Fold the rear seats down, and you’re left with 1,081 litres of space to play with, just slightly less than the 1,118 litres in the regular Corsa.
The Vauxhall Corsa Electric can’t match rivals for safety; Driver Power score is disappointing
While the Corsa Electric didn’t feature in the most recent 2024 Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, the Vauxhall brand came in a worrying 26th place out of 32 manufacturers – two places lower than the previous 2023 result. Owners liked the low running costs, but didn’t have a lot to say about other areas. That’s a shame because sibling Peugeot came in sixth, while Citroen did even better, and finished in fifth in the same survey.
There are plenty of standard safety features on board, from driver, passenger, side, and curtain airbags, to preventative systems like automatic emergency braking (AEB), brake assist, forward collision alert and speed sign recognition to help keep you out of trouble in the first place. However, the four-star Euro NCAP crash-test rating (out of a maximum of five) the Corsa received in 2019 is a little disappointing compared to its competition. Its score was penalised due to concerns raised with the rear head restraints and their protection level against whiplash. If safety is your primary concern, then look at newer rivals such as the BYD Dolphin and MG4, which have both been tested under the latest and most stringent testing criteria and received a maximum five-star rating.
Warranty
Like every new Vauxhall, the Corsa Electric gets a fairly standard three-year/60,000-mile warranty, which is fairly typical for the class, but falls somewhat shy of the four-year/100,000-mile manufacturer’s warranty Renault offers for its electric cars, while MG provides a seven-year/80,000-mile policy.
