I've had my Corsa-e Elite Nav for 3 weeks (previously had a ZOE for 7 years). I do not find the steering any heavier than the ZOE; did you have it in Sport mode throughout the test? If so, that would explain it. Mine cost £28,650 after the grant (not a demonstrator). I agree with the others about the B indicator; it should be on the dash, not the lever (although both would be OK). My only niggle about the car is that it doesn't have Adaptive Cruise, where most of the early review models had it, so I feel misled, especially as the Vauxhall configurator states "Cruise control with speed limiter and intelligent speed adaptation".
I got an Elite last week for just under £26k new. Very much enjoying it. I heard the Adaptive cruise and some other extra features (wireless phone charging?) are in the EU / Opel version but for some reason not in the UK and it appears in some of the earlier reviews.
@@WhichEV > "On the Leaf it's a light on the stick itself." This statement triggers me to say: If I'm driving, I don't watch the stick but primarily the street in front of me or, for a quick check, the central instrument cluster... Where would I want to have the indicator?
Dealership have brand new Elite Navs for sale at under £24,000, even under £22,000. That is NEW. Every car has had to have ESP since 2014 in the EU. Lane Departure is perfect really. So if you need to get used to it, then that is down to you. Strange you could not see the D or B if you select B. The SE has black not chrome bellow windows. Also the Privacy Glass. The item missing is there is no Tripometer to set. So it does not have all the info on the 7" display. Just the total miles and then the countdown from the Max Range which can show from 229 down to 111 miles with 98% / 100% charge. That depends on how you were driving recently. You can get over 209 miles in ECO with B and A/C off and i have done that over the past 16 days that i have covered 1,600 miles in a Elite Nav.
Odd that car reviewers never put the Owners Manuals of which there are 3 into the area for the manuals and then leave the quite big space for gloves as big as welders ones. or various stuff like sweets, torch, wet wipes etc.
That was how the car came... and to call that a big space really shows a lack of perspective on size. It's really not a big glove compartment. The black box inside takes up most of the space.
@@WhichEV I have an e-Corsa sitting outside with stuff in the deep bin that the books are sitting in that you showed. Small car, smallish place for stuff. Designed as LHD and then we get RHD. The Fuses are to the right where the slot is for the Owners Manuals. Did you happen to check the tyre pressures as the car was handed to you, and adjust, or do you just road test what you get handed?
@@georgewalker7061 Tend to just road test, unless there's a sensor in the car. Also, can't believe your price. One of our team went through buying one (without completing) and it was £32k. Are you sure the dealership is selling Corsa-e at that price and not petrol versions?
@@WhichEV I am sure, there were the cars sitting last week that have been at dealerships before lockdown. Not Demonstrators. They were not going to hang about at the price, there was posts on Forums with the cars that were for sale. The demonstrators are now on sale. They went to Dealers before Lockdown and some were first registered & some were not until dealers were open again. One Dealership in the UK wrongly had one advertised as with a 11kWh onboard charger version.
Not quite. We've driven both and the drivetrain is tuned slightly differently on the e-208, with what (we'd argue) is better interior instrumentation. But the Corsa-e feels a little perkier in acceleration and handling.
I see the Corsa is subject to the new EV optional extra ripoff of having to pay more for a higher rated charge socket. Almost £1000 for DC 11kw over 7kw. Really
Don't see the point of going to 11kw/h on board charger as that would probably require a beefy electrical supply in your house - 7kw/h can charge it overnight on a home level 2 charger no problems.
Home charging no. I'm seeing more 22kw chargers in shopping centres popping up but still not worth the extra. Manufacturers should be including the fastest chargers they can install as standard
I've had my Corsa-e Elite Nav for 3 weeks (previously had a ZOE for 7 years). I do not find the steering any heavier than the ZOE; did you have it in Sport mode throughout the test? If so, that would explain it. Mine cost £28,650 after the grant (not a demonstrator). I agree with the others about the B indicator; it should be on the dash, not the lever (although both would be OK). My only niggle about the car is that it doesn't have Adaptive Cruise, where most of the early review models had it, so I feel misled, especially as the Vauxhall configurator states "Cruise control with speed limiter and intelligent speed adaptation".
