Vauxhall Corsa (pre 2000) Reviews

Before buying a real car, i had the displeasure of owning a vauxhall corsa. What can i say about this disaster of a car that will ensure no-one else has to endure the misery of owning one. There are very few redeeming features for this 'super' mini. The only reason i could think for buying one now would be utter desperation for cheap ...  Read the complete review

A decent run around car. I owned a 3 door 1.4litre Corsa. I felt that this car was reliable and fair economical for run around driving. I found how ever that on long distance driving the driving position caused a few aches and at high speeds (motorway driving) the car didnt feel too stable. The car looks decent from the outside though inside is a ...  Read the complete review

I own the 1999 version, a 16V V registration. This car has not been a bad runner at all. It is nippy and is small enough to swing into the small parking places. I have owned it for three years now and have not had to have any majoy jobs done to it. Which is very good because in the past my luck with cars has been quite awful. Although it is not my ...  Read the complete review

In recent years, the Vauxhall Corsa has become on of the favourite cars for young drivers that have just past their test. The pre 2000 models can be picked up for under a grand and are in the low insurance groups are cheaper then other cars to insure (although any insurance for a young driver cost a fortune). I have a red 1998 1.4i GLS, which is a ...  Read the complete review

After passing his driving test my partner was given a red R Reg Vauxhall Corsa with a 1.2 litre engine. It had 70 000 thousand miles on the clock and had been hardly used by the previous owners. Over the past year we have travelled over 20 000 miles and had very few problems with the car. When getting the car through the MOT the first ...  Read the complete review

I have owned the same 1997 Vauxhall Corsa for 10 years now, and what a great investment this little car has proved to be. In that time it has never let me down and repairs have all been of a minimal cost. Its never failed an mot and Ive never had to replace any major componants such as suspension etc. Keep it serviced regularly and this car will ...  Read the complete review

i pass my driving test about 1 and 1/2 years ago and i bought myself my little corsa. it is a 1.0 12v GLS w reg when i first got it i was driving ever where. it is a very good first car to get. my tax on it is £120 for 12 months tax. my corsa has a lot of room in the back and 3 people can sit in it with room to move in. the only thing that i dont ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I have had 2 Vauxhall Corsa GSI 1.6 16v's One standard and one very modified. Both cars started to suffer problems at around the 100 thousand miles point. The first Corsa i had was the standard one, and into early ownership I took it onto the motorway for a blast. About half hour on the motorway the car slowed down to 30 mph. ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Bought my 96 n reg 1.2 ls corsa as my first car just over a year ago and so far all it's cost me is one wing mirror (my Fault) hand brake cable (dads fault. easy to fit though) and two mot's (thanks to the new computerised system being introduced the day i brought the car back) headlight beam front disk pads, advisory front tyre. (Hense taking ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

My purchase in August 2002 of a 2000 X-plate 1.0 12v GLS Corsa was a desperate reaction to the astronomical running costs and appalling reliability of my 1999 S-plate Fiesta Finesse 1.3i. Having had all sorts of trouble with the main dealer sourced Ford, I finally cut my losses when the white Corsa appeared on the Forecourt, awaiting preparation, ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this 1997 Corsa GLS TD just over 8 months ago to use as my "commuter" car, to travel about 20 miles each way to work, a mixture of A roads, dual carriageway and city traffic. It replaced a 1.4 diesel Metro, which although it was ecconomical (60+mpg), was slow and had no safety features. I have done about 4000 miles ...  Read the complete review

Had our 1999 1.0 manual 3door for a couple of years now. What can I say? As you can probably imagine, this is not the quickest car in the world, but then that's not why we bought it (actually bought for my wife to learn in). The 1.0 litre engine is actually adequate for pootling to and from work in, although as you can image it lacks ...  Read the complete review

This car is a very good car to modify and it's popular too. U can get great body kits for it and fat spoilers, exhausts, alloys and much more for it. This car is good either modified or just a standard normal car to drive about in. But if i were u i'd modify it. There is so much fun in modifying. When modifying your car once u've done ...  Read the complete review

Ive heard some right trash but some of the comments about this great little car are stupid! Firstly the guy who said the Corsa is basically a newer version of the Chevette is talking out of his backside.The Corsa is a newer version of the Nova but with a different body shell.The running gear of a Corsa is virtually identical to that of a ...  Read the complete review

Go for the 1.6i 16v Sport - Best of all Corsa's. (Apart from the new 1.8i SRI) - Advantages: Nice in Black, Quick on the 1.6 Sport, Interior features on the 1.6 Sport - Disadvantages: Squeaky seats, Insurance on the 1.6 Sport

My fiancee has a Corsa. To be more precise, she has an ORANGE Corsa. It's a P Reg Corsa 1.2 Trip in a colour, variously described as Burnt Orange, Apache, Bronze, Gold or, in my case, bloody awful. It has an interior which is colourful to say the least. The seats are coloured grey with orangey (is that a word?) bits ...  Read the complete review