W2B-035 Technology matters 3-3.txt
News from Vauxhall

VAUXHALL has been giving more details of changes and additions to its range for the 1994 sales year.

Last week, it was news of the Astra, Cavalier and Calibra. Now it's the turn of the new Corsa and Frontera.

Four automatics have been launched to complete the Corsa hatchback range, which replaced the Nova earlier this year.

In fact, automatic driving is available from as cheaply as £ 7,605 in 1.4i Merit form. Prices then run upwards to £ 9,585 for the 1.4i GLS five-door model, with a couple of LS models in between.

All of the Corsa autos, in fact, use the 1.4i single point fuel injection engine.

It is coupled to one of GM's four-speed automatic gearboxes which features a responsive kick-down, what Vauxhall likes to call a'seamless' change-up and lock-up in third and fourth ratios.

Top speed for all the Corsa automatics is 91 mph, while the 0-60 mph time won't break any records at 17 seconds. But then small automatics aren't for the performance buff!

Economy isn't much different from any similar Corsa at around 36 mpg on average, and there is a choice of three driving modes Ð economy, winter or sport.

There are very limited changes this time around to the Frontera range. The £ 13,445 Sport model gains standard electric windows and door mirrors.

Meanwhile, there are signs that sales of the bigger Vauxhalls, the Carlton and Senator, are suffering.

The company has cut the Senator range down to just one model, the 3.0 litre24v CD.

The Carleton estates continue to be more popular than the saloons, so a new range-topping model has been introduced, the 3.0i 24v estate which costs a competitive £ 25,995.

It's something of a performance load carrier, with a top speed of 143 mph and 0-60 mph sprint time to 8.2 seconds.
