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Corsa Leasing

Did You Know?

During World War II Vauxhall's factory in Luton switched from building cars to producing tanks to help with the war effort. The result was the Churchill tank and more than 5000 were manufactured.

The Vauxhall Corsa is always popular with new drivers as, like the Fiesta, it's a solid and reliable car, and there's lots of choice. What makes it really attractive is that some hatchback models are in the lowest insurance groups 1 and 2.figure in Coventry’s medieval processions, long before Godiva featured.

The first product to emerge from Groupe PSA's ownership of Vauxhall is the all-new fifth-generation Corsa. Based on the same platform as the new Peugeot 208, the Corsa is about as far from its predecessor as it could get.

In fact, Vauxhall's first supermini offering was called Nova, not Corsa, and launched in the UK in 1982. It wasn't until 1993 that British buyers saw its all-new replacement, known as 'Corsa', which came equipped with the latest in high-tech kit, such as a tape player.

As the electric version is the most powerful - the single motor makes 134bhp and 260Nm - it's also the quickest Vauxhall Corsa. 0-62mph takes just 7.6 seconds, while the instant throttle response means that, particularly at urban speeds, it feels much quicker than that.

When Vauxhall Motors were founded in 1857, they chose the de Breaute griffin as their logo and today, The Vauxhall Griffin pub bears it as name and brand. That's how the name 'Vauxhall' came to be.

An era famous for Britpop, Walkmans, shell suits and the Spice Girls, the 1990s was a standout decade for British culture that welcomed another icon in 1993 – the Vauxhall Corsa. 

Vauxhall’s best-seller has always moved with the times. The Corsa was born with cassette players and now offers Apple CarPlay; its most popular engines have almost doubled in power; and its interior dimensions have grown significantly.  

Vauxhall’s best-seller has always moved with the times. The Corsa was born with cassette players and now offers Apple CarPlay; its most popular engines have almost doubled in power; and its interior dimensions have grown significantly.  

In 2013, Matt Smith donated his Vauxhall Corsa to the Starlight Children’s Foundation to auction on eBay. Before it was sold, Smith revealed that his Corsa was named “The Shed” by many of his friends.

Other previous Corsa owners include former world rally champion Colin McRae and the actor Sean Bean, both of whom owned a first-generation Nova. Bean bought his Nova for £100 from friends when his own car (a BMW) was stolen.