Its fast off a cliff!
It's a dog. endless problems with it. rocker gasket got a leak at 55k.
Drivers seat worn.
Tape deck poor quality.
For a car this size the fuel consumption is terrible. I get no more than 30 mpg.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st March, 2005
A good run about
The head gasket had gone at 96,000 miles and was repaired.
Sump gasket started leaking, but wasn't too bad.
Rust started appearing on the bottom of the front doors, under the boot lock and just above the windscreen.
Spoiler on the boot started peeling.
At 100,000 miles the sump gasket needed replacing.
The fabric on the seats appeared to be stretched.
Plastic wheel arches faded.
Windscreen wipers have a lot of play in them and tend to lift at about 50mph.
Motors in head lamps sometimes have a mind of their own.
This car is OK for driving around town, but when it comes to long distance driving can tend to be dozy as acceleration is slow.
The engine seems to be noisy if revved to high, which makes me a bit scared to touch the accelerator as there is no rev counter to assure me that I'm not revving the engine too high.
The car is fairly comfortable on both long and short distances.
The controls such as the ventilation controls aren't lit up which means if you don't know you way about the car, driving at night can be dangerous through fumbling trying to find them.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 5th October, 2004
The corsa is a brilliant little car
The catalytic converter needed replacing at 102,000,and the distribution cap cracked at 104,000.
Very good driving position.
Doesn't handle very well.
Excelaration of the car is good for the engine size.
Fuel consumption could be better for engine size ect.
Interior is nice, and car is spacious too.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 3rd June, 2004
A future modding legend, watch out Saxo boys!
Clutch went few days after picking up the car.
Speed sensor cable broke.
Engine management light coming on all the time,
diagnosed as coil pack (£140).
Misfired 2 weeks later.
Finally diagnosed as ECU!! (£180)
This car has given me more grief in 2 weeks than my Nova SRI ever did in 1 year!
Now all my problems have been sorted, this is a very quick car.
This car totally eats Calibras, Saxos, Escort RS Turbos, XR2is; need I go on?
For a 1.6 producing 110 BHP, this is outstanding.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 21st November, 2003
Don't be silly, an rs turbo would batter a corsa gsi through every gear.
First of all, I have owned many cars from a Nova GSIs to a 400bhp Pulsar. I own a Toyota Starlet GT and a Corsa GSI.
First things first, not all Corsa GSIs have the same Ecoctec 1.6 16v found in the 1.6 Sport. Some models like mine are the non Ecotec 1.6 16v, which produces only a few more bhp than the Ecotec, but has more torque and 0-60 8.9sec instead of Ecotec version of 9.5sec. The Corsa GSI with the Ecotec engine is slightly quicker than the Sport, as the Sport is slightly heavier, but this is very very slight.
And I'm sorry, but you can't compare a Corsa Sport to a Corsa GSI, as the GSI looks a lot better, and has better looking seats and door cards.
As for beating a RS Turbo, it ain't that quick unless the driver in the RS is rubbish. But the RS Turbo either being a Fiesta RS Turbo isn't much quicker, or the slower Escort RS Turbo. I'm talking in standard form. A standard Toyota Starlet GT will eat an RS Turbo for breakfast.
My Corsa GSI has had the head skimmed, decat, Superchip, Magnacure sparkplugs, leads, Lexmaul manifold, stainless backbox, and has near 140hp and is very quick compared to standard Corsa GSIs, and for gaining so much bhp from the 1.6, is very good.
I can proudly take on bigger engine cars and beat them. The GSI is not over rated - most people can't afford to insure the GSI because they want to save money, so they buy a 1.4 Corsa SRI or Sport, which is no comparison.
I owned an SRI Corsa - a very good car, and a Corsa Sport 1.4, also very good. But the GSI is better. A better performance car, looks good, and very rare. And all those kitted out Corsa drivers still stare at you because they know it's a nice car. I recommend the Corsa GSI as it is a GSI and the name speaks for itself. It's not a Sport. The Sport cannot replace the GSI, sorry.
5th Jul 2005, 11:58
With the amount of wear on the driver's seat and engine problems, perhaps the vehicle has been clocked at some point in its life... Either that or driven very badly indeed by someone who shuffles about a lot??!
I certainly wouldn't expect gaskets to start blowing on a well driven car with a modern engine (where engineering tolerances are tight) at such a low mileage. I reckon it's likely the car has been driven 150 to 200K, and badly at that.