Small compact range of european hatchbacks and saloons which were introduced in Germany in 1982 as Opel Corsa and Vauxhall Nova in Britain in 1983, this was then replaced in 1993 with an all new
car which took on the european name and remains in production to this
day, 2 new versions on. These cars are invariably owned by Neds or chavs depending on which side of Hadrians
wall you are from. Your typical older Corsa will sport a very large bore exhaust which looks like a catering size tin of beans and makes the vehicle fart, it will have aftermarket alloy wheels which look absurd and are about as tasteful as a frilly toilet seat, normally has a spoiler on the roof that looks just like an ironing board, a body kit that looks like a 5 year old designed it, which incidentally is normally cracked and has smears of fibreglass paste on it, it will usually be adorned with stupid 'lexus look' taillights which are poorly made and let in
water and just look
crap! All of this and you'd think it was some 200BHP firebreathing
monster, right? Nope! We are
talking about a lusty
3 Cylinder, 973cc, 52 BHP powerhouse! The ultimate acoutriment for the tube about town!