Mileage 2243 List price £22,915 Target Price £19,546 Price as tested £23,605 Test economy 44.7mpg
IF I WERE to liken my petrol Vauxhall Corsa to an Olympic athlete, I’d say it’s more like Mo Farah than Usain Bolt; you wouldn’t buy it for its sprinting ability, but it has already proved good over long distances. So, when the opportunity arose to go from London to Brighton via Hampshire in a Corsa Electric, I jumped at it, curious to see how it compared with my car.
Specifically, the model I tried was the newest version of the Corsa Electric, which has a 154bhp motor, a 48kWh (usable capacity) battery and an official range of 248 miles. On paper, then, a 160-mile round trip like the one I was planning should be…
