The all-new 2020 Corsa lineup has gained a new GS
Line model, which was present at the Frankfurt Motor Show, although Opel is
only now talking about it. Described as “the sportiest new Corsa,” the Corsa GS Line is equipped
with the most powerful engine available in the lineup, a 1.2-liter turbocharged
three-cylinder gasoline unit offered exclusively with an eight-speed automatic
transmission driving the front wheels.
In this configuration, the three-pot delivers 130 PS and 230 Nm of torque, and enables the GS Line to sprints
to 100 km/h in 8.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 208 km/h. Moreover, Opel says the standard Sport mode “ensures even more dynamic
steering and engine response.” Even so, those are certainly not very impressive
numbers, even though this is a warm hatch and not a proper hot one.
We only hope Opel will release more
powerful GSi and OPC models later on in the model’s life cycle. The fuel
economy ratings are not bad, though, with a WLTP-rated combined consumption of
5.6 l/100 km (50.4 mpg UK / 42 mpg US) and corresponding CO2 emissions of 128
g/km.
The Corsa GS Line is priced from € 19,880
(US$ 21,925) in Germany, and for that kind of money customers get a
dual-tone exterior combining a chili-red paint with a black roof and black
mirror caps, sportier bumpers, chrome-plated dual tailpipes, smoked headlights
and taillights, and bi-color alloys. Inside, it comes with sport seats with red
stitching, red accents on the dashboard, la eather-wrapped multifunction
steering wheel, aluminum pedals, and more.
You’ll notice that some of the official press photos
and the video feature the first-generation GSi, which Opel describes as the
ancestor of the new GS Line. Whether this mean the sixth-gen Corsa will no
longer offer a GSi variant is anyone’s guess right now, but the the wording
makes it seem like it won’t.
