NEW Vauxhall Corsa E: Batteries Made It BETTER! 4K

Rory jumps behind the wheel of the new Vauxhall Corsa E to see how it compares to other small EVs, and the non-electric Corsa. Have batteries made it better?!

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[GregSereda]

I felt like I was sitting in the car next to this guy and we were having a conversation about the Corsa. His presentation style is just so natural. Good job.

[larrisonwasike]

Rory just makes you feel the need to buy every car he reviews, just gets crazy

[christopherprose]

I think the styling is underrated. Other more trendy designs do just that: They follow some the current trends but those don't necessarily look that cool five years down the line. I think the Corsa design might endure because it's pretty well balanced overall. As for design details, I think you overlooked the nice wheel design and a good treatment of the two color paint with the blacked out roofline. The wheels are taunt and pushed to the corners which give it a nice stance. The C-piller forward swoop is especially well executed. Vauxhall needs to keep this up but it also needs a more distinct design language that will further separate it from its competitors. Good review.

[basil]

Exactly what I always said. All the guys talking about how theyre gonna miss the petrol engines. What are you gonna miss in your 2.0 4cyl vw golf? The noise? For normal cars Electric motors are so much more comfortable

[SephCondor]

Sometimes you just want a car, and the Corsa E is just a car! 😂

[BaybieK]

Did anyone see the trim around the gear lever lift off a bit at 05:41? So much for build quality...

[mpmyprojects]

Got one since December 2021 and I love it. Decent price (after gov. support) and a nice range for a trip or your daily commute even on a faster motorway without the need to recharge every day. Heatpump is a standard etc. Some things do annoy like the charge and preheat programming only via smartphone-app (I guess that applies for the non sat nav entertainment systems) and the fairly bad traffic sign recognition. But everything else is great. Yeah, I'd say it's a very underrated car.

[ChadWilson]

Add a NOS sticker, flame decals, maybe an offset racing stripe...

[jamesmccormack]

I like the design, love the angles in the boot and rear lights the cleverly blacked out roof and c pillars, the mesh grill and wheel position. I think it's much better than any other Corsa that has come before it. The spec list is really impressive too, with alot of saftey kit and road recognition software aids that you would expect on much more expensive cars. I don't know about down south, but up here the Corsa is outselling the Peugeot 208 by quite a high amount. They seem to be everywhere haha.

[jonm]

Had the previous gen Corsa and it was absolutely brilliant. So reliable for me and very comfortable. Stuck a tent in the boot and drove to France and back on a 2 week trip, driving through Paris on the way back up. It was also roasting hot and the air con was on full every day and it never once flapped.
Would absolutely love to try this new one on a similar trip to see how they compare!

[hughjorgen]

Why do people slag this little thing off? I love the understated design of this car.

[colinphillipson]

Rory, OLEV changed their name to OZEV at the end of 2020.
“To align with the government’s net-zero ambitions, last month the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) which is the government unit responsible for overseeing the transition to zero-emission cars and vans, was renamed to The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).”

[nikolaidiqnov]

I have been driving the corsa e for a few months now and I am pretty impressed. it is my first EV and I did not expect to like it that much. The corsa is superb for people who do mainly city driving. I also had a few 200km trips and could not find any fault with the car. Yes, it is not very spacious in the back, but if one is planning on transporting constantly 3 or 4 people, than this kind of car is certainly not for him.

[Lucas]

Fair play to Vauxhall going electric and going early, should pay off long term

[stuartjohnston]

Owned a corsa e for a few months now. It's just a non pretentious small EV. I like the fact that it doesn't shout EV. It just gets the job done and drives nicely.

[laurencegraham]

46kw useable battery capacity charges the range sum. Brings down the range to 188 miles which matches most of what I’ve seen about this car.

[hellcat]

They hit the range point that I've been calling for over the last several years for a budget ev, but they still haven't hit the price point. Once they can get that kind of car with a tag under $20K USD, they'll take years to be able to keep up with orders. That trim pulling up when he shifted down to B mode was kinda cringe though.

[clivehoward]

Love watching YouTube car reviews especially new electric options and this guy is the very best presenter. Clear not clever, fun not funny, bright not boring. more please young man.

[Doev]

I died laughing when you mentioned the highlights 😂

[hieroglyph]

Decent mid-range effort, Vauxhall, could be better ... but cheaper price with a little bit less range is ok ... the orange doesn't flatter it ... the white looked much better. Great review, thanks