This automobile has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.6 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 148 bhp (150 PS/110 kW) at 5000 rpm and 210 Nm (155 lbft/21.4 kgm) at 1850-5000 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1145 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 210 km/h, which is 130 mph, official fuel consumption figures are 10.5/6.4/7.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 189.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2511 mm | 98.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 3999 mm | 157.4 inches | |
| Width | 1737 mm | 68.4 inches | |
| Height | 1488 mm | 58.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.59 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1145 kg | 2524 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Opel | ||
| Engine code | 1.6 ECOTEC TURBO | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79 × 81.5 mm
3.11 × 3.21 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.97 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 150 PS (148 bhp) (110 kW) at 5000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 210 Nm (155 ft·lb) (21.4 kgm) at 1850-5000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 69.1 kW/litre 93.9 ps/litre 92.6 bhp/litre 1.52 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
131.41 Nm/litre
1.59 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1651.4 kPa (239.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 8.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 210 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 131.05 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 96.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 129.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.37 kg/kW 17.33 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 10.5/6.4/7.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 10.5/6.4/7.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 9.5/15.6/12.7 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 26.9/44.1/35.8 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 22.4/36.8/29.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 189.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | J | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7 x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7 x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 215/45 R 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/45 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 308 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 264 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 189860 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 Opel Corsa GSi added 2008-10-20. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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