Opel Corsa OPC test drive since 2007 hatchback

Fruit Corsa

Passing me the keys, the main one was concise: be more careful, do not gas: after two thousand such a grab, in a word, more carefully!. I know the main thing for the sixth year, and he is about the same. But I never once emphasized such requests from him, although he knows that I love and know how to get into situations. What is so special about this ladybug? I see the OPC nameplate, the same abbreviation on the thresholds, on the steering wheel with a flattened dashing below, but I still do not believe. I do not believe that under the hood of this crumbs, a ladies' favorite, are hidden as much as 192 horses! But I already want to check it!
One foot in paradise
I didn’t even have to configure the seat, except that I threw back my back a little. The key to the castle, turn and I begin to understand what I was told about the sound, or rather, a roar that escaped from under the hood. Closely there, horses
Caution, caution and how are we with a grab? Light pressure on the aluminum platform of the gas pedal and presses me into the bucket of the seat. Plague! I am instantly infected and are already experiencing heavenly pleasure. From this unbridled set of speed, from the fact that the cars that were just there, far ahead, are already in front of me.
Actually, he could have guessed before: Opel Corsa OPC is emphasized, both outside and inside. And the suspension of the car is sports. And the rubber is 17-inch, 225 millimeters, and even low-profile. Therefore, the joints on the third transport ring are very, very noticeable. Well, you know what.
No, after all, this is not a track, boring. We should go to the highway. What is there? Leninist? Also not high class, but suitable. I turn towards the region, and almost immediately slows down the traffic light. A dirty bimer stops next to the right, from the salon, hip-hop comes from the salon through the deaf tint. The player's nose looks provocatively left in my direction. Like, know your place, Smorah! A second later, the boys were clearly in shock: I left the traffic light even without slipping, and they remained deeper, in short, far, far behind. At the next traffic light, the five settled on the left, the windows and front and behind were ajar: the right boys were burning with the desire to find out who they had received a bummer. I do not mind: look forward, everything is written from behind! Yes, Corsa, yes, a ladies' car and you paid attention to the triangular neckline in the middle of the rear bumper? Not? Well, in vain.

Audi A6 was attached to the area at the back of the back: a bunch of lights of xenon headlights hit the back of the head: Brys from the road! Sorry, dear, I wondered where to go to Mega, or in the subway. Let there be a metro. Catch up! But he did not catch up to the turn, although it was felt that he tried very hard. And he could bypass: Corsa has a maximum speed of 225 km/h, and Audi has 25 kilometers more. But you can offend the empty highway on Saturday on the empty highway.
To be honest, I didn’t think about Radar and I would have paid a fine, if that. Or maybe he would offer the inspector to ride. So that he feels the same as me. And I forgot about everything
Black skin
The OPC, Opel Performance Center, was created in 1997 to coordinate racing programs and release hot modifications of Opel. In the beginning, only 15 full -time employees worked here, led by a former rider Folker Shtrisek. Despite the fact that the main task of the ORS at first was to develop racing equipment for the German body of the DTM and its improvement, the unit also had the strength to finish the serial models of Opel Meriva, Astra Caravan, Vectra and Zafira. And a year ago, Corsa OPC was also shown on the salon in Geneva.
If you compare with the usual Corsa, then there are only only body contours. Everything else is OPC. The most common element of the triangle: triangular rear -view mirrors, triangular cuts of fog headlights, a triangular tip of the exhaust pipe even the front and rear windows, even the back lighting technology and here is the basis of the triangle. In the front and rear bumers, predatory gills of ventilation of the brakes. The brakes are naturally difficult with enlarged calipers defiantly blue, more diameter discs. But they grab them tightly. Behind, on the lid of the trunk are three bright blue letters OPC. Another difference of cast five -spoke discs, each knitting needle in the form of the letter y: the base towards the hub, the fork towards the rim.
The door to the salon opens with a noticeable effort, as if warning once again: do not climb! Inside, black color prevails with rare exceptions. Black leather steering wheel of complex shape, with protrusions under the fingers, flattened from below. Blue inserts on the steering wheel are also talking about the sports of the machine. The front seats of the RECARO bucket, trimmed with thin skin. Minimum adjustments, but sitting is convenient. The front seats are equipped with side airbags built -in in the backs, provide optimal protection of the driver and front passenger.

The front panel devices and the central console in the same sports spirit. Verners of the control of the multimedia system and climate control of white-dentists, as well as the windows buttons. It is worth turning on the dimensions or headlights, although they usually turn on in automatic mode, as they light up with warm orange color. And the screen changes color: in the afternoon it is white, in the evening and at night gray, does not blind.
In the cabin, by the way, the main drawing is circle. Circles of a speedometer, odometer and sensors, circles of blowing deflectors, vernier
The car has a bunch of airbags, but it’s not comfortable, but you can sit normally only in front. There are places from behind, but if men are sitting at the wheel and in front, only two children under the age of seven will be located behind them in the very same way.

The trunk volume is not even a trunk, but the luggage compartment is small. 285 liters. You can put a couple of packages with products, or a bag with golf clubs. And it’s better not to put anything. The small volume of the fuel tank seems to say: do not go too far from the city, the element of Corsa OPC is smooth asphalt.
The sheepskin is worth the dressing
Under the hood of Opel Corsa OPC, a 1.6 liter engine with a turbocharged, which develops 192 hp. Acceleration to hundreds of 7.2 seconds. The gearbox is mechanical, 6-speed. If you skillfully manipulate the ICP and pedals, you can forget about the turboyam, the maximum moment is reached at 1980 revolutions, and that it does not fall to 5800, in which the motor of this fierce baby reveals all its potential, lets the whole herd to the will.
The dynamic stabilization system (ESP), which is included in the basic package, allows liberties, especially if it is partially or completely turned off, clicking on the desired button so that the traction control system does not strangle the motor in any situations. This guarantees smoke from the front drive wheels, if you need it, and an additional influx of adrenaline. Although, by honor, to say, adrenaline and ESP can be obtained by the eyes.
OPC are standardly equipped with a sharp wheel of 2.3 turns from the stop to the stop, which allows you to achieve instant reactions from the machine. Exceptional stability and controllability are also provided by a super -profitable and compact front subframe.
Opel Corsa OPC has few competitors, but more powerfully Clio Renault Sport, which has 200 hp. As for the cost of 759 thousand rubles, this is almost twice as much as the standard version of Corsa with a 1.4 engine with a capacity of 90 hp.
So is it worth a sheepskin? It depends on what is required. This is not a family car, and not the second car in the family. This is not a car for a blonde, excuse me for discrimination on hair color. Corsa OPC for those who love the drive by themselves, who are not burdened by excess things and worries. In a word, this baby will conquer the one who considers himself a single hero of the asphalt jungle.
Well, and I, as promised, did not leave a scratch on this beautiful body.
 
Dmitry Semenov
 

Source: Magazine Automobile Izvestia [June 2008]