Small Car Bestseller: Opel Unveils New Corsa

Oh, right, Opels are now “ours,” too.

RWD? No. V8? No. US? No. 🤣

Opel Corsa's a longtime respectable car. I remember really liking one we rented in the UK many years ago - but that was a real Opel.

As much as I don't think rebadging a European car will be a home run, of I had to pick a division to share a model with either Chrysler or Dodge, Opel would be a more logical choice than Alfa Romero or Fiat.

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As much as I don't think rebadging a European car will be a home run, of I had to pick a division to share a model with either Chrysler or Dodge, Opel would be a more logical choice than Alfa Romero or Fiat.

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Peugeot: how the !@#&^!&^ do you spell it? (Mitsubishi Syndrome)
Citroën: how the [email protected]#(&*!^! do you make that umlaut thing?
Opel: I can spell and type that!

Yes, I agree. Or Vauxhall if you want a new brand

PS> Why not Fiat? Because we all know what it stands for

Dave Z said:

Peugeot: how the !@#&^!&^ do you spell it? (Mitsubishi Syndrome)
Citroën: how the [email protected]#(&*!^! do you make that umlaut thing?
Opel: I can spell and type that!

Yes, I agree. Or Vauxhall if you want a new brand

PS> Why not Fiat? Because we all know what it stands for

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Yeah, pretty much FIAT's reputation is unsalvable.

People can spell Opel but I worry they can't pronounce it. Though at least they wont' look like Buicks anymore 🤣

Vauxhall, they can't say or spell. Americans can't pronounce an X as anything other than "ex."

Gee, my dad had a 1966 Corsa, and my son had a 1965 Corsa, as in Corsa by Corvair when Chevrolet or maybe GM was looking at spinning Corvair off as a separate brand (Pre-Unsafe at any speed release). Since Opel was a GM brand, I guess using Corsa for model made sense.

npaladin2000 said:

Yeah, pretty much FIAT's reputation is unsalvable.

People can spell Opel but I worry they can't pronounce it. Though at least they wont' look like Buicks anymore 🤣

Vauxhall, they can't say or spell. Americans can't pronounce an X as anything other than "ex."

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Opel is a common name, and its used a many Female names here.

tomaz said:

Opel is a common name, and its used a many Female names here.

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In the US some people don't know it's supposed to be pronounced "Opal"

Dave Z said:

Peugeot: how the !@#&^!&^ do you spell it? (Mitsubishi Syndrome)
Citroën: how the [email protected]#(&*!^! do you make that umlaut thing?
Opel: I can spell and type that!

Yes, I agree. Or Vauxhall if you want a new brand

PS> Why not Fiat? Because we all know what it stands for

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At least Mitsubishi is phonetic. It should be Pu'zhou and Si'tro'en.

npaladin2000 said:

Yeah, pretty much FIAT's reputation is unsalvable.

People can spell Opel but I worry they can't pronounce it. Though at least they wont' look like Buicks anymore 🤣

Vauxhall, they can't say or spell. Americans can't pronounce an X as anything other than "ex."

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It's Vaux like fox. Everybody recognizes x as ks. "Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall"". Americans can probably prounounce it better than the British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall

Erik Latranyi said:

From the press release:

• Small and full of character: With Opel Vizor brand face and new rear-end design
• Digital and intuitive: Cockpit based on Snapdragon® Cockpit Platforms from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.1, new infotainment with up to 10-inch large colour touchscreen
• Even more precise: New Intelli-Lux LED® matrix light
• Corsa Electric: New electric motor with 115 kW/156 hp and range of up to 402 kilometres (WLTP2)
• Hybrid for all: New Corsa is the first Opel with 48-volt hybrid system

Full press release here:

Small Car Bestseller: Opel Unveils New Corsa | Opel | Stellantis

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So it gets the STLA Small hybrid system from the Avenger and the 156 HP electric motor from the Avenger instead of last year's 136 HP motor.

Next stops for STLA small 4xe, then a 1.6T and the US market.

It could be a nice Dodge neon...

David S said:

It's Vaux like fox. Everybody recognizes x as ks. "Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall"". Americans can probably prounounce it better than the British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall

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Thanks for clueing me in on the meaning behind the name Vauxhall. I did wonder about it a few times, but I was never curious enough to actually bother to research it.
Yes...I know...Typical 'Murican!

If I were benevolent King of STLA, I would 'Muricanize the name before bringing it here to these depressing, anxiety filled shores., as "Voxhall". Now that's a name that could conjure up imagery of a place where folks could freely speak their minds on absolutely anything without fear of shaming or retaliation.

What a novel concept for 21st Century 'Murica.

David S said:

So it gets the STLA Small hybrid system from the Avenger and the 156 HP electric motor from the Avenger instead of last year's 136 HP motor.

Next stops for STLA small 4xe, then a 1.6T and the US market.

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STLA Small is 2026 thing at best... Still long way to it.

dodge999 said:

It could be a nice Dodge neon...

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Yep, just take the platform underneath, swap out the 1.2T 3 cylinder for a 1.6T 4 cylinder, and give it some 177.1" (4499 mm) x 69.5" (1,765 mm) x 54.1" (1375 mm) American looking sheet metal in 3/4/5 door form and it would make a great Dodge Shadow/Neon. As is it is just a little too short to be an Omni.

npaladin2000 said:

In the US some people don't know it's supposed to be pronounced "Opal"

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"Opal", that sounds close to "Opala", a Chevrolet model once sold in Brazil derived from the Opel Rekord. Corsa was once used also by Chevrolet in Argentina and Brazil but since Chevrolet was "divorced" from Opel, the Corsa was replaced by the Onix.

Opel is sold around the world; Vauxhall is offered only on the British Isles I believe.

Die Germans always had a better reputation building Autos than die Brits, ja.

Vauxhall is from the old English vaux and hall, which mean “right-hand drive Opel.”