The fact that they couldn't find the Highest spec versions of every Gen just shows how rare they are.... As well as how good they as Enthusiast base.

The Corsa B was a whole family in Brazil. It had a sedan, a Station Wagon and a pick-up

I recently rented an Opel Corsa in Tenerife, 3 cyl petrol. I have to say abusing the crap out of it on winding mountain roads in the fog was some of the most fun ive ever had in a car.

The Nova was my first car, and I passed my driving test in that magnificent machine! I think mine was a 1985 model. The car was older than me! I think the Nova was notoriously easy to steal, you didn't need keys, a screwdriver in the ignition barrel would do the trick unfortunately! Mine was stolen by joy riders 3 times during my ownership, somehow it always found its way home to me! 🤣 Brought back many memories watching this! Thanks for the nostalgia!

Thanks Rory that was a great video. I learned to drive and passed my test in a '09 Corsa, it did have extremely hard seats, but it was nice and stable so I've got a soft spot for them! I also dated a girl who had an old '00 Corsa, she didn't actually use the brakes unless she had to come to a complete stop, which... always made you feel alive.

I bought used 2015 3 door one with proper automatic gearbox and I absolutely love it! ♥

I passed my test in 98 in a Corsa, I'm now on to my 7th Corsa (the electric one) and have been a driving instructor for 14 years. The Corsa has never let me down. And the new electric one is fantastic

As someone who owns a 2020 plate corsa, and has driven a 65’ plate and an 09’ plate corsa, they’re a great sporty lil car with lots of character🤣🤣love them

Auto journalism at it's very finest, what a retrospective. Fabulous Rory👍👊

Like Rory, I also learned in a Corsa so agree that it has a special place in my heart too. But 31k does seem a lot for a small hatchback, even if it is all electric.

My father drove a Corsa B until it did not pass TÜV anymore a few years back. Two years ago my sister bought a Corsa E, so the journey of the Corsa continues in my family

Vauxhall-Opel are right to celebrate 40 years. Also, I've noticed that for the last few years, the last couple of generations of Corsa have really become popular with young drivers, like more than before, and I reckon this is because they look bloody great. Like baby musclecars with snazzy interiors, sharp alloys, body kits, go-faster stripes. That's how it should be done! They look amazing! It's quite a shame that the current model is kind of grown up with 5 doors. It think that's a mistake, because the kids like a 3 door - it's sportier, and maybe a gap to be filled?? The tartan socks with 80s Vauxhall logo are cool and hilarious though. Cars should be fun, and car owners have more if a sense of humour than car companies think. Well done is all I can say. The crease down the bonnet is a big GM trait that fortunately has been carried over to the new PSA models, and the side bulges go back to the Vauxhalls from the early 1900s.

Also learnt to drive in a Corsa B. 1.2. Basic. Wind down windows and mirrors, no power steering, hardly any power. But well designed, tough and easy to drive. Great visibility.

my first car is an Opel Corsa C 1.2 XD, i honestly love it, its big yet small and the 75hp engine keeps it going well enough due its low weight

I just bought an '04 Corsa C as my first car from autotrader, still haven't gotten a chance to drive it yet as I'm 17 in September however I already love it, it only has 1.0 3cyl engine which is great for insurance and only has 41000 miles on it!

Currently driving a 2011 Corsa VXR Nurburgring Edition, love it

I too learned on the Gen B and subsequently bought a Calibra as my first car.

Great episode. I still own my corsa b. It’s 30 years old hehe had 3 corsa b’s together at a stage.

Another great one. Enjoyed it. Thanks Rory!!

You can still find that corsa all over Brazil nowadays. Classic car for us!

Awesome video. Very informative. Hopefully you do more documentary videos in the future.

the corsa c with the 16v engine and manual gearbox is actually a hoot to drive.

