Corsa Easytronic

use

hello!

I have read that Corsa Easytronic is an automatic car that is actually a manual with an automatic addon, so it consumes the same fuel as the manual
I am talking about 2004- models
are all automatic Corsas of that age, easytronic or there are other automatic corsas as well?
thanks!

vikingaero

The Easytronic is awful and to be avoided. Corsas of that era are available with auto but with very high emissions. Our old 55 plate 1.4 Corsa had road tax of £220 per annum. Add to the fact that most Corsas of that era will leak from the brake servo cylinder seal - a £300-£400 fix at independent garages and leak from the rear light clusters. So check the carpets in both the front and rear footwell.

use

so which automatic economic car do you suggest me of that category 10 years old or less?

tescofan

corsa 1.4s are proper autos. so are honda jazz 08 and below (CVT) or 2011 and above, suzuki swifts (I have one- been great thus far), Kia rio, Hyundai i20, ford fiesta, vw polo. I would've plumped for a jazz but £7k got me a 61 plate swift auto with 19000 miles and FSH. the equivalent jazz would've been over £8,500. avoid the jazz "I-SHIFTS". as bad as easytronic apparently. HTH

gilbert_and_sullivan

Don't get too hung up on alleged fuel figures, the costs of repairing and eventually (when you've pulled all your hair out) scrapping the automated manual of your choice will far outweigh any slight fuel advantage it might have.

Almost all, if not all, Korean cars have proper torque converter auto boxes, as does Yaris 1 (not 2), Nissan Note and Suzuki's.
CVT's are a mixed bunch.

Many mainstream european makes have these hellish contraptions such as easychronic, notably Toyota have (apart from Aygo) unceremoniously dumped their MMT automated manual box, if they can't get it right, and they can't, no one can.

Mankysteve

Run away from the old Corsa triptronic gearbox are very unreliable. Moderns ones are much improved but those are rubbish. Have a quick google for triptronic gearbox failure on the corsa and you'll find loads.

facade

I had a Corsa C.
In the easytronic section of the manual in big letters it tells you about the screw that you turn to free the clutch when the gearbox fails so you can push it to the side of the road.

Enough said.

use

tescofan wrote: »

corsa 1.4s are proper autos. so are honda jazz 08 and below (CVT) or 2011 and above, suzuki swifts (I have one- been great thus far), Kia rio, Hyundai i20, ford fiesta, vw polo. I would've plumped for a jazz but £7k got me a 61 plate swift auto with 19000 miles and FSH. the equivalent jazz would've been over £8,500. avoid the jazz "I-SHIFTS". as bad as easytronic apparently. HTH

so an automatic Corsa 1.4lt of 2004-2006 is a good buy?

use

my other options are (all automatics):

Toyota Yaris 1.0lt 2004
Kia Picanto 1.1lt 2008
Mitsubishi Colt 1.5lt Diesel 2006

which would be best?

tescofan

use wrote: »

so an automatic Corsa 1.4lt of 2004-2006 is a good buy?

I've never owned one so can't comment- was looking at it , decided no mainly cos insurance is far more expensive than 1.2 easytronic for me

atrixblue.-MFR-.

facade wrote: »

I had a Corsa C.
In the easytronic section of the manual in big letters it tells you about the screw that you turn to free the clutch when the gearbox fails so you can push it to the side of the road.

Enough said.

every automatic triptronic and manual cars will have that in the manual.


automatics will say shiftlock location in the event of an emergency is located under this blanking panel! next to the stick.