Vauxhall has confirmed it’s going to launch a efficiency model of the Corsa later this 12 months – its first scorching hatch because the Corsa VXR went out of manufacturing eight years in the past.
The Corsa GSE would be the second mannequin after the 276bhp Mokka GSE to get the GSE therapy because the sub-brand was relaunched final July as a badge for extra performance-honed EVs, moderately than as a glorified trim stage.
Whereas the picture launched in the present day by Vauxhall tells us little or no in regards to the new Corsa GSE, it does recommend that it will likely be marked out by sportier components, akin to flared wheel arches and bespoke 18in alloys.
Vauxhall hasn’t detailed upgrades beneath, however it’s going to absolutely observe these made to the Mokka GSE, which acquired virtually double the ability of the usual automotive and in depth chassis modifications to deal with that improve in grunt.
For instance, it will get the identical 276bhp motor because the Abarth 600e and encompasses a limited-slip differential on the entrance and anti rolls bars and new, tauter bushings on the rear. It additionally acquired upgraded brakes and was shod with Michelin Pilot Sport EV tyres.
With the identical upgrades, it is honest to recommend that the smaller Corsa GSE will seemingly higher the Mokka GSE’s 5.9sec 0-62mph time.
Extra particulars on what to anticipate visually from the Peugeot e-208 GTi rival might be discovered by wanting on the Corsa GSE Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea unveiled final August, constructed to point out the longer term functionality of the sub-brand.
Whereas components such because the moveable rear wing and diffuser are far too radical to characteristic on a road-going Vauxhall, the idea’s interpretation of the model’s Vizor fascia (pictured beneath) might characteristic.
Certainly, design boss Mark Adams informed Autocar beforehand that this was a component that Vauxhall was exploring for manufacturing.
When it arrives later this 12 months, the Corsa GSE would be the newest in an extended lineage of Vauxhall scorching hatches that almost all notably contains the Nova GSi and Corsa VXR.
Vauxhall boss Eurig Druce stated the model “has a proud heritage of scorching hatches” and the “Corsa GSE will mix small and agile practicality with thrilling, pure electrical, motorsport-inspired energy and dynamics”.
Extra particulars will likely be confirmed later this 12 months, however the Corsa GSE will seemingly price from round £35,000. The Corsa vary at the moment tops out with the Electrical 156PS Final at £33,720.
