Opel Corsa C

Opel
Opel Corsa five-door (2000-2003)
Corsa C
Production period:	2000–2006 (outside Europe: still in production)
Class :	Small car
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engines : 1.0–1.8 liters (43–92 kW) Diesel engines : 1.3–1.7 liters (51–74 kW)
Length:	3839 mm
Width:	1646 mm
Height:	1440 mm
Wheelbase :	2491 mm
Empty weight :	930-1155 kg
Previous model	Opel Corsa B.
successor	Opel Corsa D.

The Opel Corsa C is from autumn 2000 to summer 2006 by Opel and General Motors -built small car , which his predecessor Corsa B replaced.

history

When it was launched in November 2000, Opel offered the Corsa C as a 1.0-liter with 58 hp, 1.2-liter with 75 hp and 1.4-liter with 90 hp. The new Easytronic, an automated manual transmission , was initially only available in conjunction with the 1.2-liter engine, later also for the 1.0- and 1.4-liter petrol engine and the 1.3-liter diesel . The 1.8-liter GSi with 125 hp followed in February 2001.

From the beginning of 2001 there was a diesel with a displacement of 1.7 liters and a turbocharger with an intercooler . This had 75 hp. The ECO was also offered again - with the same engine as the previous model.

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  Rear view

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  Opel Corsa three-door (2000-2003)

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  Corsa C as a police car in Berlin

Facelift

In the summer of 2002 a small facelift took place, whereby the Corsa C received a chrome clasp on the front of the radiator grille and other little things were changed.

In August 2003, a larger the Corsa C was facelift , given mainly modified the bumpers in and the rear fog lamp is placed deeper. In addition, the headlights (ellipsoid headlights) and the chrome clasp in the radiator grille were changed.

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  Opel Corsa three-door (2003-2006)

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  Opel Corsa five-door (2003-2006)

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  inner space

The Corsa C was replaced by the Corsa D in October 2006 . Only in a few countries, for example in Israel , Saudi Arabia , South Africa and Taiwan , was the Corsa C only later replaced by a newer model. In South America there is a pickup version of the Corsa C, the Chevrolet Montana .

The Opel Corsa Sedan , which was built by General Motors Egypt , even remained in production until 2009. In South America, too, the Corsa B is still being built as a Classic parallel to the Corsa C. In Japan as in East Africa , the third generation of the Corsa is known as the Opel Vita .

The Opel Corsa C, Tigra Twintop , Meriva and Combo used the same platform.

Equipment variants

The equipment variants above the nameless basic equipment are: Cosmo, Comfort, Cool, Eco, Edition, Elegance, Enjoy, Fresh, GSi, Njoy, Selection, Sport, Sportsline, Black & Silver (for the 20th birthday of the Corsa in 2002; only 2002 copies made ).

Engines

Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test

After the model update in summer 2003, the gasoline engines 1.0 and 1.4 in the Corsa were replaced by engines with “ Twinport ” technology - Opel's technology for saving fuel in partial load operation with the help of two separate inlet ducts per cylinder, one of which can be closed by flaps. By using the “Twinport” system, the engine output of the 3-cylinder machine increased by 2 HP to now 60 HP (Z10XE has 58 HP). In spite of this, fuel consumption fell and, with economical driving , the mark of 4.5 l / 100 km could be achieved. The 1.2 liter engine has 4 cylinders and developed 75 HP (Z12XE). This engine was only replaced by the corresponding Twinport from model year 2005 (Z12XEP: 80 HP). However, the 1.8 engine remained unchanged and is now also available in the Sport model variant, for example. The GSi, on the other hand, became a pure model variant, now available with the 1.4, 1.8 and 1.7 CDTi engines.

From the facelift the Isuzu engine 1.7 DTI (Opel designation Y17DT; 55 kW; 165 Nm) was also available with common rail injection under the designation 1.7 CDTi (Opel designation Z17DTH; 74 kW; 240 Nm). The engine was also installed in the Astra H and in some Honda cars .

Furthermore, the small diesel 1.3 CDTi with 51 kW was introduced at the same time, which is a Fiat Powertrain development.

All engines meet the Euro 4 standard .

