SOLD Vauxhall Corsa B! 1.2 Merit walk around and test drive

[@richardyarwood2747]

I wish they could make simple straightforward cars like this nowadays.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

They do just not for sale in the UK.

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

Little cars like this represented freedom for everyone back in the day as we now move back into an era where cars are only for the rich.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Everyone can still have that freedom, they can still buy this one.

[@NeilBarratt]

The Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto are the new equivalent.

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

I am not entirely convinced. A couple of delves into statistics suggests that the cost of a really base model small car in 2025 is not a lot different, proportionately, as a percentage of the average UK salary.

[@redsidebiker]

Simple, don't buy new cars. The newest car I bought was an ex-demonstator at 10 months old and that was in 1998. Everything else I've bought has been over 3 years old - let someone else take the depreciation hit. Currently have 2 cars, average age 23.5yrs. Both are 2.5 6 cylinder engines, one diesel (my daily) the other a v6 petrol (toy). Total cost for the 2 that I paid? £2500.

[@davidrumming4734]

Absolutely

[@asifnoaman8978]

Im 22, had one as my first car and it really gave me freedom and enjoyment out of driving. Bulletproof cars and lots of fun

[@TheChipmunk2008]

yep can see why they're popular with petrolheads, the little engine sure has some poke! Not just for hooning around, but nippy off a roundabout etc :) Easy to park compared to today's behemoths

[@Zeus-kj7nn]

Lovely little car, tough as nuts.

[@maxeluy]

My dad drove 3 as taxis, all diesel with more than 700.000km each before retirement. They are indestructible. Here in South America is Chevrolet Corsa and later Chevrolet Classic because the Corsa C was called Corsa II and the Corsa B changed to Classic, we never had the Corsa A or D only B and C Back then we had 3 door, 5 door, 4 door sedan, 4 door state, pickup and van. And later a cheaper version called Celta and Prisma (Hatch and Sedan)

[@recall2880]

Corsa as a taxi? That’s one small taxi.

[@maxeluy]

@recall2880 Yes back then economy was the only thing in consideration, now luckily things have changed

[@Teribus13]

​@@recall2880small cars as taxis are quite common in South America. I can recall seeing Kia Picantos, Chevrolet Sparks and the like being used as taxis in Colombia when I visited there in 2015.

[@Teribus13]

I wish we got the estate version of the Corsa here in the UK. I'm not sure if they were ever available outside of South America though 🤔 (willing to be corrected if they were)

[@maxeluy]

@@Teribus13 Yes and no, because was sold in china as well with the name: Chevrolet-SAIC Sail Wagon

[@lesterlock4297]

Ah, memories! I was a driving instructor with BSM and we moved from the Metro to the Corsa when they came out. The 1.2 was a nice car, but the 1.4 GLS was a firecracker, faster than a BMW 3 Series at the time. (According to the figures in AutoExpress).

[@recall2880]

I learned and passed with BSM in a Corsa! Fond memories of my BSM instructor and me stopping and having a cigarette break together in the car 😂

[@sedster9536]

Love old 90s Vauxhalls, a few family members had Corsas and Astrsas, Even the sound of the starter motor brought back childhood memories!

[@jimg492]

Lovely little motor. One thing has surprised me. My first car was a 1.2 Nova Merit, that came with a glove box and this doesn't 🤷‍♂️

[@HubNut]

Austerity must have struck harder on the Corsa. My dad had a Nova Merit for a time.

[@jimg492]

@HubNut it must have

[@722garage9]

My first company car was a 1.0-litre Corsa in 1996 in the same specification. No 12v outlet or digital clock! Simple, fun, fuel efficient and was a great car. Lovely to see one that has survived 30 years of the UK.

[@matthewbuick373]

According to my KZbin stats, this is the 5,000th video I've liked so far. Congratulations, Hubnut! :)

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

Ian has made 2,000 videos so liking 5,000 is quite an achievement.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@ I think he meant5000th video on all of youtube :)

[@matthewbuick373]

@ Yep, could've worded it better though!

[@HowardLeVert]

7:21 Sadly, my cute little Ka (see what I did there?) was loaded onto the back of a Redcorn transporter today and even had a pre-crush 😥 as one of the ramps was lowered onto it, breaking the windscreen. It was also the oldest car on the lorry of cars making their final journey. As I mentioned before, if I wasn't getting a free Fiat in the near future I'd be looking at the train times to Camarthen and stuffing an envelope with twenties... I think I'd have to upgrade the radio to a contemporary radio-cassette though 🙂 Best of luck with the sale, I'm sure it will find a suitable buyer that will look after it - it does deserve it.

