Costs & verdict
Everyday costs, plus how reliable and safe it is
The Vauxhall Corsa-e is priced roughly in line with the Mini Electric, the Peugeot e-208 and the Renault Zoe. That makes it one of the most affordable electric cars on sale, although the entry-level MG4 costs quite a bit less.
Depreciation is likely to be broadly on a par with the e-208 and Zoe, while the Mini Electric is expected to hold on to its value considerably better. If you're planning to buy outright rather than signing up to a PCP finance deal, that's something worth considering.
The Corsa-e was awarded four stars out of five for safety by the experts at Euro NCAP so it's not up to the standards of most new models. It lost points for doing a poor job of protecting front and rear seat passengers against whiplash. Thankfully, you get automatic emergency braking (AEB), lane-keeping assistance and a driver drowsiness monitoring system as standard.
We don't have reliability data on the Corsa-e yet, but we can tell you that Vauxhall finished joint 23rd place (with Mercedes) out of 32 car makers in our 2022 What Car? Reliability Survey. The model is covered by a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty, while its battery gets an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty.
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