Following the reveal of the updated Opel Corsa, the local arm of the German brand has confirmed when the fresh-faced iteration will arrive in South Africa. And the wait shouldn’t be long, as its scheduled to be introduced here in October 2023.
The box-fresh Corsa was revealed with a range of “highly efficient” internal combustion engines and two electric powertrains. The ICE line-up includes a 1.2-litre normally aspirated triple, a 1.2-litre turbocharged three-pot, available in two states of tune, and a 1.5 diesel. The all-electric configurations include a 115 kW/260 Nm unit with a claimed range of 405 km, and a 100 kW model (also with 260 Nm) with a range of 357 km.
However, we’ll bet that the local engine line-up will remain the same as the current range. That’s to say the Corsa will be powered by the choice of two engine options: a 1.2-litre naturally aspirated three-pot and a unit with the same capacity and number of cylinders equipped with breathing apparatus.
The atmospheric powertrain produces 55 kW and 118 Nm of torque, sent to the front axle exclusively via a five-speed manual gearbox. Opel claims this variant sips 5.8 L/100 km.
The turbo-triple unit is available with a six-speed manual ‘box and automatic transmission with the same number of cogs. Equipped with the former, the engine — which we sampled in the Corsa’s Parisian cousin, the Peugeot 208 — churns out 74 kW and 205 Nm. The average fuel consumption is a claimed 5.7 L/100 km.
The model fitted with the six-speed self-shifter has been tuned to deliver 96 kW and 230 Nm. This variant has a claimed average fuel consumption of 6.3 L/100 km.