[@bergolli1]

Great little car. My sister had one with an airbag. At that time i drove a Renault Clio 1 RTi with 75 hp, also a great little car. Cheers from Germany

[@anthonystevens8683]

What a lovely no frills car that is capable of city driving but should be fine on longer runs as well. I wish whoever adopts her next all the best and hope that they look after and care for this lovely little car.

[@MattCartledge1994]

In 2023 I drove a T plate 5dr Corsa B 1.0 from Leek, Staffordshire to Lampeter to attend my wifes best friends wedding, that drive was interesting but it got there and back albeit struggled with the hills a bit, Was great though.

[@mtliam999]

Shared TVR componentry top selling point. I have memories of riding all over Germany in one of these in summer of 1997. Feels both like a lifetime ago and just yesterday

[@andersfalck6633]

Had a 3-door, but many times wished I had the 5-door one, becasue of the prettier rear, and always civilised to have doors opening to the rear seats too. I loved it and it screamed of simplicity and kindness to take me anywhere I wanted, winter and summer.

[@romac9516]

Looks like a decent buy. I think in the future some of us will see a photo of a car like this and cry with nostalgia. In 2125 this car will be worth millions. Possibly.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Is a Model T worth millions?

[@davidhinkson8856]

This will make a great first car for yet another generation. Always liked the look of these and the way they drove, and my sister in the UK also owned one some years ago.

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

With a 2 star safety rating would you want your inexperienced child in it? This is a good car for old people who have nothing left to lose.

[@davidhinkson8856]

@SoWereDoingWhatNow fair enough. Times have changed since these cars were new.

[@flange06joj]

I've loved the Corsa vids. My first car was a 1996 1.2LS 3 door. I remember being shocked at how slow it was compared to the de restricted moped that I had before it 😂. I loved that car.

[@MattBrownbill]

I had one of these given to me as scrap. Spent 250 on it and sold it for 450. No shortage of buyers, sold very quickly. 😊 Great little cars, easy to work on etc.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

Those were badged as Opel in South Africa. My wife owned 2 of them. One similar to this, the other was a Corsa Lite + which came out after the Corsa C was introduced. It had aircon, electric windows and power steering and 1400 motor. Lovely little cars.

[@MattBrownbill]

I like the SA pickup based on these.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@MattBrownbill All the little half ton pick-up's in SA are lovely. The Ford Bantam, Nissan NP200, Nissan 1400 etc. The Corsa with Chev badging is particularly nice.

[@user-xs3lb8zz7f]

Congratulations on the workspace you have acquired!

[@fhwolthuis]

I drove one of these once, they are pretty comfy, it felt like a class bigger

[@pablojones5613]

I remember selling these as a Holden Barina back in the late 90's. They were hard to sell against the much cheaper Hyundai Excels of the time, but a much better built car, despite having less power.

[@alanlansdell7533]

When I learnt to drive about the same time as you😲 the local driving schools either had these or Kia Prides with Whitewalls.

[@_Fractaal]

Nice to see one in that condition. I (and am sure most) used to see these everywhere about 20 odd years ago with hideous bodykits fitted and a absurdly loud sound system in the boot (especially down South). Just hope whoever buys this keeps it like it is and maintains it well. Its one of those cars that would have been on every street and carpark, and when you do see one now you'll ask yourself "When was the last time I saw one of those?"

[@davidhinkson8856]

Yes, the Max Power crowd loved these.

[@billconiston8091]

these used to be everywhere! perfect for the festival of the unexceptional!

[@bentullett6068]

Last time I saw some still in daily usage on the road was in 2012 then they just vanished. Most people by then had switched to used Corsa C's or the previous last of the GM era generation Corsa's that came out around 2008.

[@georgelee5292]

My father had a red corsa back in the day and it was a great little runner to drive

[@bentullett6068]

The red coloured cars always turned pink over time due to paint fade.

[@TroyGoodacre]

I had a k reg 1.4 flair in caribic blue. Turquoise metallic. With turquoise matching interior. It was so new I had to wait a month to get it .for some reason it had an opel front grille badge and Vauxhall on the rear

[@paulillingworth1242]

80s/90s Vauxhall’s love them , I learned to drive in a Corsa B in red that was a 1994 L as I recall, quite a few years ago.

[@williamgreer4087]

I truly wish I could buy this for my son. It would be a perfect first car!

