Vauxhall’s first hot hatch in years costs £34,500: new Corsa GSE on sale in September
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This is the new Vauxhall Corsa GSE, and it’s the first hot version of this small car since the VXR disappeared in 2018. Here’s everything you need to know.
The Vauxhall Corsa GSE has beaten the Peugeot 208 GTI to its own party. Despite the fact the Peugeot was revealed first, and the two cars share parts, the Vauxhall is the first to go on sale.
It costs £34,495, dropping to £32,995 once it gets the government’s electric car grant, making it a bit more expensive than an Alpine A290. The Corsa is more powerful than the Alpine though, and it’s packing some impressive tech as well.
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New Vauxhall Corsa GSE design and interior
The standard Vauxhall Corsa isn’t exactly a thrilling thing to look at, but the GSE is beefed-up enough to make it stand out.
It has chunky flared wheel arches, aggressive-looking front and rear bumpers and a bigger roof spoiler than the normal car. Those three-spoke alloy wheels are also a nod to the old Vauxhall Nova GSI from the 1980s.
There are plenty of changes to zhuzh up the otherwise drab interior as well. The bucket seats with green tartan fabric look great, and there’s plenty of green stitching as well. The yellow seatbelts add another welcome pop of colour inside.
New Vauxhall Corsa GSE motors, range and performance
Powering the Corsa GSE is a front-mounted electric motor with 281hp, 60hp more than an Alpine A290. As a result, 0-60mph takes just 5.5 seconds. That’s almost a full second quicker than the Alpine.
It’s not all about pace either – the GSE has been designed to handle well. It has a proper limited-slip differential up front to maximise agility though the corners, and the car is lower, stiffer and wider than a standard Corsa as well.
The uprated brakes come from Alcon, a well-known maker of performance parts, to make sure the GSE stops as well as it goes. We can’t wait to have a go in this car to see what sort of difference these upgrades make.
The range does take a hit as a result of this added performance. The Corsa GSE will do 232 miles on a charge, more than 30 miles less than the standard Corsa.
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