the fog light switches which when ...
...and with the reputation of Vauxhall i'd expect this to be pretty much the norm across the range. The centre console has a sporty style about it with brushed aluminium look & CD player as std. When in the driving seat , rear & side view is very good, the interior mirror is large and not only covers outside but you can see the rear seats too if you have kids in there. The passengers side door mirror is very adequate and adjusts to suit you preference ...

Adavies344 21.10.2006 · Read full review
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...agree that the new shaped Vauxhall Corsa is very nice to look at. It has distinctive features such as the classy Vauxhall "V" shaped chrome grill which is nicely surrounded by the uniquely shaped headlights. This gives the car an exlusive attractiveness which is complimented by the rear tinted lights, side skirts, front fog lights, matching coloured door handles, bumpers and side mirrors. The Corsa also comes with 15" alloy wheels as standard and ...
...which is surprising then that Vauxhall had forgotten this. The steering wheel is attractive in its leather and has a hand stitched look which is loaded with audio controls for the CD player. You will still use the main unit audio controls before you realise that you do have them on the steering wheel. Can take a few weeks to get used to, but fantastic once you do. Electric windows do come as standard as well as the electric mirrors. This will come ...

ryan270286 11.05.2004 (14.05.2004) · Read full review
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...I was never a Vauxhall fan until I got my Astra about 2 years ago. The Astra was brilliant, but my job has moved me into working in the city centre more, so the Astra was heavy on fuel and a bit too big for on street parking. I traded in the Astra and got a new Corsa - Silver Lightning SXi 1.2 16v. '04 spec with the new front grille, making it look a bit like a Mk5 Astra from the front. The seats in the Corsa are pretty spectacular compared to the ...
...sport seats hold you much better than the "grandpa" seats in my Astra Club, during harsh cornering. Even some of my larger friends (I'm talking 25 stone, 6'3" people here) can fit in the back no problems, which is a true miracle for a small 3 door car. The standard fit Pirelli P6000 tyres on the 15" alloys are grippy - so much that I havn't yet experienced the ABS kicking in. The tyres are a bit noisy at 30-40mph, though. They do tend to rumble quite ...

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Recent letter to Vauxhall RE Vauxhall CORSA SXI. NEW MAY 2007. I wish to complain strongly about the design faults that are inherent with this vehicle. I initially filled in a website form about these faults requesting who to complain to at your head office; I received an answer phone message, from Gina, case no 1-679175445. She stated that one of the problems I had listed, regarding the reflection on the windscreen could be resolved under warranty ...
...me they know of no modification. I bought this vehicle on trust not road testing it, thinking that it would be far superior to my 03 SXI. Especially as it had a "CAR OF THE YEAR AWARD"!! The list of my complaints are as follows, not necessarily in order of importance. 1. There is very strong reflection of light in the windscreen, the dashboard is seriously reflected thereon and in certain lighting situations can even cause momentary "whiteouts" ...

Dingg 26.09.2007 (01.10.2007) · Read full review
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...down by the basic equipment Vauxhall gave us as Standard. Why Another Corsa. ****************** In January and Feburary I had 2 different new shape Fiesta as hire cars and I did rate the drive and comfort of the cars very highly. They were similar to drive as the excellant all round Focus model. You did feel a lot of bumps in the road but in general it was a very good car. The first Fiesta was a 1300 Finesse which was as slow as they come. You ...
...cars at far below the Vauxhall retail price which were brand new:- 3 Door Elegance 1400 Model with Air Con. £7600 – Reason We didnot Buy - Not in colours we liked 5 door DTI SXI Corsa in metallic Silver with Air Con £8595 - Lovely car with only 800 miles on the clock. Really was smitten until I saw the Opel badge. Import Alert! It came with 3 years Vauxhall Warranty, but I couldnot be bothered with the Hassle you would get to insure it and sell ...

bazza1603 26.04.2003 · Read full review
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...toddled off to the local Vauxhall main dealer and went through their catalogue to see what they had in stock. After looking at the options for a new car we finally decided on a year old Corsa Sxi that had just under 5000 miles on the clock. Staring on the outside - the car is Petrol Blue, what we thought was an unusual colour, but which we have subsequently seen on every other car on the road. The Sxi is a three-door model. It has alloy wheels as ...
...with a three year manufacturers warranty and we were also given a years Network Q warranty, dependant on servicing at a Vauxhall dealers. Driving the 14 miles everyday to work and back is easy. I’m looking forward to taking it for a long run soon. © Stevecook 2003. ...

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...my family purchased a new Vauxhall Corsa Club 1.2l 16v car, I was very happy indeed. We have always had Vauxhall's apart from a few disasterous flirts with other brands :) Further to this, I learned to drive 4 years ago with BSM who use 1.0l Corsa's so I was pretty much used to them. However, even I as a loyal Vauxhall fan as surprised at just how good a car the 1.2l Corsa is. The look of the car is pretty OK. Nothing out of the ordinary, just what ...
...difference between any makes of car in this day and age, and alot of the cars this size look similar. We bought a silver coloured car and this looked very nice when it was brand new and all shiny. The car I first drove at home was a 1.4l Corsa, and so I was worried when we changed it for the 1.2l that it would not pull away very well. I am not a boy racer by any means of the imagination. In fact all of my friends say I am very boring when I drive ...

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...in it's first generation, before Vauxhall decided to alter a few small things (actually, they just altered the badge) and bring it back due to it's popularity. The SXi is essentiall a step down from the Sport model. The SXi has a much more friendly relationship with the insurance companies, thanks to its 1.2 litre, 16 valve engine. When I bought the car, Vauxhall were giving away 2 years free insurance. As I was just 19 when I bought it (or rather, ...
...The engine is very spritely. Vauxhall have been known for getting the best out of their engines, and this one is one exception. The gearing are just right, and in the lower gears, acceleration is great right through the rev range. Fifth gear is perfectly geared, as at 70 mile per hour, the engine is turning at around 3500 revs, and hardly a sound is heard from the engine bay. Also, the car is quite comfortable doing a steady 30 miles per hour in ...

aljones 28.05.2001 · Read full review
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The Vauxhall Corsa is really not a bad little car. In fact one of the only problems I find with it is its ordinary looks. The Corsa I have got is a Club 1.2 16v automatic in red. It seems to perform really well from two and a half thousand revs, which is really good as it gives you that late pull, past cars that think they have got the better of you. The Corsa feels 'grippy' around the tightest and most off camber of corners and it never feels as ...
...the right strength and steering does not feel too light and definitely not too heavy. It has nice and soft suspension and any major bounces are quickly damped out. As the driving position goes the seats are maybe slightly over 'laid back' and the foot well is definitely too small. Even though mine is an automatic I have a problem with sticking my left foot somewhere. I'd expect in a manual that I would have trouble using the clutch without touching ...

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