Category: Superminis 
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Value for money, smart looks, better quality than before, good diesel engines, wide choice of versions, trims and options.
Underpowered petrol engines, not as roomy as you'd think.
Cheap and cheerful, not cheap and nasty; it'll be a best-seller, and deservedly so.
The Vauxhall Corsa has long been one of Britain's best-sellers, liked for its affordable purchase price, low running costs, its practicality and general ease of ownership. It's always appealed to a wide variety of buyers, from rental firms to driving schools, from family buyers to pensioners to teenagers... just about everyone and anyone.
This new model brings the range up to date without straying from that tradition. It's larger all round, and it looks like a sportier, smaller Astra: modern, smart and even quite striking. Though it shares much of its underpinnings with Fiat's latest Grande Punto (the legacy of the failed GM-Fiat industrial alliance), it is quite different, with a more solid, substantial feel and a quieter, more comfortable ride.
Models on offer from launch (autumn 2006) have 1.0-, 1.2- and 1.4-litre petrol engines, or 1.3-litre (75bhp or 90bhp) diesels, with a 1.7 CDTi (125bhp) following later in the year. Three- and five-door bodystyles are available, and five trim levels: Expression, Life, Club, sporty SXI and with-everything Design. A hot-hatch VXR model follows in spring 2007, and more accessible warmed-up versions (to rival Seat's Ibiza FR, Ford's Fiesta ST150 etc) come later that year.
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