Talk:Opel Corsa

message: I don´t think this article should be merged with Celta, because Celta and Corsa are different cars. As a matter of fact, they are sold side by side in the Brazilian car sellers. Celta is the mini, and COrsa is the supermini. Carloseduardo 13:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I keep seeing references on GM DAT developing next GM Gamma platform in various GM-related articles, but Fiat Punto article says it's joint responsibility of Opel AG and Fiat. There are recent PRs from Fiat stating this, and there's no mention of GM DAT activities anywhere.
Please visit Talk:GM_Gamma_platform for further discussion! --DmitryKo 22:40, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gamma platform - is it responsibility of GM DAT or Opel/Fiat? 

message: thumb|150px|Substitute "Bild" with "Image" and there you go!
There is an image of the Opel Corsa B on the German Wikipedia  and I was wondering if there is a possibility of using this image on this article. If so, how do you transfer the image here?  -Daniel Blanchette 17:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Help:Images and other uploaded files#Embedding external images. Too bad it's not as easy as putting a namespace prefix in the wikilink... --DmitryKo 10:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's in the commons, actually: (Bravada, talk - 14:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  German Corsa B image - good enough? 

message: I question the point of calling this article "General Motors Corsa". 
Despite the fact that Opel's cars are badged as Opel, Vauxhall, Holden and Chevrolet, they are designed and engineered by the Opel subsidiary of General Motors. 
I don't see this approch being used for all the other General Motors models. 
You don't write the "Ford Motor Company" DB9 for Aston Martin or the "Ford Motor Company" XJ? Or maybe the Volkswagen AG Flying Spur for the Bentley?
It serves no useful purpose as far as I can see. Can somebody please change it?
Neither do Ford or Jaguar or Lincoln or Mercury or Volvo sell versions of the DB9, that is a faulty argument, and while they are certainly engineered and built by Opel I would question the claim that they are entirely Opel designs, and the significance of the use of the model by several members of the GM family should not be overlooked, neither should the significance of the Vauxhall badged version being the first of the new model to be officially unveiled. Because of all of these issues I see nothing wrong with referring to it as the GM Corsa with redirects from the other pages.
:You´re completely right. This is being taken care for the Opel Astra which currently is incorrectly title General Motors Astra. The move has been already proposed and support is unanimous on the article´s talk page. When that's done we will move to General Motors Corsa which should be titled Opel Corsa, and after that we'll move to General Motos Zafira which is also wrongly titled. Loudenvier 14:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I should point out that while Opel Corsa should be the main article, it might be a good idea to have a Chevrolet Corsa spin-off article. GM do Brazil did its own versions of the Corsa which were not present in the European model, namely sedan and wagon versions in the Corsa B, and sedan and pickup (Chevrolet Montana) versions of the Corsa C. --Pc13 23:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think that they the Corsa B sedans and wagons can be (and actually are) perfectly covered in the Opel Corsa article, just like the Buick/Chevrolet Sail etc., and the Chevrolet Montana, just like the Combo, does have a separate article already (though it is dreadful). Bravada, talk - 07:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I understand your point of view, but I think that perhaps it´s not interesting for the sake of simplicity to have two different articles. Unless the Opel Corsa article gets too long to include information from Chevrolet Corsa, then I think the articles should remain "merged". If the article gets too long, then the "Chevrolet Corsa" section should make a brief overview of the brazilian car history and then provide a link: Main article: Chevrolet Corsa which is inline with wikipedia manual of style. The reasoning for this is that when someone looks for Chevrolet Corsa then he will automaticly arrive at Opel Corsa, which would bring a hell more information and background, because Chevrolet Corsa is so related to Opel Corsa that it´s hard to take them apart. Loudenvier 13:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: May I just point out that it is not sold as the "Opel Corsa" in the big English speaking markets so its common English name is justifiably either Vauxhall Corsa or Chevrolet Corsa which is what wikipedia article naming is about. From the MoS, "Names of Wikipedia articles should be optimized for readers over editors; and for a general audience over specialists" GraemeLeggett 09:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's exactly why the title should be changed as soon as possible. Corsa is from Opel. Automobile articles are named after the brand name that introduced them, this is a guideline of the Automobile Project. The rationale is that exists too much overlap in car naming that skipping the brand name would incurr in the necessity of disambiguation. General Motors Corsa in the WORST case. It's not optimized either for readers nor editors. The car was never branded by General Motors. It was based on Opel Kadett, it's in the category of Opel Vehicles. See Opel Tigra for another car produced by Opel based on the Opel Corsa. Please read the guidelines on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Automobiles/Proposed_naming_convention. If th Vauxhall or Chevrolet corsa information came to be too big to fit on the main article about Opel Corsa, then an article for each should be created, so someone looking for Opel Corsa would immediately know that there are brands of the car that have so much information in addition to the info already in the Opel Corsa article that they deserved their own articles rather than only redirects to Opel Corsa (which, I think will not happen, because I don't think there is so much exclusive information on those Corsa's to deserve a main article for themselves). I understand your worries and I proposed the correct naming of Opel Corsa for the article to address exactly what are worrying you. Regards. Loudenvier 13:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Though you agree on a change of title. I don't buy into the reason why Opel Corsa is necessarily the preferred title. I did finally find some discussion over naming conventions in this past discussion archive of WP:Automobiles. Wikipedia:WikiProject_Automobiles/Proposed_naming_convention has nothing on naming other than disamibguation techniques and the proposed convention appears to have been moribund since creation in May 04. GraemeLeggett 14:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The fact is that General Motors Corsa is a mistake in itself because it does not exists. The Opel Corsa was created by Opel, so that's why it should be called Opel Corsa. The main article about Corsa should be Opel Corsa whith sections or other articles for the Corsas branded by Chevrolet, Vauxhall, etc. The Opel Astra has been recently moved from the wrong General Motors Astra, you can see the discussion on the talk page of the Astra for more arguments. Regards and thanx for being interested in the discussion, the worst thing in wikipedia is when you propose an important change and it went unoticed!!! Loudenvier 17:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

