Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2i

blackmagicstar4 12.11.2009
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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 ...

the_mad_cabbie 03.03.2009 · Read full review
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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 ...

JHubbard 07.03.2003 · Read full review
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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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