[@Ivc406]

Ian well done good honest review on the wee Corsa this will make. someone a nice first car good luck,regards from Greenock Scotland 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎥🌟

[@bentullett6068]

I have seen loads of these Corsa's now being put up for sale on various social media platforms now. To me not long ago around 2008-2012 these were still everywhere. Then they disappeared. Now loads are being seen again as modern classic cars now.

[@sebastian0107]

1200,- is a steal! This particular one has a lot of merit.

[@HubNut]

😉

[@Hanzilla75]

The wheel arch trims can easily be restored with a a heat gun as it will restore the plastic's dark colour. Just keep an even safe distance and move the gun at a constant speed across the face of the part.

[@TheCounty90]

Passed my test in 2000 in a Fiesta mk5 but these were still everywhere with BSM livery around that time. I think it was replaced around late 2000. I like that car, very simple, I note it doesn’t even have the little display above the vents.

[@ianstewartorr8455]

A wonderful little first car I liked them a lot you would make a good car salesman greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@robertbills4290]

Such an honest sales pitch Ian. Idele first car for someone to get around in

[@scragnut]

A lovely little car. My brother’s first car was a Corsa B SRi which was brilliant. Good luck with the sale.

[@twocvbloke]

Minor nitpick on the engine, it's the Family-I they plopped in these, the Family-II started off at 1.6L, memories of the latter having flooded in with Seaside Garage working on an Ascona with such an engine, same one as my dad's Cavalier Estate... :)

[@HubNut]

Thanks. I get this wrong every single time...

[@twocvbloke]

@@HubNut They do look a lot alike looking at them from the top, that's a given, did a bit too much looking into them trying to work out what was in the Vauxhal cars my dad had were (Viva, various Chevettes & Chevannes, Cavalier & Corsa to name a what I recall), I've too much time on my hands!!! :P

[@FourthDrawerDown]

Also, I do like a 2 door hatchback. I’m quite tall and do struggle a little getting in and out of a four door.

[@liamredmond9067]

Love this simple motoring. Had one of these back in the day.

[@stephenworth7269]

Thanks for showing this. My first Corsa was a 1.5TD LS in frost Blue in Feb 1995. Cost £10,420. Still have the number on my 2023 Yaris. It was a nice old style Cornish number. It replaced a Nova 1.5TD.

[@adamweston4152]

I rented a Corsa and it was the exact same colour and model as this car, it was in 1996 and I had it for a week and quite honestly i didn't want to take it back, they drive really well.

[@stuartmecham]

I passed mt driving test in 1995 in a C reg Micra

[@HowardLeVert]

Well, that didn't take long - nice one 👍

[@arnovanriet8821]

A car from an area where Opel / Vauxhall played a major role on the European car market. Times have changed.

[@paultasker7788]

The car I learnt to drive in. No power steering. But then my mum's vw polo mark 3 I also practiced in had power steering. The amount of lock was very different. Was also my mates 1st car but facelift with the 1.0 3 cylinder which was surprisingly nippy. Lots of memories with Corsa Bs

[@stateofmind91]

Corsa B's are cracking little cars, a few mates had them as first cars when i was in college 15 years ago... Very seldom see any on the roads now let alone any as clean as this, best of luck with selling.

[@AshWoody90]

I miss my Corsa C dearly and if finances and time allowed, I’d certainly be having this Ian but sadly will have to pass on the opportunity! Gutted! 😢 What a great little car! 😍

[@iandennis7836]

".....a little coarser action...." oh matron😂

[@REVERIT.]

I had a 1993 1.2LS three door in red with a neat spoiler. It would have been about 6 or 7 years old when I bought it. It was the car that got me back and forth to university, South Wales to North Wales, and to my year in industry which was based in Essex, so back and forth between South Wales and Essex many a time. It was definitely not a fast car but that was a good thing for keeping a teenager out of trouble. The red often needed help staying red and the pop up sunroof would cause water to drip onto me from condensation forming on it 😂 but that little car got me to and from some very important places in my time and didn't ask for much in the way of maintenance. A black pigmented plastic restorer - the type that gets under your finger nails for days unless you use gloves - might help those faded wheel arches a little. I always keep a bottle handy as even relatively new cars suffer greying plastics. The clear colour restorers I've never found to be all that much use.