Brilliant video. My Corsa anecdote is that a friend had a Corsa B in ~1991 and we went for a spirited drive. On a rural road he hit a patch of muck and the thing understeered heavily towards the verge. He caught it, just, but there was no power steering and he couldn't get the lock off, so it snapped into oversteer the other way. He caught that, just, but the steering was still very heavy so it oversteered back and as he caught it again, the tyres caught the road slightly, making the car judder. It came back round and I thought "next time it's going to roll". As it swung, just before the end of the arc I grabbed the handbrake and yanked it on, making the car do a 180. As it completed the 180 I shouted "BRAKE" and my mate hit the brakes hard and it skidded to a stop in a straight line, still on the road. No damage, no problem. And breathe....

I’m so lost for words 😭🧡🦈 I will “forever” 💕 Vauxhall! The CORSA is an icon and I fully support its legacy ✊ “Vauxhall all GRIFFIN NO BULL” “Vauxhall British 🇬🇧 brand since 1903” “Vauxhall new rules Britannia” Us brits 🇬🇧 can’t seem to get enough of the CORSA and I can see why! It’s characteristics, styles, it’s looks 😏and even the way it drives. Every generation is spectacular to look at, Seeing how it’s grown and improved to leave it’s legacy of the Vauxhall NOVER in our minds and hearts 🥰 for future generations to come.

I have the first generation Corsa B, also a 5 door and it’s very practical, feels very advanced for its era, although mine is marginally higher up in the spec range having mod cons like electric windows and a/c. All round an awesome car and little wonder it sparked such an impressive line up of Corsas to follow.

Great video mate

Rory makes an exciting review on a dull boring car. Great presenter. UK's Jason Cammisa.

I picked up my Corsa E the other day. I love it! Won't go back to P/D.

Learned to drive in a 2017 Corsa, can't say I was a fan of it in any way, shape or form. Then again it was the 1.4 and that engine seems to bring down any car it's fitted to. Great vid!

Rory, you do a great job presenting these clips. I love the enthusiasm, and mix of facts and fun. 👏🏻

I have a corsa d sricdti 1.7 turbo diesel 130bhp 220nmt had it over 3 years now and still love it as much as the day i got it just like looking at it outside my house 🏠 😀

Passed my test in a Corsa D. There's no denying they're a staple on British roads, and probably will be for many years

As much as I love the Nova and the Corsa B, having learnt to drive in a Micra K10 that is my favourite old school hatch.

Rory, you are a journalistic legend mate. My first company car was a version B.....fond memories :-)

I loved my old Nova. E-reg saloon (a bit boring) but cheap, fun and my first car. It went twice around the clock.

Corsa vxr arctc with the glass roof was awesome

Last year i gave my 1.5td corsa b to my father in law it has 650000 km or 40 389 milles. Still runs perfect. I have had it since 2007. Never ever broke down on me…

When I was 5, we moved to Spain, where my father was put in charge of setting up the Opel plant at Zaragoza (where they build the Corsa) and setting up General Motors operations in Spain. We lived there from 1980-84, and the Corsa will always have a special place in my heart. The marketing slogan they came up with in Spain in those days was “ingeneria alemana a su alcanze” = “German engineering within your reach.”

I’m baffled as to why they haven’t released a GTE model for the electric car. Seems an obvious choice to bring back the name with a mildly hot ev version.

Great video

Cool to see what kind of corsa I maybe have in the future. Currently own -07 Corsa D and maybe in 15 years I have that new one. Looks good, but hard to say how good it is in 2027.

The first review of a Vauxhall and Corsa that is fair and not German masters biased. Brilliant. Thank you.

Hahahaha Corsa B 1.5D was the car in which I've learned how to drive! I was a 130kg monster of a man and it was a pain in the but to drive hahahah now I own a Corsa D, i am kind of restoring it as I don't need a new expensive car.

