The Opel Corsa is well-established as a perennial bestseller: through four model generations spanning 32 years, 12.4 million Corsas have been sold. Together with the Astra, it is Opel’s most popular model, accounting for over a quarter of the company’s sales every year.

The Corsa is currently number four in the small car segment in Western Europe. In Germany and the UK, it is number two and still keeping the competition at bay.

The chic, fifth generation Corsa offers a fresh look and a fresh driving experience with a new chassis and optimised steering, combining the art of German engineering with emotional design, superb digital connectivity and a great price/performance ratio. New generation gasoline and profoundly reworked diesel turbo engines ensure a new level of comfort, top performance and low fuel consumption.

The new chassis does not inherit a single component from the previous model. Straight line and cornering stability is increased. Roll behaviour, steering response and understeer characteristics are all improved.

New damping characteristics give the fifth-generation Corsa better filtration of disturbances from potholes and uneven road surfaces, providing exemplary comfort in a small car. The highlight under the hood of the new Corsa is the installation of Opel’s newly-developed gasoline-powered three-cylinder, 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo. It is available in two output configurations, giving 66 kW/90 hp or 85 kW/115 hp. Both, of course, already meet Euro 6 emission standards, and the 66 kW/90 hp version only consumes 4.3 l/100 km in the combined cycle for emissions of just 100 g/km CO2.

Opel’s new generation small gasoline engine does not only stand out with its quietness and silence, but also with its great responsiveness thanks to its massive torque already available at low revs. Both versions pump out 170 Nm of torque from just 1,800 rpm.

The gasoline powertrain line-up also includes 1.2 and 1.4-litre four-cylinder engines. New to the range is a 74 kW/100 hp 1.4-litre turbo with 200 Nm maximum torque available from 1,850 to 3,500 rpm. This makes it the current torque hero within the new Corsa powertrain portfolio. Of course, both engines meet Euro 6 emission standards.

Completely revised, more refined and now also Euro 6 compliant 1.3 CDTI engine with 70 kW/95 hp expands the Corsa’s powertrain offer. At launch, the most frugal Corsa diesel variant – with 70 kW/95 hp, a five-speed manual gearbox and braking energy recuperation system – can reduce the three-door model‘s CO2 emissions down to 85 g/km and fuel consumption down to 3.2 l/100 km over the combined cycle. This earns it the German A+ energy efficiency label.

Both versions of the 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo are mated to an all-new, compact six-speed manual gearbox. New six-speed automatic transmission is also available in the new generation Corsa, introducing a higher level of driving luxury for the small car segment and setting a standard previously reserved for larger vehicle classes.

Designers of the new Corsa have combined its popular, dynamic silhouette with flowing, sculptural lines and precise details which characterise Opel’s award-winning design philosophy. At just 4.02 m in length, the Opel bestseller still offers plenty of space for up to five occupants – in both family-friendly, five-door and sporty three-door body formats.

The optional award-winning IntelliLink infotainment system’s seven-inch colour touchscreen offers optimum connectivity opportunities, making the Corsa the best connected small car on the market. The integration of Apple iOS devices within IntelliLink enables Siri Eyes Free voice control. This makes it possible for drivers to hear an incoming SMS read aloud or dictate an SMS and e-mails.

The new Corsa introduces a host of driver assistance systems, many of which are unrivalled in its vehicle class. The Advanced Park Assist identifies spaces and automatically parks the vehicle, without the driver touching the wheel. This ultrasonic sensor-based system measures suitable parallel or perpendicular parking spots, calculates the vehicle’s trajectory and automatically steers the Corsa into a parking space.

The Advanced Park Assist always comes with Side Blind Spot Alert, which warns the driver of an imminent collision when changing lanes. The sensors have a range of three metres to the left and right of the vehicle and detect objects or other vehicles in the driver’s blind spots. Whenever another vehicle comes within range of the sensors, a warning LED illuminates in the relevant exterior door mirror.

Visit the Opel showroom in Qormi for a first-hand experience and book a test drive by e-mailing opelsales@cil.com.mt or by calling 2269 2122.

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