Great review and as I drive an e208 I spotted many many similarities. Not surprising as they are the same car underneath. Really good small EV’s. Totally agree it’s way overpriced (as is the e208) and hence the massive depreciation. Saying that it’s easy to find £10k discounts on-line ad a one year old low mileage one is a bargain. I do hope the next generation small EV’s from Stellantis and other legacy makes are better priced, as there is serious competition out there now with MG and BYD and more coming. Personally I think in two years time we’ll laugh at £40k super minis and they’ll be consigned to history.
Great review , here in Australia I do not think we will get this car, just asking as you have driven both , would you pr the BYD dolphin premium or the top of the range corsa , Cheers
I’m tempted to say neither. For the money, I’d be driving an MG4. The Dolphin is a good car, and offers a lot of car for the money, but the MG is a better car to drive. But gun to my head, I’d choose the Dolphin over the Corsa.
We own the pre facelift Corsa electric GS, bought brand new for under £20k. Give this new version a year or 2 and it will be under £20k too. No one pays RRP for a Corsa.
What? Apple Carplay / Android Auto is wireless, not wired for the electric. I'm looking at the Norwegian price sheet in front of me rn. Where did you get that info?
We've got the 2020 version Elite Nav, as it was called in those days. It's just right for us in terms of size and performance, but badly let down by customer service. We've just got it back after being at the dealer's for 7.5 months. They lent us a newer Corsa-e, but it was a much lower spec, so we missed all the nice-to-haves from the top of the range model. However we put almost 7,000 miles on it. If the customer service was better and the price much lower, we might be tempted with the new model, but neither of those are likely to happen.
How do they justify a 60% uplift in price from petrol to electric models. Just looked at the PCP numbers, the petrol automatic is £150 per month less than the electric, that's 1250 miles worth of petrol, I do half that so I'll be sticking with petrol for a while yet, and that's ignoring the fact that as someone without ability to home charge so electric is way more inconvenient
No one pays that for them - £10k discount easy to get and more for an almost new. Stellantis are in big trouble if they keep asking £40k for these and other EVs’.
I took delivery of my Corsa e immediately after the first lockdown was lifted. I really wanted a Kona but the waiting list was way too long. I have enjoyed my car, the only thing I don’t like is the range in winter or at 70mph. As for depreciation, I have ordered a new Kona with the bigger battery and the dealership have given me the balloon payment. No complaints then. Yes the Chinese cars are cheaper but the styling on some is awful. The MG 4 looks very good on the outside but the interior looks cheap and dark. I would also prefer not to give my business to China. Great review as always. Some real world consumption figures would have been nice. 👍
@@TTThedarkknight Prestige is a market derived term and a Corsa isn’t prestige by any stretch of the imagination. It’s not a bad car, just way too expensive compared to the Volvo - which is considered prestige by the market.
"In Europe, all electric vehicles are tested against a standardised metric for range. The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) measures the range of a car travelling at an average speed of 28.8 mph in summer temperatures from a 100% to 0% state of charge." Let us put that into common folk speak. If you drive the cheaper car IN (MID) EUROPEAN SUMMER WEATHER from fully charged to dead at 28.8 mph.. Yup, I repeat; TWENTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR you will be stuck needing assistance to get home after 222 miles. If you drive at 70 mph (on a motorway for e.g.) in 'EUROPEAN' SUMMER weather its gonna be more like 170 miles. (cos atmospheric drag cuts in notably ~ upper 30's and double the speed requires 4x the energy) FULL BATTERY TO EMPTY. If you do that in freezing conditions its going to be more like 125 miles, .. Aand if you follow known methods and likely the advice from the manufacturer to give the battery a long service life, like not charge it past 80% or discharge it below 40%, that in winter gives you a range of about call it 60 miles. Let us give more benefit of doubt, call it 75 miles. ~(cos you bend the rules) Unless you want to wear the battery out by the year 8 battery warranty end and pay ~ £6k to have a new battery fitted, assuming they are still available. If the car has been even lightly crunched at this point its a write-off. (grounding the battery box its likely a write off, repairs are a price joke if even do-able and so on) But its a bargain at only 32,000 Great British Pounds... Ho Ho Ho is it fxkc. In a ulez zone Spend ~19k on a new 1.4-1.6 petrol kia, polo, Peugeot or similar and do away with all that innovative battery range deceptive snake oil b/s that will bite you on the 4rse yr 8 like sitting on a funnel web. In the sticks buy a diesel. Keep the 13k change, look after the car and 10 years later (or 100k+ miles) it might cost you a kilo 300 for serious engine work or a refurb lump but its still good for £4k or 50k miles. (check the price of 2013 used cars) The next climb down from the U.K. gubbemint (e.v. targets and fines for U.K. car retailers which can already be bypassed by ordering a Right.Hand.Drive grey import) will end the volume production of e.v.'s and spares, training of technicians , the existing e.v.'s will become oddities like a betamax movie video tape in Blockbusters.. which store was ended by streaming.. Until safer more energy dense battery tech becomes available (like Nuclear Fusion, always 20 years away) and we have a nuclear powered grid, E.V.'s will always be an expensive fringe Hobby. Teslas became popular amongst the very wealthy cos they were 0-60 incredibly FAST. Not because they were anything near practical transport.
