Vauxhall Corsa Life

Advantages: Economical, nice looking cars, popular, small enough for a first car, surprisingly "nippy"!
Disadvantages: None that I have found so far.

...looking/asking around and found that Vauxhall offered the deal for people aged over 19. In fact it was great timing as Vauxhall was just embarking on their free insurance deals on Corsa's (a car I actually liked!). So that was that. I was to buy a Corsa. Or rather my dad was to buy it for me and I'm to pay him back over x number of years to suit my income. (My dads nice like that) :-) So, enough of the background info. Onto the scary bit. This ...
...want to double check your Vauxhall garage has the latest one's in stock as I believe some are still selling off the "old" shape. Vauxhall are generally offering 3 door hatchbacks from £8360. (Or 5 door versions from £9020). But it is well worth shopping around for the best deal. My dad seems to enjoy haggling (something I personally HATE doing) so he's always a useful man to have around when you're shopping around for a bargain too! As an example, ... Read review

Advantages: Solidly built, well equipped, good suspension and roadhandling
Disadvantages: Interior looks dated, rough engine

...(a Xmas pressie for someone?)... Vauxhall are currently trying to shift all the remaining stock of the current Corsa model before they launch the new one, so there's some great deals to be had. I got a massive discount off the list price by shopping around. Vauxhall are also doing a year's Free Fully Comp Insurance on this model. It was really hard work haggling and shopping around. It took a few days and involved lots of phonecalls to dealerships ...
...Clark Vauxhall dealer in Winsford, Cheshire. I got £2,300 off list price (amazing I know) and they even threw in metallic paint for free. But another dealer up the road would only trim £200 off. Big differences. Shop around. First impressions of the car were simple: it's stunningly good looking on the outside, very modern, with high-mounted rear light clusters. But on the inside it's a very different story: the cabin hasn't been updated radically ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Gearbox, basic.

The Vauxhall Corsa on the face of it appears a pretty decent car, looks quite nice, quite roomy everything you would want really. In reality it is a nightmare to own and drive, who thought of the puts the fun back in driving advert for this car. Dont believe all what you see its just untrue. I bought a 51 reg 3door 1.0 Corsa from Carland for what I thought was a good price at £3999 I was just looking for a cheap runaround not expensive or equipped ...
...I took the car to Vauxhall and they told me to fit new ones, I reluctantly paid around £150 to fit new spark plugs. After the lights still where on, I took the car back and they said it must have been the sensor! I was appalled. The ride is rather bumpy if you drive your Corsa over small potholes in the road the whole car shudders violently and after driving down cobbled road your spine will have turned to a jelly! The spaciousness is reasonable ... Read review

Advantages: low tax and insurance, small, comfy, good petrol consumption, electric windows, cd player with controls on wheel
Disadvantages: not a very smooth drive once you've had it for a year or so, no cigarette lighter or sun roof, everyone's got one!

...I had an old Vauxhall Corsa before that and the improvements are amazing. The car comes with a standard power steering, cd and radio (controllable from the wheel, electric windows, central locking, charger socket, variable windscreen settings and a large boot. It's cheap to tax and considering I'm under 25, with only 2 years no claims, £19 a month insurance is extremely reasonable. I've had no problems in terms of breakdowns and have never had to ...
...to Direct Line afterwards as Vauxhall insurance is not cheap. It was £200 for spearmint silver metallic paint, but it really is worth it and it looks much better than other non-metallic cars on the road. On the negative side I find that it's not a very smooth drive compared to other new cars on the market. It's very nippy for a 1 litre though and I would recommend it to anyone, new drivers especially. ... Read review

Advantages: Solid, Reliable, Some Bargains To Be Had
Disadvantages: Petrol Consumption

I'm a Vauxhall fan, I make no bones about it. I am a fan of this small, sweet and nippy car and of the Astra Coupe's and Cabriolets. This is my 2nd Corsa, having been the owner of a Corsa Club. This is very much the same car as the club apart from the fabric of theinterior has been brought into the 21st century on my silver one, although they still market the cream interior quite strongly, it has a basic CD player and radio and electric windows ...
...relatively smooth and comfortabel although Vauxhall still need to deal with the hard seat cushions that plagued my back in the Club model and continue to do so in the Life model. Another slight snag if you're little like me, is they still have an awful blind spot for reversing if you have the 3 door model, this spot the at the back and all it would take from vauhall is to make the passenger windows slightly bigger and therefore the frame narrower ... Read review