FIRST DRIVE - New Vauxhall Corsa Electric - Can I love Vauxhall again ? | 4K

Time for my first drive of the all new Vauxhall Corsa Electric. A B Segment best seller that is available in both petrol and electric drive trains. As a kid I loved the cars Vauxhall made but they have falling from my radar over recent years. Is that about to change ?

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Video Contents
00:00 - My love for Vauxhall of old !
02:05 - Corsa - Petrol and Electric
03:13 - Front Styling
05:16 - Rear Styling
06:06 - Inside
07:44 - ECO Mode
09:55 - Pricing
10:38 - Normal Mode and Ride Quality
12:53 - One pedal driving
14:55 - Sport Mode
18:26 - Final Impressions

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[paulh]

The cost of an electric Corsa is frankly insane! I wouldn’t even consider one.

[reinmansmith]

I agree with you that Vauxhall have definitely upped their design game recently and are producing some good looking cars. This Corsa is a smart looking small hatch. However, whilst this may be a more reasonably priced EV, I’m sure that most people looking at a small hatch car will look at the £10, 000 premium for the EV (50% premium on the base model!! 😮) and say that it’s just not worth that extra cost. That £10, 000 would pay for 70, 000mls of fuel for the petrol version! So unless you are a committed fan of EVs, which I would suggest most people are not, then the EV just makes no sense even with a good finance deal 🤔

[beatlessale]

Great balanced review and a total flip compared to the recent Ferrari reviews! Having seen (albeit the previous gen Corsa) at £10K for a 3 year old one, the depreciation on these is mammoth even for a Vauxhall

[lafranr]

From what I can see it’s not a major change from the outgoing model. Key thing with any EV is realising if it’s fit for YOUR purpose. Our MINI electric is perfect as our daily with us covering minimal miles per day. The Corsa electric is a bargain on the second hand market, with cheapest models from around the £10k bracket and equivalent to many ICE cars. I know where my money would go

[lazzaboyman]

Not exactly affordable for a B segment car! IMHO

[davekennedy]

That price! Holy crap! £40 grand for a Corsa! That is straight up ridiculous!

[Jake.Warren]

I had a Vauxhall Senator 3.0 CDi with the LCD dash for 18 months back in the mid-90s. Cost a fortune in fuel but an absolute beast of a car, I loved it!
As a current EV owner I definitely won’t be buying brand new for my next one but there are some great 12-24 months old bargains out there that I would have no qualms about. My current EV is 3.5 years old with no noticeable degradation of the battery.

[skrimshanker]

friend of mine in battle with Vauxhall over range, halved in just over a year, they know theres a problem but wont step up. He’s cant use it for work and they have said the battery is not the issue but want him to pay £350 to diagnose it, which he will not do. Beware buyers, they have cocked up and it will be on Watchdog soon…

[EVinstructor]

Stellantis seem to be in cloud cuckoo land with their pricing. Entry level electric £32k, MG4 starts at £26k. A 1 year old Tesla Model 3 is about £30k. £38k for the top spec, MG4 X Power is £36k. I Hope Vauxhall have some profit to play with to reduce prices when they have to seriously compete with the Chinese.

[timaustin]

Stelantis are taking the piss with pricing. I mean, they're really gouging.

Battery packs have now reached price parity for many manufacturers. Tesla and Chinese brands have battery packs that allow them to build cars to the same cost or less than petrol cars.

£11k more for the entry spec? There's no way to justify it today. I can buy an MG4 - a much bigger car with more range and a better standard spec - for nearly £5k less than this.

It's like they're deliberately pricing them to fail.

[guyosborne]

Nice review. One thing you didn't mention is competition. With Ford no longer offering the Fiesta in the UK I can see the Corsa being even more popular albeit in petrol drive. EV pricing still crazy

[michaelstaunton]

A stunning colour with the black lines also, really good value 👍👍👍

[HugoParedes]

Please stop saying “you’ll charge it at home” because most people living in cities doesn’t have a place at home to charge. They’ll have to use public charging.

[HQBProductions]

As always Peter…a very fair and realistic review of a car that has a purpose…a reliable family runabout with a good amount of style and practicality. As others say, it will depreciate like a used sandwich but then will be a wonderful purchase. It isn’t exciting…but it was never meant to be ….that hat was worn by the Astra 2.0 GTE Red Top….and my (now) wife had one when they were new….maybe one of the best engines of all time!! We will see what that Astra Tourer is like…probably far better than it will ever be recognised for.🤔😬😃😃😃😃😃

[EverythingElectricCar]

Great to see Vauxhall finally getting its act together! Pretty car and fun to drive, should be a winner with the public.
39k for a Corsa, world gone mad. 6 years ago I bought a brand new Golf R estate mk7.5 for 36k! So it’s good to see Vauxhall making the finance a little more attractive.

[richardgrant]

Paid £900 for my P reg Corsa van in 2002.Stuck a set of oversized alloys on it.Loved it.👍

[bizzie]

Hi Ped it’s so nice to see you reviewing a car that I can afford great review from the limited time that you obviously had with the vehicle. I have actually ordered a Grandland because it offered the best value for money for me as it is a Motabilitycar all it cost me was £250 up front I’m looking forward to receiving my new car in December 👍🏻

[richmaniow]

Buying any new EV as a private buyer (i.e not as a company car) is basically like burning a pile of cash as the depreciation is so severe, most EV's have lost 70% of their value after 3 years.
On the plus side it does mean we're now starting to see some very good EV's come onto the used market at knockdown prices so there are a lot of 2019 plate EV's now available around the £10k mark and these will get better over time.

PS i loved the Astra, i used to drive a 2nd generation 1.6 1990 plate for work back in the day, very nippy with a really nice interior, seemed like a very modern car for its day.

[kmack]

£38k for a Corsa which will be worth £12k in 12 months 😂😂😂😂

[damindra]

Great review but I find this type of car makes no sense, fine for going round town, but then a lot of people that would buy this type of car would likely not have a place to charge it, especially those on lower incomes living in flats or terraced housing where its not easy to charge... any thoughts on this? Still 4-5K more than the ICE equivalent.. the only reason Vauxhall are giving deals it to ensure they dont break the carbon fines, which still bemuses me as these cars have a carbon footprint that just does not equate to a ICE car....