VAUXHALL CORSA-E: Is this EV better than our old petrol Corsa? We aim to find out

摘要

It's for this moment that we've been driving a 99bhp 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol Vauxhall Corsa for the past 5000 miles. You might have noticed that the car pictured above is its electric sibling, the new Corsa-e Elite Nav, priciest of the electric Vauxhall models. It has been with us precisely one day as this is written. We figure the petrol versus electric Corsa comparison we're about to make is one very many people are going to make when choosing the top-selling Vauxhall: should I boldly opt for the new battery model? If you drop one trim level and can be content with what is still a well-equipped car, you can buy our new electric Corsa for ￡30,310, just ￡3670 more than our former Ultimate petrol edition. It's a smaller jump to electric than in other car ranges and affordable when you start toting up the fuel savings, the lack of VED and especially the fact that the Corsa-e is zero-rated for benefit-in-kind tax purposes.