[@stevenball8406]

Looks great

[@robertherrall3455]

Love this gen of corsa, had 2 in my time a 1.2 petrol 3 door like this one and a lovely 1.4 petrol 5 door. Only got rid of the second one as had a 3 kid so upgraded to a zafira are needed the extra space

[@dandare2829]

Sold my P reg one last summer with 50k on the clock and in very good condition for £700, couldn’t get anymore for it 🤷‍♂️ so best of luck getting £1200 👍

[@iainstewart6200]

Yeah I had a quick look on AutoTrader for reference and £700 for a tidy 50-70K example is about right, I agree with you Hubnut is a tad optimistic at £1200 👍

[@heikkiremes5661]

I love simple cars. What doesn't exist cannot break.

[@HubNut]

Equipment. Less is more?

[@jeremykent1671]

I worked in a hotel in Sussex that had a group of journalists come and drive the Mazda Demio and then lunch back in the distant past .

[@allanmollison6971]

Awesome car Ian, hope it finds a good home.

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

Why do people not say 'find a good home' for washing machines, dishwashers or refrigerators, only cars? A puppy I can understand but a domestic appliance with wheels? My fridge has wheels.

[@thomasrpoulsen]

Brilliant car. If only we could have cars like this today, without mindless screens, beeping alarms and assistance systems.

[@christinebevis]

Perfect car for a new driver !!

[@gg_vard]

What a nice little car! The Corsa B had a very long life in South America, I think at some point there was a nicely named Chevrolet Chevy based on it

[@davidflamee]

Lovely cars. Your example, looking very honest, clean, and tidy.

[@lindaburnham-j5m]

Classic Hubnut Car !!

[@101purdy]

Ian it's the family 1engine family 2 was mk 2 cav

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

Looking good 👍 . A good buy for someone me thinks.

[@BrorAppelsin]

Interesting how the wheel trims didn't come back at all. Should be same kind of plastic with the bumpers and mirror covers?

[@HubNut]

Indeed. Different plastic apparently.

[@2DogsVlogs]

I nearly bought a new one back in the day. But decided to save my money and stick with my old Fairmont. Couple years later I ended up getting a Lancer Coupe.

[@alansmith1770]

Lovely little car Ian. Hope you get the asking price.

[@theimaginativelad3491]

My first car was the Corsa C on a 53 reg, bought it from someone who very much cared for it having full Vauxhall dealer service history. Very nice cars to drive, 1.2 twinport so had a bit of poke. Unfortunately some lunatic plowed a fiesta into the back of it after only owning it for a month, damage was too much to put the car back on the road.

[@HubNut]

Aw!

[@grayfool]

A proper small car. Just what you need without any rubbish or nonsense. How many thousands of people learnt to drive in one of these? Many. . .

[@davidrumming4734]

Nice little cars. Drove like a bigger car. The 1.2 was detuned for emissions I think. Slower than the 1.2 nova injection. Corsa “2” yr 2000 got got an up rated engine to fix that. The big selling point for the original corsa was its safety cell design. Maybe keep this, get rid the Charade & perodua?

[@HubNut]

Nah. We don't like it as much as those two. It's now sold.

[@smithp573]

i didn't realise they'd gotten rid of the centre dashtop binnacle with the clock and outside temperature gauge, that my K-plate 1.2LS has. Same stalks as a Lotus Elise too. Is the steering dreadfully have like mine I wonder (and that is from someone who is used to non-pAS cars)?

[@HubNut]

Yup. Merit was true poverty spec! Steering isn't too heavy at all.

[@terryatkinson899]

Always seemed more powerful than 45hp, felt a solid car back in the day. My friend had the 1 litre one and drove it like a bat out of hell 😂. I had an escort and he would be on my bumper, I couldn't get away from him.

[@dombooth86]

Looks a good car for some one ,does the new owner get a delivery caper included 😂

[@edgarbeat2851]

I loved the smell of network Q oil

[@jdmguy44]

Had driving lessons in one of these back in the day. BSM.

[@HubNut]

Same!

[@mrjsv4935]

Nice, tidy looking Corsa. Looked one blue Opel Corsa B in 2008, but it had issues, so went for 2001 Nissan Micra instead. MOT day today for my car ('16 Kia Rio), and it passed :)

[@MrButtonpresser]

Nice little motor, pop it in the post...

[@lesklower7281]

A good honest little car and reasonably cheap and you can sell a car also very honest

[@mjw_S61]

Demio! I own a Mazda Demio! 'Celebration' edition no less! 😂

[@thefamouseccles1827]

What an awesome little project car for the money - what can you get for £1200 these days, really?

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Project? I thought this is being sold as a running useable daily. £1200 is a bit rich for a project car.

