Video Summary
The following is a summary of the YouTube video:The exterior design looks good and grown up. It has a flared bonnet and nice angular headlights. Sixteen or seventeen-inch alloys are standard. Body coloured inserts with wheel arches and side skirts are painted in the same colour as the vehicle.
The interior feels a little bland, but familiar-looking, functional, and easy to grip. The steering wheel is easy to grip, with cruise control on the left side and media controls on the right. The instrument cluster is digital but cannot be customized. It is bright and provides key information. Physical control buttons and volume knobs are nice features.
The infotainment display could use redesigning. There are two permanent black bars on each side of the screen, and the built-in navigation system and Android Auto or Apple CarPlay do not fully utilize the seven- or ten-inch display. There is a pad to store valuables or a smartphone on the centre console.
A USB connection makes the phone lopsided. The storage compartment under the armrest is only an option on the £30,000 model. The rear of the vehicle has a really nice boot design.
The rear seats can seat five occupants. The middle seat is stiff, and the four seats are comfortably soft.
Boot capacity has 13% less cargo volume than the gasoline variant, with 267L of usable space. With the seats down, it has 1076L, with no flat loading bay.
Driving comfort is good. Levers are diagonally positioned and higher than expected. Steering is good and light for inner city driving. The 0-60 time is claimed to be 7.6 seconds but was tested to be 7.91 seconds. It has 100kW of power which equates to around 134 horsepower, which gives all that amount of torque at any given point. Sport mode offers better responsiveness.
Eco mode limits the car and gives a limited range, but the sport mode lets one have an amazing experience. The regenerative braking mode is also a little disappointing and not the best.
It has a CCS port with up to 100kW of input for charging, enabling 15-80% in 30 minutes. The type two port provides 0 to 100% in 7.5 hours. At a price point of around £26,000-£30,000, the car competes with the Renault Zoe and the Nissan Leaf. Considering this, the Corsa-e is not an exciting purchase because the driver assistance and safety systems, for example, a rear view camera, aren’t present.
