Test drive Opel Corsa 5 doors 2000 - 2003 hatchback

Corsa trump cards

Corsa's trump cards // Opel Corsa
 
Opelian bestseller Corsa is experiencing a third youth. It seems that the small generation low -iority will become an even more tidbit for buyers than before.
 
It’s a little Opel sin to complain about the inattention from the public. Over the eighteen years of Corsa's life, 9.5 million fans around the world have gained 9.5 million. From the end of 1982 to 1993, over 3.5 million copies of first-generation cars were sold. The model of the second release model of the second release model was fixed and increased - 6 million of such small traffic in eighty countries of the world were dispersed in a seven -year term.
 
The most popular Corsa in homeland is in Germany. Huge demand for it is also noted in the UK, the Netherlands and Portugal. There, for many years, the model has stabbed sales leadership. Especially Corsa liked the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity - women make up almost two -thirds of the total number of buyers.
 
Well, it would seem, the hars of the coupons and rejoice, but the far -sighted Opel strategists decided not to wait for the depletion of the gold -bearing vein and updated the model. The result of preventive measures was the appearance of a subcompact of the third wave, officially represented at the last Parisian car dealership.
 
In an effort to preserve the successful image of the predecessor, the creators of the novelty abandoned the radical rethinking of the design. Corsa remained Corsa. True, it looks more modern now. Pointing headlights, rear lights located in the body racks refreshed the appearance of the car, and relief arrows on the hood added grace.
 
Corsa has not escaped the dimensions characteristic of modern auto -Accelerates. A track of the front and rear wheels was heard for several tens of millimeters, the base is also in the plus - 48 mm.
 
Accordingly, the spaces inside the machine, especially from behind, increased. At the level of the passengers shoulders, the salon became wider than 80 mm. However, it is not necessary to identify spaces with endless limous spaces. Corsa, as before, is a functional city car from home to work and vice versa. Given this, you will not become indignant at the small volume of the trunk, which can also be significantly increased by folding one or both parts of the back of the rear seat. But the dismantling of this seat is not provided.
 
To penetrate the gallery of our three -door Corsa is not entirely convenient, since the back only deviates in the front chair, and it does not move completely. Unless the kids will not be difficult to take their places behind their parents. The seats themselves, harsh in German, leave the most favorable sensation-two or three hours spent on the way do not tire.
 
In different versions of Corsa (basic, Comfort, Elegance, Sport and GSI), the equipment becomes more and more saturated: from electric windows and central castle to air conditioning and an audio complex with a duplicate remote control on the steering wheel. Now, in the Corsa standard, the front and side eirbegs, the steering electric power power power power steering, the safe pedal node (with a frontal impact is shifted forward), active head restraints and seat belts.
 
A number of power units with which the novelty is proposed are four gasoline engines of the Ecotec family (58-125 hp), as well as two diesel engines (65 and 75 hp). Our Corsa has a 1.2-liter 75-horsepower gasoline engine. At the same time, it is a dozen horses more powerful than its predecessor and provides the machine with the best dynamic indicators. In addition, it is more economical. Supplement 16V in the designation of the motor (4 valves per cylinder) inspires self -confidence sitting at the wheel, but you should not seduct - this Corsa is by no means an athlete, unlike a trained machine with a 125 -horsepower 1.8 liter engine.
 
Our car is entirely true to its constitution. The balance of its qualities is optimal for driving around the city: excellent thrust at low speeds, which means a trouble -free start from a place; Parking delighting - thanks to a miniature radius of the turn and diligent steering wheel amplifier; moderate appetite
 
Of course, Corsa is able to saw all day on the highway at a speed of one and a half hundred, but at least in a tense hum of the motor it will be possible to guess that the car is not in its element. On the contrary, moving smoothly and measuredly (as expected), you will mark full feedback with the road. Guided by the reliable information of the steering and pedals, it will be almost as easy and simple as walking.
 
A car gearbox, of course, is not a touch device, but no trouble with switching. What can we say about the machine or about the proprietary system of the new Corsa - EasyTronic, capable of working in manual and automatic modes. The enthusiasm of lovely ladies on this occasion will probably not be limited.
 
The brakes are all right too. At the beginning of the pedal, the reaction of the car seems sluggish, but further pressing leads to the rapid progress of deceleration, the excess of which is pulled by the ABS.
 
The Corsa suspension reacts to irregularities a little more painful than we would like. However, the shortage of the elasticity of the chassis is compensated by the excellent control of the machine.
 
The overview from the cabin remained at the previous information-objective, necessary and sufficient level. The durability of the body has increased: one hundred percent galvanization allowed Corsa to enlist the underlying corrosion insurance policy for 12 years. Interior mileage has increased significantly - up to 30 thousand kilometers. Our Corsa in the most generous configuration costs about $ 10,000 (without customs).
 
So, Opel Corsa has reached a new qualitative level, it became older, more beautiful, more modern, but did not change its essence. This subcompact car developed for the urban habitat will probably allow you to add several million copies to the total circulation of a successful model.
 
Technical characteristics Opel Corsa 1.2 16V
 
Body - 3 -door hatchback
Number of places, people. - 5
Equipped mass, kg - 1010
Full mass, kg - 1430
Dimensions (length/width/height), mm - 3817/1646/1440
Base, mm - 2491
The track of the wheels, mm:
- Front - 1429
- rear - 1420
Maximum speed, km/h - 170
Acceleration time to 100 km/h, s - 13
Control consumption of fuel, l/100 km:
- City cycle - 8.2
- country cycle - 5.2
- Mixed cycle - 6.3
Capacity of fuel tank, l - 44
Engine:
- type- gasoline, 4-cylinder, 16-valve
- working volume, cm3 - 1199
- Power, L.S. at MIN -1 - 75/5600
- torque, NM at min -1 - 110/4000
- power system - multi -point injection
Transmission - mechanical., 5 -speed
Tire size - 175/65R14
Wheel suspension:
- front - type Mcpherson, with a reptile stabilizer
- Rear - a spring -loaded torsion beam, with stabilis. transverse stability
Brakes:
- front - disk
- rear - drum
Steering - such as a gear rack, with an electrical improver
Price (Elegance equipment, without customs clearance), $ - 9850
 
Text: Igor Kuznetsov
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [12/2000]