Vauxhall Corsa prices cut, range simplified

The Corsa is now significantly cheaper than even a Hyundai i20

Vauxhall CorsaVauxhall sales have been under the cosh in recent years, but the Corsa still helps it maintain a place in the UK top 10 best-sellers chart. As a replacement for the ageing supermini is still some way off, Vauxhall has taken an axe to both its model range and its prices.

Motorists can now pick up a 75hp 1.4-litre Corsa Active three-door for just £11,250, which looks a bit of a steal alongside a 70hp 1.1-litre Ford Fiesta Style three-door; that retails for £13,715.

Want a Corsa with air con? Move up to Design – and even this undercuts the base-spec Fiesta: it is priced at £12,975 as a three-door, £13,575 as a five-door. It also includes a big touchscreen that incorporates Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which has quickly become a must-have amongst younger new car drivers.

For further proof of how sharp the Corsa’s new prices are, look at the facelifted Hyundai i20 range we reported on earlier this week – a base 75hp 1.2-litre S costs… £13,995, and the next-cheapest after that is £15,495.

Other Corsa variants include Energy, Sport, SRI Nav, SE Nav and SRI VX Nav Black (the latter trim proving that old habits of ultra-confusing model names die hard at Vauxhall).

It’s bundled a load of flash extras into a new Lux pack, which costs £1,550 on SE Nav models. It includes things such as climate control, dark rear glass, rear-view camera, 17-inch diamond cut alloys “and more”.

All 2018 Corsas are now compliant with new WLTP fuel economy regulations; the 1.4-litre engine does up to 50.4mpg and most of the range emits 130g/km CO2. 

Notably, there’s not a single diesel Corsa on sale: it’s a choice of 75hp or 90hp 1.4-litre non-turbo petrol or a 100hp 1.4-litre turbo, and that’s it. It seems Chris Grayling didn’t speak up soon enough to save the Corsa diesel…

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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