OPEL Corsa · 1.7 Di-16V Elegance · Hatchback · 2000 ‐ 2003

In 2000 Opel launched manufacture of autos type Corsa, modification 1.7 Di-16V Elegance and finished it in 2003. The weight of the car is 1 tons and a length of 3.8 m, It is shaped as hatchback with five doors, and can be fit in 5 people with a driver.

«Corsa 1.7 Di-16V Elegance» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual transmission. This vehicle can be accelerated for 14.5 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 162 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «direct injection system», which generate a max output of 65 hp at 4400 rpm.

Fuel rate is 5.8 l in the city mode of driving, on the track 4.1 l, and the mixed fuel rate is 4.7 liters per 100 km. Gas tank capacity is 44 liters of diesel, what lets to go approximately 937 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 240 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have drums, 200 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 175/65TR14.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Corsa got the lot number of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe auto. This auto has passive safety systems (head/curtain, passenger, side, driver airbags), but there is no dynamic safety systems.