[@d.c.Jones70]

Everyone needs something as simple as this for when the apocalypse comes 😂😂😂

[@HowardLeVert]

For personal happiness I bought a clockwork train set recently so when the lights go out, I can still keep running trains by candlelight...

[@georgeworkshop]

Lovely car and a great video of paradise.

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

Paradise no less! Wow.

[@pizzalover3]

Correct hubcaps would definitely transform it I think.

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

Finding unfuked 35 year old plastic hubcaps would probably the hardest part of any old car.

[@jms211]

A lovely low mileage runner with bags of life left in it which will get you from A to B in a 20 MPH zone in the same time as a Porsche Taycan. Yours for the same cost of a months depreciation on the Porsche.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Only poor people talk about deprecation. For the wealthy is just a tax deduction.

[@jms211]

@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt Too true Mate. That's why three years after the tax benefit has been harvested, we find a glut of EV's for sale that nobody wants to buy.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

@@jms211 The EV has done it's job after three years. Everyone in the chain has made their cash. The glut will be in recycling.

[@jms211]

@ A few people I know have bought EV's and regretted that decision for various reasons. I have an old Range Rover and my wife has an old Merc. We live in London so vandalism and knocks and scrapes are part of every day life.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

@@jms211 I've never been to the UK but from what I see London is not the best place to have a car full stop.

[@In_memory_of_Dad]

You should message Dougie at Once Driven Forever Smitten, that's just the kind of car he loves buying!!!

[@colinhamilton5989]

Was going to suggest that. Although it might be in too nice a condition to the stuff he usually buys!

[@oliverlotus]

Same indicator stalks as My Lotus Elan.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

No expense spared at Lotus.

[@tony-yp6qk]

It will be a good car for a p plater another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

With a 2 star safety rating would you want your inexperienced P Plater child in it? This is a good car for old people.

[@Invisibleman7]

Mathewsons Auctions have Lotus Carlton in, for the Hublet to drool over

[@Cayres9]

I think they were made in Germany or Poland? They seemed to last better than the later ones , Dougie from Once Driven Forever Smitten has a 1.4 version and its surprisingly very fast and keeps up with modern Corsaa , I had a 1.4 Sport back in 2008 but had an accident as the brakes on these are not the best , Im thinking seriously of buying an EV now and selling my old petrol car as after test driving one i liked how quiet EVs are and no gears to change so its a very relaxing driving experience , Anyway hope the Corsa is sold soon hopefully a Museum or collector will buy it.

[@HubNut]

Spain I think.

[@Cayres9]

@HubNut Ah that's news to me as I remember the parts on mine said Opel made in Germany for some reason 🙃👍

[@HubNut]

Apparently production was split between Spain and Germany.

[@Cayres9]

@@HubNut Aha ! Im thinking 🤔 the German ones were better ? But then again probably both were made from same parts anyway ? 🤷

[@micheltebraake7915]

I hope the Corsa goes to a good home.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

It's a car not a puppy

[@SoWereDoingWhatNow]

@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt Why do people not say 'find a good home' for washing machines, dishwashers or refrigerators, only cars? A puppy I can understand but a domestic appliance with wheels? My fridge has wheels.

[@MrOvershoot]

Now if you had a Fiat Uno for £1200 I'm all all ears 😊

[@stephenmelrose1082]

I'm in Scotland and looking for something like this for my stepdaughter to learn in ? I have x2 vauxhall cavaliers so appreciate the proper pre ecotec engine 😂

[@stephenmelrose1082]

Cable tie on the exhaust rubber ? 😮😅

[@McElroysMotors]

I would love to import this to the US. Shame I do not have the space.

[@CoreyDeWalt]

Exactly what I need but sadly I am in the US and cannot afford to import:(

[@darwenrover8910]

The type of car for Sion from Morsel & Motors

[@HubNut]

Probably too posh. It's got two door mirrors!

[@darwenrover8910]

😂😂😂

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Cute. There's motorbikes with bigger engines and larger tyres. Corsa is warmer and dryer.

[@PlaystationLounge]

I mostly learnt to drive in a Corsa, but passed my test in an Agila.

[@StevensPaul]

A good honest Egg 🥚👍.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Actually egg is a great description.

[@iangerrard321]

Really a Vauxhall just as much as an Opel. I'm sure people in Europe aren't saying Astras are really Vauxhalls because they are built in Ellesmere Port. Sorry for the rant.❤

[@HubNut]

Point is all the development was done in Germany, Astra too. Vauxhall has been nowt but a name since the 1970s.

[@mikeweston4061]

Too nice for the hubnut fleet Ha Ha !!