For my first 3 cars I had the corsa c 1.0 poverty spec, corsa c 1.4 SRi and the corsa d 1.3 cdti and they were all reliable. I sold the SRi for next to nothing and wish I’d just kept it as a second car as it was a fairly unique colour and spec.. in fact I’ve never seen another one the same in person

Corsa B was my favourite

In the UK we were offered a cabriolet model of the Corsa B but it didn't sell too well. There is a South African Ute of the Corsa B available too. The Vauxhall Combo started off with the Corsa B front end too

Corsas and Novas hold many fond memories to me. Two mates had B Sports 15/20 years ago. I learned to drive in a Corsa C, I owned a Nova MK1 in the early 00's when I was a kid, to this day my mum has a Corsa D. Although never actually driving my Nova or owning a Corsa. They play such a huge part of my history. Although the f Is a PSA product, sales speak for themselves! And Vauxhall are doing more to honour the Corsa/Nova than ford did for the fiestas 40th birthday.

I learned to drive in a Corsa, had a couple of Nova’s early on and a 1.3 SR

Good video, Thank you. I was not lucky with my electric corsa. The Vauxhall app paralized the car. No turn off, no drive...even I could not lock the doors. The RAC restarted the system after a long waiting time.

Best thing about the corsa b was how easy it was to fit a calibra turbo motor in them. The car Vauxhall should have built lol,so much fun and keeps you on your toes when driving one.

Opel corsa run ended with the E generation. The new one is a rebadged Peugeot with belt driven engines. It will never be the workhorse with the chain driven engines that went on and on

Nice nostalgic vid. That Nova looks brand new...

Loved my Nova SRI and my Corsa GSI

I had 1 of the 500 Nova van's ordered by BT, It's still sitting in my friends yard, With prices now so high I'm tempted to go drag it out and restore it.

had a nova as my first car... It was a total deathtrap! i loved it!

I have Corsa c sxi, it's a heap but I love it

Nice cars, good history, love

My mum had a Nova when I was young. My 1st car was a Corsa C.

I own the Corsa D. ABS just broke last week. £700 bill 😔

1990 nova 1.5 td. Absolute machine. Would spin in 3rd gear all the way to 4th in the wet. did 60odd mpg which was nice. Quicker than a gsi also I believe

Still driving 2011 Corsa D 1.3 CDTI. Car surely has some flaws but I love it :)

The love for the Corsa is global, not only in England, in south america too for example. We have only 2 generations, B and C (and F only in Uruguay with Opel branding)

The skinny pillars I think are safer tbh. These modern cars you can barely see where your going becuase the safety pillars are way to thick

We got the convertible as well as Iv seen a couple whilst at work

I love this channel and I think Rory is superb, but I just can't bring myself to watch 15 minutes of Corsa...😂

Who remembers the corsa c from nfsug2

I got my license on a 08 or 09 Corsa. My mom has an 05 Astra. At the time both felt quite similar aside from seating position with the Corsa being a little bit less comfortable but I oddly liked the Corsa, I wasn't a fan of the Astra at the time although it's grown on me over the past 6 years since I legally became a driver. I'm a big fan of the electric Corsa but I think it's a little bit too complex for what the line is meant for. The driving assist stuff is overkill unless you're on the road all day which let's be honest is a stretch for the ICE version, the digital cluster display doesn't look good with the round plastic frame, the rear window could be a little bit bigger negating the need for a rear camera, the rear door frames are too bulky and makes entering the already cramped rear cabin section worse, and the electric finger brake button kills the fun. Some of these things could be fixed for cheap or even make the car cheaper by a few euros but it would make it better.

Im driving a corsa b for now a whole year and its my first car. And compared to other small cars in the price range i love it. Its for some reason really fast it can do 150kmh easily and if you push it a little harder even 170-180kmh is possible which to me is insane that such a small an ,,cheap‘‘ car can do that. I told my father that i love it and if he is able to mantain the car i would still drive it even for the next 2-3 years. Sadly the car has almost 200.000 kilometers now and my father is kinda scared that one day the car might not start again and i would be late for work. He is looking to buy me a new car for that reason but till that day comes im driving the corsa b :) Side notes: My corsa b is a 2 door model made in 1999 with around 65-75 ps/horse power.

