Newswheel @ the British Motor Show: Vauxhall / Opel Corsa
Newswheel staff :: 19 July 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall, Europe & UK, Trade shows
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The second big premier at ExCel is Vauxhall’s new entry-level hatch, the Corsa. We’ll give it a general thumbs up, largely thanks to some taut exterior surfacing and a few nicely bevelled-and-chamfered edges that add up to a well-hewn and solid presence (apart from the odd dodgy panel gap on what we assume were preproduction cars on the show stand). The three-door model is definitely a looker and manages to avoid the pong of garishness that emanates from the tri-door Astra Sport Hatch…
In an effort to carve out an individual look, certain elements of the front end detailing are a little fussy, though it can’t compete with the horrors of the new Peugeot 207’s front grille assembly. But it’s ultimately a rather conservative design - familiarity will no doubt breed utter anonymity. It was ever thus for the mass-market family hatch.
The new Corsa’s interior is a solid, if somewhat staid effort. Piano black plastic appears to have usurped false alloy inserts as the motor industry’s favourite interior ambience panacea - and the Corsa is no worse for it. Compared to the latest Renault Clio’s interior gubbins, it’s too close to call. But we’d give the 207’s cabin the nod thanks to its marginally more imaginative use of materials.
Posted 16 January 2007, by dooby.Mer
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