We liked driving the Corsa-e, but it has some rough edges which seem out of place for the price.
I got an Elite last week for just under £26k new. Very much enjoying it. I heard the Adaptive cruise and some other extra features (wireless phone charging?) are in the EU / Opel version but for some reason not in the UK and it appears in some of the earlier reviews.
A little remark: The indicator for the "D"- or the "B"-mode is in the center display (upper right corner).
Underlines the point - really not obvious at all. On the Leaf it's a light on the stick itself. Very clear.
@@WhichEV > "On the Leaf it's a light on the stick itself."
This statement triggers me to say: If I'm driving, I don't watch the stick but primarily the street in front of me or, for a quick check, the central instrument cluster... Where would I want to have the indicator?
Dealership have brand new Elite Navs for sale at under £24,000, even under £22,000. That is NEW. Every car has had to have ESP since 2014 in the EU. Lane Departure is perfect really. So if you need to get used to it, then that is down to you. Strange you could not see the D or B if you select B. The SE has black not chrome bellow windows. Also the Privacy Glass. The item missing is there is no Tripometer to set. So it does not have all the info on the 7" display. Just the total miles and then the countdown from the Max Range which can show from 229 down to 111 miles with 98% / 100% charge. That depends on how you were driving recently. You can get over 209 miles in ECO with B and A/C off and i have done that over the past 16 days that i have covered 1,600 miles in a Elite Nav.
Odd that car reviewers never put the Owners Manuals of which there are 3 into the area for the manuals and then leave the quite big space for gloves as big as welders ones. or various stuff like sweets, torch, wet wipes etc.
That was how the car came... and to call that a big space really shows a lack of perspective on size. It's really not a big glove compartment. The black box inside takes up most of the space.
@@WhichEV I have an e-Corsa sitting outside with stuff in the deep bin that the books are sitting in that you showed. Small car, smallish place for stuff. Designed as LHD and then we get RHD. The Fuses are to the right where the slot is for the Owners Manuals. Did you happen to check the tyre pressures as the car was handed to you, and adjust, or do you just road test what you get handed?
@@georgewalker7061 Tend to just road test, unless there's a sensor in the car. Also, can't believe your price. One of our team went through buying one (without completing) and it was £32k. Are you sure the dealership is selling Corsa-e at that price and not petrol versions?
@@WhichEV I am sure, there were the cars sitting last week that have been at dealerships before lockdown. Not Demonstrators. They were not going to hang about at the price, there was posts on Forums with the cars that were for sale. The demonstrators are now on sale. They went to Dealers before Lockdown and some were first registered & some were not until dealers were open again.
One Dealership in the UK wrongly had one advertised as with a 11kWh onboard charger version.
Is the £30k cost including the government incentives?
Sadly yes.
@@WhichEV No need to pay the RRP's as as much as £8,000 off already on offer at UK Vauxhall Dealers.
@@georgewalker7061Any idea which dealer that is?
@@Sb99992Different dealers. Ones in Scotland. Go on Autotrader, Corsa, Electric and there they are.
It’s basically the Peugeot , Vauxhall no longer exists , bought over PSA group
Not quite. We've driven both and the drivetrain is tuned slightly differently on the e-208, with what (we'd argue) is better interior instrumentation. But the Corsa-e feels a little perkier in acceleration and handling.
I see the Corsa is subject to the new EV optional extra ripoff of having to pay more for a higher rated charge socket. Almost £1000 for DC 11kw over 7kw. Really
That's AC not DC. But yes, it's a ripoff.
Don't see the point of going to 11kw/h on board charger as that would probably require a beefy electrical supply in your house - 7kw/h can charge it overnight on a home level 2 charger no problems.
@@Sb99992 Agreed. If you've got 100kW DC, why spend £850 on 11kW AC.
Home charging no.
I'm seeing more 22kw chargers in shopping centres popping up but still not worth the extra. Manufacturers should be including the fastest chargers they can install as standard