When Fisker hits the UK market Stelantis are really going to look even more expensive
Great review as always! Very detailed.
Much appreciated!
Interesting how the number plate changed at 6:23. Odd to cut that in lol/
Great review and as I drive an e208 I spotted many many similarities. Not surprising as they are the same car underneath. Really good small EV’s. Totally agree it’s way overpriced (as is the e208) and hence the massive depreciation. Saying that it’s easy to find £10k discounts on-line ad a one year old low mileage one is a bargain.
I do hope the next generation small EV’s from Stellantis and other legacy makes are better priced, as there is serious competition out there now with MG and BYD and more coming. Personally I think in two years time we’ll laugh at £40k super minis and they’ll be consigned to history.
agreed they proable will
Great review , here in Australia I do not think we will get this car, just asking as you have driven both , would you pr the BYD dolphin premium or the top of the range corsa , Cheers
I’m tempted to say neither. For the money, I’d be driving an MG4. The Dolphin is a good car, and offers a lot of car for the money, but the MG is a better car to drive. But gun to my head, I’d choose the Dolphin over the Corsa.
Has the peageot/Citroen robot lacquered over the primer coat 🤔
hi great vlogs will you be reviewing the volvo ex30 i have just put an order in for the ultra model
Yes, soon hopefully.
We own the pre facelift Corsa electric GS, bought brand new for under £20k. Give this new version a year or 2 and it will be under £20k too. No one pays RRP for a Corsa.
What? Apple Carplay / Android Auto is wireless, not wired for the electric. I'm looking at the Norwegian price sheet in front of me rn. Where did you get that info?
It’s wired for the Electric according to Vauxhall UK. Just telling it like I’ve been told by the manufacturer.
@@AutoEV That is very weird. I'm reading wireless everywhere
That’s definitely not true and never has been for this face lifted Corsa.
@@Aphix_798 it's literally in the spec sheet of their official website you numbnut
I WISH it was wired only. Wireless CarPlay is a real faff when you have other passengers in the car that want to plug in.
We've got the 2020 version Elite Nav, as it was called in those days. It's just right for us in terms of size and performance, but badly let down by customer service. We've just got it back after being at the dealer's for 7.5 months. They lent us a newer Corsa-e, but it was a much lower spec, so we missed all the nice-to-haves from the top of the range model. However we put almost 7,000 miles on it. If the customer service was better and the price much lower, we might be tempted with the new model, but neither of those are likely to happen.
Over £38K for a Vauxhall? Oh dear.
I'm confused why the number plate is different on the front and back and on the test drive its the same! Great review though
I bought a new corsa e GS with zero miles pre registered in October 24 for £17950. Great car.
That’s a great deal.
To be honest all this review did was remind me to go to the BYD showroom
Is the whole screen available for CarPlay and Android auto, or do the massive unnecessary borders persist from the previous model?
Is this as efficient as EV database make out?
2 tone as shown is nice.
How do they justify a 60% uplift in price from petrol to electric models. Just looked at the PCP numbers, the petrol automatic is £150 per month less than the electric, that's 1250 miles worth of petrol, I do half that so I'll be sticking with petrol for a while yet, and that's ignoring the fact that as someone without ability to home charge so electric is way more inconvenient
But you save that £150 a month on using electricity rather than petrol. That’s the the theory Vauxhall have anyway….
Even if the electricity was free I'd still be out of pocket by quite a lot, Vauxhalls figures just don't add up.
The nail on the head. Way too expensive. This car only becomes attractive when the price goes down 5 to 6000 pounds.
Which it has now, tbf. With a broker or a bit of haggling you can get a new one (Ultimate spec) for £29k.
For the same price as the ultimate trim I can drive around in my Smart #1 premium ---no contest!
Good car the Smart. Excellent choice.
Who would pay £38000 for a mediocre car when you look at the depreciation on a 12/18 month Corsa at £10000. For not much more you can get a Tesla M3.
But it will still have stalks when no Tesla does. As a Model 3 owner…..I’m off , probably to BYD Seal.
No one pays that for them - £10k discount easy to get and more for an almost new. Stellantis are in big trouble if they keep asking £40k for these and other EVs’.