Rory what watch are you wearing there? is it the Tudor black bay pro?

Another great review thank you

Nice

Can you please do a historical video like this for the Suzuki Swift? I had a 1994 Suzuki Swift Gti back in 1998 as my first car. Had rims and a body-kit on it, plus an after market exhaust. My dream car when all my mates had Holden and Ford V6 sedans or Ute's. Ran it until it died. Sold for scrap. Glory days. Or even a video on Japanese cars that were all modified by people in the 90's. Like the Civic, Lancer, Mirage, and Nissan Silvia and Skyline. That would be cool.

Nova 1.3 SR ....my dream car back in 92 when i started driving.... lol

Rory, the convertible Corsa B was available on the UK market.

The Corsa B is being unfairly judged by history, in my view. I lived in Australia at the time, and owned an SB Holden Barina, which was a rebadged Corsa B. Admittedly we got bigger engines and a better ride/roadholding combination compared to the Europe, but compared to the Suzuki-based Barina that preceded it, the SB Barina felt much sturdier with big car road manners and refinement. I've grown up to BMWs now, but I still miss my little Barina.

We had corsa wagons in Brazil too. Gen B

I learned to drive in a corsa D and the went and bought a D s.e in 2019, I loved it, the interior felt quit up market and was full of kit, the suspension was made of chocolate unfortunately so it didn't last long

They might have updated the design when giving us that first proper Corsa, but there's something so much more appealing about that Nova now.

nice

The shark is in a lot of Vauxhall's. It was in the Zafira B and it is the Adam

Me too i .got the license driver on a CORSA (D)

Love the idea of a Corsa VXR-e! A grown up hooligan... 🤣😂

Anyone else notice during talking about the corsa b shots of side of the car was showing a c

I drive a 2007 Corsa B 2 door, very light on fuel and reliable car , I always though it was German🤔

Absolutely brilliant Rory, didn't mention General Motors once.🤭

£30k plus. For a Corsa!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Rory, If you really did go 'back in time' you'd probably reviewing the 89 Nova for 'Autocar and Motor' as it was then known. Testdriving it then having to go back to a boring office to write a review whilst being aware that Auto Trader was just a 'newspaper' for buying and selling motors :) Im actually 40 myself so I know these things :D The Corsa E is a nice little nod back to the good old days and I like the colour :)

Absolutely loved my Nova Gsi (with redtop and speed lines) in the 90s (if you know, you know). Enjoyed this 👍🏼

there's a brittish mith that says this car is German. that brazilian Chevrolet the australian Holden nihon Suzuki deutsche Opel usaer GMC along with the Astra, this was a car for the world.

My favourite car Is the corsa e generation

Happy 29th birthday corsa.

True story. It was my first car. I drove it from my gran house to make an insurance. From there i went to work. ... from the moment i sat on the car for the 1st time til i roll the thing? 1hour and 23 minutes. To be 18 and an idiot...

My Corsa B, diésel, one of the first registered in May 1993, is still going strong. (Well, it just failed its Mot...:-/ needs TLC. )

I remember putting the Nova GTE on my ‘list’. I thought it was cracking looking car in my early teens. Then the Corsa GSi 16v was released with an updated version of the GTE’s engine and that then became the one I wanted in my late teens. I always preferred them to their Ford counterparts. Great to see all the generations together, to see how they’ve evolved.

In USA the Corsa B became the Chevy and I drove the pickup version.

I have normal corsa e and love everything about it👍🏼

Very nice! Reminds me when Hammond got a Vaxuhall Nova or Corsa? on Top Gear and Jeremy showed how easy it was to steal it....

Test with pétrol engine for the corsa F Will be better for compare with the old corsa

my favourite is all generation of corsa especially early days of the hot hatch happy 40th anniversary corsa

The Corsa gen E was the car I passed my test in 😁😅😷