Vauxhall Corsa (pre 2000)

We have had our vauxhal corsa that long now it even has a name, mertle. Everything we own ends up with a name. I brought my corsa back in 2002 and paid £3500 for it, it is the 3 cylinder ecotech engine 1 liter well not quite a liter but rounded up to that on my log book. It is a 3 door in red with not a lot of mod cons but has been literaly indestructable. I have brought a few cars since then and kept donating this to my hubby and saying i wanted to get rid of it but keep ending up with it back as it is so reliable. Poor mertle has been barbied for 6 years now and is still going strong. The little 1 liter well 900 and something engine ...  Read the complete review

This was the first car I had and it was a great little car while I had it. The best thing about this car is that it's quite small which means its very easy to drive and even easier to park, yet its like the tardis as on the inside its big! I can easily fit 3 people in the back of this car and everyone was left with room to move the shoulders without being packed in their like sardines. The front also is nice and roomy and so when changing gear I wouldnt be knocking the person sitting next to me's elbow, which sometimes happend in other cars I've had. The boot is also quite big, as I have used this when going on holiday and it comfortably held 2 big ...  Read the complete review

The basics: The corsa is a great starter car for 17+ with its low litre engines you are sure to get a good deal on your motor insurance. The fual tank can take around 40 litres i think but dont hold me to that, but it can do 28 miles on a £5-£7 depending on how high you rev the car. What can be done with the car: (mods) With both the 5DR & 3DR you can modify the car in many ways such as full body kits (Always cool) / Alloy wheels / exhausts / new hoods / spoilers / tints for the windows. I have already started to modify my car as i already have my new exhaust (Big bore mark II), spoiler and will be kitting some stuff for the ...  Read the complete review

I HAVE A NEW CAR!! Up until 21st October 2005 I was the proud owner of my beloved Peugeot 106. This car was my baby. I loved it to bits. Then on that day I was driving into Birmingham to take part in a show at the theatre when **CRASH** I hit the car in front of me L then to make it worse **CRASH AGAIN! ** The car behind me hit the back of me too, completely crumpling my poor little car. The result of this accident… a write off and me car-less and sore with whiplash, my passengers were both fine though. This was a big problem as I use my car to make deliveries at work (pizza delivery!) so I needed to get myself back on the road ASAP as the works van ...  Read the complete review

If you are looking for a cheap to run, small second hand car, take a look at the Vauxhall Corsa. I have owned my M reg. Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 merit for five years now. The Merit is the basic model and there are very few extras a radio cassette (though I had to haggle for this as the Merit only came with a radio.) and that’s about it. I bought the car for £5000 with only 7000 miles on the clock. Before I owned the Corsa I had a variety of big engine sports saloons, nothing under 2 litres. I got the Corsa because of family and monetary reasons and, even though I had my doubts because the Corsa only had a small engine and it had been reported to have poor ...  Read the complete review