Corsa 1.8 SRi

A 1.8 to do 0-60mph in 8.0 seconds??? The engines either underpowered or the cars overweight.

115bhp i think, my mates brother has one, not bad for the cheap insurance, don't handle badly, don't go badly, but doesn't really do anything well. And the interior is shitty.

What have you been smoking ?

A 1.8 to do 0-60mph in 8.0 seconds??? The engines either underpowered or the cars overweight.

they arent very quick, slower than a slightly modifiied XRpoo, ime

Oops. You shouldn't start this.

Here's a smattering from my (current) Datasheet:

Alfa Romeo 1.7 132 PS, 8.4 seconds. BMW MINI Cooper 1.6 115 PS 8.6 seconds. BMW MINI Cooper S 1.6 163 PS 7.4 seconds. Seat Ibiza 1.8T 180 PS 7.2 seconds. Seat Leon 1.8T 210 PS 7.2 seconds.

And here are some to shove the Vauxhall off the scale:

Lotus Elise 1.8 118 PS 6.1 seconds. Lotus Elise 1.8 143 PS 5.4 seconds.

Need more seats?

Daihatsu Sirion 1.3 110 PS 7.9 seconds oh and over 46 mpg Polo G40 1.3 113 PS 7.6 seconds

It's a Corsa. It has good Corsa and bad Corsa points, it's just a bit quicker than a 1.4, which is a bit quicker than a 1.2, which is a bit quicker than the 1.0 model.

Lightly modded Sierra 1.6L 4.7 secs... on remoulds.

Actually your four Golf GTi comparisons fit quite nicely into his 'overweight' category and are acknowledged as being tardy for their class. As a whole tho they are, however, ten times better cars.

fwiw I've 'done' a few Corsa SRi 1.8's before and I'd assumed their 0-60 was around 10 seconds. Eight seems very optimistic, especially bearing in mind the low power output.

Speaking of things X2 based, I've got a copy of X-Men2 on DVD (single disc, region 2) up for grabs if anyone is interested. Brand new and sealed, first fiver takes it (including p&p).

Now that was a smooth thread hijacking :)

Make sure it has the factory fitted option of fake burberry baseball cap built into the headlining / top of the head restraint

Don;t you worry about claimed 0-60 times, its 30-70mph thats most important in the real world.

Tim..

"MAd MicK" wrote

It can probably do 80mph in 2nd gear or something and is a pig to drive for hill starts or when fully laden! - I wouldn't put it past GM to skew the gearing so that certain figures stand out like that.

Supposed to handle well. Well I guess that was the engineer's brief...

indeed, but as I have seen it, I will decline.

Didn't specifically mean you... gone now anyway :)

I think it's 125 PS the ecotec 1.8 16v as fitted in the corsa 1.8 SRi.

8.0 is a realistic time as my wifes astra which has the same engine in it has a 60 time of 8.5. It's a very nice engine.

Makes sense a smaller lighter car can do it quicker.

Plus the 1.8's got Traction Control :-) (NOTE THE SMILEY)

LL

I'd say closer to nine, bearing in mind the book time for the Mk3 2.0

16V is only 8.5 seconds, and that has more power and torque.

Either way, on the offchance a Corsa could get near that mark it's surely not indicative of other acceleration times throughout the range as a whole.

Lighter car is not to be confused with 'light' car tho.

Smiley indeed, seeing as Vauxhall Traction Control is literally the

*worst* system ever invented :/

I beg to differ, I have no proof but I am *sure* someone will have made something worse :)

Don't knock the traction control, I presently own a 2.2 Vectra and it has saved me wrapping the car on more than 1 occasion!!

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