1994 Vauxhall Corsa Reviews - Page 2 of 7

Wheel balancing and alignment. Fault manifested itself in shaking steering wheel above 65 MPH.

New bushes and hub.

When the engine is cold it takes longer than it should for the auto gear box to select second gear.

Window seals poor. In rainy weather and with passengers, it's always misting up.

Not a scrap of rust on the car; even the wheel arches.

However the auto gear box gives very little control over the car, especially on declines. Thus, you're driving on the brakes which of course, wears them out quickly. Plus the brakes seem a little 'skinny' to me.

Pleasant drive on the motorway and can cruise at 80 MPH easily. London driving a little more arduous, though it does have a 'nippy' engine.

The interior is laughably poor. No clock or rev counter. No back speakers, but plenty of flimsy plastic. Certainly no good for impressing the ladies.

Overall, you get what you see. A reliable, unremarkable run around that is economical on repairs and fuel, but doesn't handle as well as its Japanese counterparts.

It's a dog. endless problems with it. rocker gasket got a leak at 55k.

Drivers seat worn.

Tape deck poor quality.

For a car this size the fuel consumption is terrible. I get no more than 30 mpg.

The head gasket had gone at 96,000 miles and was repaired.

Sump gasket started leaking, but wasn't too bad.

Rust started appearing on the bottom of the front doors, under the boot lock and just above the windscreen.

Spoiler on the boot started peeling.

At 100,000 miles the sump gasket needed replacing.

The fabric on the seats appeared to be stretched.

Plastic wheel arches faded.

Windscreen wipers have a lot of play in them and tend to lift at about 50mph.

Motors in head lamps sometimes have a mind of their own.

This car is OK for driving around town, but when it comes to long distance driving can tend to be dozy as acceleration is slow.

The engine seems to be noisy if revved to high, which makes me a bit scared to touch the accelerator as there is no rev counter to assure me that I'm not revving the engine too high.

The car is fairly comfortable on both long and short distances.

The controls such as the ventilation controls aren't lit up which means if you don't know you way about the car, driving at night can be dangerous through fumbling trying to find them.