New Engines Due For 2015 Corsa

“Vauxhall has revealed the fourth generation of its Corsa at the 2014 Paris Motor Show,” reports Evo magazine. “With new engines, gearboxes and technology, Vauxhall claims the new car is a vast improvement over the very successful previous generation. But having sold a substantial 83,000 third-generation cars in the UK last year, and a whopping 370,000 across Europe, Vauxhall also claims it has worked hard to retain the aspects of the Corsa that buyers liked so much.” There are “obvious similarities” including the “overall size and shape” of the new car, while other things carried over are the three- or five-door options, and a “deliberate evolution” to the exterior design from the third generation. “Inside, the interior looks inspired by the ADAM. A seven-inch touchscreen fitted with IntelliLink technology dominates the dashboard. This enables connection to smartphones, offering facilities like voice command, Bluetooth, Siri Eyes Free and FlexDock, and the ability to charge your phone on the go. “Powering the fourth-gen car will be a selection of petrol engines or a CDTi diesel engine. That engine, a 1.3-litre four-pot, will be accompanied by a 1.0-litre, three-cylinder ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo petrol engine available in 89bhp and 113bhp guises. Also available will be 1.2 and 1.4-litre naturally aspirated engines, while a more potent turbocharged 1.4-litre engine will offer more mid-range grunt. “The chassis is entirely new, benefitting from a centre of gravity that sits 5mm lower and a stiffer sub frame to aid agility. New components have been used to improve ride quality, but the chassis dynamics have been refined to reduce understeering. “The electric steering is speed sensitive, giving variable resistance at differing speeds, while a City mode lightens the steering up even more to help make parking manoeuvrability easy work.”