@@ISuperTed So how many people don't know that so will not even consider it as an option.
Road test of new Tesla Model 3 coming in a couple of weeks......
I took delivery of my Corsa e immediately after the first lockdown was lifted. I really wanted a Kona but the waiting list was way too long. I have enjoyed my car, the only thing I don’t like is the range in winter or at 70mph. As for depreciation, I have ordered a new Kona with the bigger battery and the dealership have given me the balloon payment. No complaints then. Yes the Chinese cars are cheaper but the styling on some is awful. The MG 4 looks very good on the outside but the interior looks cheap and dark. I would also prefer not to give my business to China. Great review as always. Some real world consumption figures would have been nice. 👍
At these prices I would opt for a Volvo EX30 and enjoy a prestige car.
EX30 ain't prestige tho
@@TTThedarkknight Prestige is a market derived term and a Corsa isn’t prestige by any stretch of the imagination. It’s not a bad car, just way too expensive compared to the Volvo - which is considered prestige by the market.
@@denisscott5554 I didn't say anything about the Corsa. And the EX30 is a cheap plastic on wheels with a barebones interior.
Try going through a broker for both prices. Volvo will discount £500. Vauxhall will discount £5000.
156 PS?
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I don't the term PS. BHP & kW but not PS.
OK I now know. Horsepower.
You haven’t mentioned the terrifying depreciation, or the huge discounts available as dealers can’t shift these. Vauxhall have a dud here.
Yep- same with most egacy EV’s now and even MG’s are discounted. No one is going to pay £40k for a supermini however good it is.
Spend just a little bit more and get the Tesla Model 3. That’s a lot more car for your money.
Spend a lot less and get a petrol
You’re comparing list prices. Go through a broker to see the real price difference.
38K for a posh Corsa 😂
If you pay list. But who pays list?
Isn’t quicker, is much more efficient
Just ordered 50kw ultimate over 36 months 5k miles allowance for £231 with no deposit. Lease loco
It’s because they want to get rid of the old electric engine and battery.
5k miles no use to anyone
Must be sub £20k .
Check Autotrader prices - £10k discounts are easy and almost new ones aren’t far from £20k
50 or 51 kWh. Wtf?
"In Europe, all electric vehicles are tested against a standardised metric for range. The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) measures the range of a car travelling at an average speed of 28.8 mph in summer temperatures from a 100% to 0% state of charge."
Let us put that into common folk speak.
If you drive the cheaper car IN (MID) EUROPEAN SUMMER WEATHER from fully charged to dead at 28.8 mph.. Yup, I repeat;
TWENTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR you will be stuck needing assistance to get home after 222 miles.
If you drive at 70 mph (on a motorway for e.g.) in 'EUROPEAN' SUMMER weather its gonna be more like 170 miles. (cos atmospheric drag cuts in notably ~ upper 30's and double the speed requires 4x the energy)
FULL BATTERY TO EMPTY.
If you do that in freezing conditions its going to be more like 125 miles, ..
Aand if you follow known methods and likely the advice from the manufacturer to give the battery a long service life, like not charge it past 80% or discharge it below 40%, that in winter gives you a range of about call it 60 miles.
Let us give more benefit of doubt, call it 75 miles. ~(cos you bend the rules)
Unless you want to wear the battery out by the year 8 battery warranty end and pay ~ £6k to
have a new battery fitted, assuming they are still available. If the car has been even lightly crunched at this point its a write-off. (grounding the battery box its likely a write off, repairs are a price joke if even do-able and so on)
But its a bargain at only 32,000 Great British Pounds...
Ho Ho Ho is it fxkc.
In a ulez zone Spend ~19k on a new 1.4-1.6 petrol kia, polo, Peugeot or similar and do away with all that innovative battery range deceptive snake oil b/s that will bite you on the 4rse yr 8 like sitting on a funnel web.
In the sticks buy a diesel.
Keep the 13k change, look after the car and 10 years later (or 100k+ miles) it might cost you a kilo 300 for serious engine work or a refurb lump but its still good for £4k or 50k miles. (check the price of 2013 used cars)
The next climb down from the U.K. gubbemint (e.v. targets and fines for U.K. car retailers which can already be bypassed by ordering a Right.Hand.Drive grey import) will end the volume production of e.v.'s and spares, training of technicians , the existing e.v.'s will become oddities like a betamax movie video tape in Blockbusters.. which store was ended by streaming..
Until safer more energy dense battery tech becomes available (like Nuclear Fusion, always 20 years away) and we have a nuclear powered grid, E.V.'s will always be an expensive fringe Hobby.
Teslas became popular amongst the very wealthy cos they were 0-60 incredibly FAST.
Not because they were anything near practical transport.
Prefer mg4