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Marc
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18th Dec 03 at 17:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much more popular do you think the 1.6 16v would have been if it was 120bhp?
DanielJ
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loads
big eck
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Not much I dont think, its the GSI bodykit that people went for thats why the GSI model is more popular.
Marc
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18th Dec 03 at 17:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I meant that too!
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depends what the extra 11-14hp did. the handling was never in the league of the VTS and certainly did not have the grunt of the GT.
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18th Dec 03 at 18:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not if the insurance group was even higher than it ended up being.

There may have been a marketplace for something quicker and better equipped than the 97-on 1.6i Sport. What else was out around that time? 206 GTi?
Marc
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206 GTi diferant league though dont you think?
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slightly bigger car I suppose
MarkM
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Corsa Sport was a joke in terms of peformance and insurance grouping...

it really amazed me that at that time it was the flagship corsa...yes only had 106BHP...a poor effort from vauxhall...

as for the handling I need not mention it only that the word "porridge" comes to mind...for a so called hot hatch it truley was dismal...
Marc
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I didnt think the handling off my sport was that bad actually, the suspension kit tranformed it mind!
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it wud cost me more to insure a gsi than it wud a sport 1.6 16v whsy that when the gsi is alot older!!!
Marc
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Think its down to the GSi name and the slightly better figures (ahem!)
MarkM
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GSI looks different and set apart fomr other corsa's with bodykit...sport is too similar to the normal corsa's... this is one of its downfalls
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18th Dec 03 at 19:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 16vmarc
Think its down to the GSi name and the slightly better figures (ahem!)

I suppose thats true but it was havin all the extras and the all important kit that swung it for me, not forgettin that already having the XE in it didnt make my mind up
Marc
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18th Dec 03 at 19:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hehe! Looking back i should of bought a 1.6 Sport/GSi instead of the 1.4, but i struggled to insure that!

Saw a nice black GSi once, would that have been an import? looked totally standard.

 
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