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The car we reviewed was a Vauxhall Corsa SXI Twinport with a 1.2 litre 16 valve engine. It was standard spec with alloy wheels fitted. Full specifications are available Here Driving experience Driving the Corsa can only be described in a single word: Easy. The clutch is light, there is no way to put the car into the wrong gear, and the power-assisted steering, unlike the engine, is powerful. The combination of all of this means that it is very simple to drive. The instrument panel is simple - Spartan, even - and there is very little to distract you from the reason why you are behind the wheel: driving the car. Performance out of the 1.2 litre Twinport was adequate - You will never be the first one away from stop-lights, and acceleration is not great at higher speeds, but it does offer enough power to take you where you need to go. ...
Advantages: very good value, cheap insurance Disadvantages: engine is tuned compared to the size of the car
I am going to write about my beloved Corsa sxi 1.2i experience. well let me start from the beginning. I started driving with peugeot 106. i had 3 of them in a raw. i was in love with them as they seem to be quiet fast for tiny little engine.
But 1 day my mate turn up with his 1.2 sxi and challenge me to race him. I laughed at him because i had 1.4 quicksilver. so we decided to give it a go, believe it or not i couldn't pull away from the sxi, even it was only a 1.2i. so the following week i decided to go and find my self a sxi and trade the 106 in. Finally found a nice black sxi, 1.2i 16v 3 door. 2days later i decided to replace the original exhaust with a hks side exit cat back system and a apexi induction kit, relocated to the front by the bumper and lowerd with coilovers.
Believe it or not after the modification that car ...
Advantages: Small, reliable, easy to drive and safe Disadvantages: Fuel consumption slightly high
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The alloy wheels do come with locking wheel nuts, usually purchased separately. This will save you around thirty pounds to keep your wheels safe.
ECONOMY
Economy is fair, although one thing that becomes apparent within the first week of ownership is the amount of fuel used. Even though it is only a 1.2 engine, it has sports injectors meaning that the engine is squirted with a little bit extra fuel to give a small kick in acceleration.To keep fuel consumption low, you have to drive the car well below the national speed limit. Certainly not one of the cars strong points. The Corsa 1.2 sxi is insurance group 3, so is fairly cheap to insure. Road tax is relatively cheap too due to low emissions, that's if road tax can be called cheap these days.
PERFORMANCE
0-60mph is hit in around 11 seconds with a top speed of around 106mph. Fair figures ...
