OPEL Corsa · 1.4-16V Elegance · Hatchback · 2000 ‐ 2003

Opel started production from 2000 of automobiles model Corsa, modification 1.4-16V Elegance and finished it in 2003. In this vehicle can sit 5 person including the driver, it has hatchback body type with 5 doors, and length 3.8 meters, weight 1 tons.

«Corsa 1.4-16V Elegance» have a front wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can speed up for 11.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 180 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 90 hp at 6000 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 44 liters of petrol, thereby when medium fuel consumption is 7.2 liters per 100 km (5.7 l on the track, 9.8 l in the urban), accordingly allows drive nearly 612 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have drums, 200 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis using suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 175/65TR14.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Corsa got the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe automobile. This automobile has passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags), but there is no dynamic safety.