Technical specifications

Gasoline engine

	1.0 12V ECOTEC	1.0 12V TWINPORT ECOTEC	1.2 16V ECOTEC	1.2 16V TWINPORT ECOTEC	1.4 16V ECOTEC	1.4 16V TWINPORT ECOTEC	1.8 16V ECOTEC (GSi)
Engine identification	Z10XE	Z10XEP	Z12XE	Z12XEP	Z14XE	Z14XEP	Z18XE
Construction period	09.2000-08.2003	08.2003-07.2006	09.2000-08.2004	09.2004-07.2006	09.2000-08.2003	08.2003-07.2006	02.2001-07.2006
cylinder	3		4th
Displacement (cm³)	973	998	1199	1229	1389	1364	1796
Bore × stroke (mm)	72.5 x 78.6	73.4 x 78.6	72.5 x 72.6	73.4 x 72.6	77.6 x 73.4	73.4 x 80.6	80.5 x 88.2
compression	10.1	10.5	10.1	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Power (kW (PS) at 1 / min)	43 (58) / 5600	44 (60) / 5600	55 (75) / 5600	59 (80) / 5600	66 (90) / 6000	66 (90) / 5600	92 (125) / 6000
Torque (Nm at 1 / min)	85/3800	88/3800	110/4000	110/4000	125/4000	125/4000	165/4600
Top speed (km / h)	155	157	170	175	180	179	202
Acceleration 0-100 km / h (seconds)	16.0	15.5	13.0	12.5	11.5	11.5	9.0
City fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	7.2	6.9-7.1	8.2	7.8-8.0	9.8	7.9-8.1	10.8-11.0
Country fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	4.7	4.4-4.6	5.2	4.6-4.8	5.7	4.7-4.9	5.6-5.8
Total fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	5.6	5.3-5.5	6.3	5.8-6.0	7.2	5.9-6.1	7.5-7.7
Total CO 2 emissions (g / km)	135	127-132	151	139-144	173	142-146	179-185
Emission standard	Euro 3	Euro 4	Euro 4	Euro 4	Euro 3	Euro 4	Euro 3 / Euro 4

Performance , fuel consumption and CO ₂ emissions are related to the five-speed manual transmission. Other gear types (e.g. automatic) can lead to different values.

diesel

	1.3  CDTI ECOTEC	1.7 DI ECOTEC	1.7  DTI ECOTEC	1.7 CD TI * ECOTEC
Engine identification	Z13DT	Y17DTL	Y17DT	Z17DTH
Construction period	08.2003-07.2006	09.2000-08.2003	09.2000-08.2003	08.2003-07.2006
cylinder	4th
Displacement (cm³)	1248	1686	1686	1686
Bore × stroke (mm)	69.6 x 82.0	79.0 x 86.0	79.0 x 86.0	79.0 x 86.0
compression	18.0	18.4	18.4	18.4
Power (kW (PS) at 1 / min)	51 (70) / 4000	48 (65) / 4500	55 (75) / 4400	74 (101 )/4400
Torque (Nm at 1 / min)	170 / 1750-2500	130 / 2000-3000	165/1800	240/2300
Top speed (km / h)	165	162	170	188
Acceleration 0-100 km / h (seconds)	14.5	14.5	13.5	11.5
City fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	5.6-5.8	5.6-5.8	5.8	6.3-6.5
Country fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	3.7-3.9	3.9-4.1	4.1	3.8-4.0
Total fuel consumption (l / 100 km)	4.4-4.6	4.5-4.7	4.7	4.7-4.9
CO 2 emissions (g / km)	119-124		126	127-132
Emission standard	Euro 4	Euro 3	Euro 3	Euro 4

• The CDTI lettering of the 1.7-l model differs from that of the 1.3-l model through the red letters TI.

At the time of its introduction, the 1.3 CDTI is the smallest four-cylinder common-rail diesel engine in the world and is also available with 66 kW in the Opel Astra . This engine, which was developed with Fiat and used in the Panda , Punto and Grande Punto models, earned the Italians the title Engine of the year 2005 .

Performance , fuel consumption and CO ₂ emissions are related to the five-speed manual transmission. Other forms of transmission such as automatic can lead to different values.

Logos

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  Opel Corsa C Comfort

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  Opel Corsa C Elegance

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  Opel Corsa C NJOY

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  Opel Corsa C Sport

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  Opel Corsa C Black

Web links

Commons : Opel Corsa C  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Price list Opel Corsa C 6/2000, p. 4 ( Memento from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.0 MB)
2. ↑ report on shortnews.de
3. ↑ Crash test Opel Corsa C (ADAC 07/2002; PDF; 303 kB)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Corsa C data sheet, Adam Opel AG website.