text: On the contrary, the "home market" convention is commonly used, even if we failed to put it down correctly. Large scale changes are under way within WikiProject Automobiles, better description of conventions will surely be put online shortly. Bravada, talk - 14:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Loudenvier. General Motors Corsa does not make sense. The Corsa was developed by Opel. Therefore, the article should be named Opel Corsa. The other Corsas are all related to the Opel Corsa. These relationships can be stated in the Opel Corsa article. Wizmo 20:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Motors' Corsa? 

message: I've just seen the new Corsa D "in the flesh" at its UK launch.  I can confirm that it is available in 3 and 5 door models.  Anyone mind if I update the section on the Corsa D to include (very briefly) what is on offer?  Thanks. 86.136.226.153 15:25, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa D 

message: Why is everything in the article referring to Vauxhall Corsa? Isn't it only called that in one Market when it is designed by Opel and also marketed as Opel in the vast majority of places?
:Because Vauxhall's market is English speaking and the rest of the Europe where it's an Opel isn't? GraemeLeggett 09:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vauxhall, vauxhall everywhere 

message: I bring in question this statement:
"The Nova name was not used in Spain, because in Spanish, 'Nova' means "doesn't go"."  This is untrue for 2 reasons.  One being that the car is called Corsa from the start, but the name was changed for the UK to the Nova.  It wasn't called "Corsa" specially for the Spanish market, but rather, it was called "Nova" for the UK market.  
Secondly, "Nova" do not mean "No Go" in Spanish - http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
So this statement should be removed, no? EnglishDude 13:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Car not being named "Nova" in Spain 

message: I would like to mention that Corsa A was also produced in Kikinda, Serbia by IDA.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.198.17.121 (talk) 19:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  IDA Kikinda 

message: I have added a fine picture of a Vauxhall Nova.  I recently returned to this site to find someone had tried to replace it with a worse picture that wasnt even their own original work - and subsequently there was then no picture.  Nobody even reverted it to the good picture I added.  My picture has been there for months now, and I hope that in future people will think to revert vandalism rather than just removing it.  --TheEditor20 12:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vauxhall Corsa A (nova) picture 

message: I recently rented a Corsa C and, during a 400 mile trip on paved road had problems w/a failed rear wheel bearing.  Any history or recall related to this issue w/this car?  The vehicle had less than 2000 km on it.75.22.148.192 11:56, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa C - 2007 - problems w/wheel bearings 

message: The Nova stuff is just a re-hash of the corsa A above - anyone object to chopping this all out. PLus all the stuff on chavs etc is just POV--GazMan7 (talk) 13:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  cleanup 

message: Can we have some pictures of the saloon, pickup and estate variants mentioned in the info boxes as I've never seen them and thus would like proof.(86.31.188.36 (talk) 02:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures of some variants 

message: I bought a corsa 130i 1998 model n few months ago and noticed that the dipstick was the wrong length. Luckely my sister in law had the exact same corsa and same model but when used her dipstick i found that even her dipstick was the wrong length for my car. The manufacturer says that the amount of oil needed after a service is 3.5 litres but none of the dipsticks reaches the the oil in the sump. Now my question is, how many changes did general motors make on the corsa engine in 1998 if so many different dipsticks are available for the corsa 130i? And how would i know which one is the right one for my car?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.247.170.7 (talk) 17:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  corsa dipstick problem 

message: I think more needs to be said about the Corsa pickup and some pictures included. In South Africa its probably the most popular small pickup around, there are so many on the roads. Also of more interest is the fact that the old shape and the new shape are currently available as new in South Africa.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmark164 (talk • contribs) 08:30, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa Bakkie 

message: I'm the owner of an european Open Corsa B powered 1.7L Diesel engine (non turbo) Isuzo engine... there is no reference to this motorization for this version on the article...
Here is a link with most of engine information about Corsa's and cars in general:
http://www.ultimatespecs.com/?option=4&brand=14#Corsa B  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zebarnabe (talk • contribs) 13:25, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi you can add the information missing --Typ932 T·C 13:45, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa B 

message: Not Mentioned the 1.6 (75hp till 101hp) straight four that was also available on the first Corsa from 1988 till 1993.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.93.101.13 (talk) 15:48, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1.6 Opel Corsa A 

message: It does exist but I don't know how to put it in to the box on the right. --81.157.6.77 (talk) 08:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa B 4-speed manual 

message: There is no picture of original (before face lifting) Corsa C.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.191.165.239 (talk) 06:48, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: There should be a seperate article for the Chevrolet Sail, because the second generation is not identical with the Corsa anymore and is now different in design and technology. talk  —Preceding undated comment added 15:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Chevrolet Sail

message: Who has seen fit to remove the whole of the Corsa van section? Surely that's all relevant information?  Yesilikecars (talk) 18:21, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa van 

message: There are no mentions of the various gearbox options available for the Corsa A, and yet there are for all the sucessive models.  Someone should try and find out which models had which transmissions and also put them in the descriptor box to the right just below the engine choices.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.106.4.222 (talk) 17:22, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opel Corsa A Transmission Choices 

message: The engine table states that the 1.2-litre petrol engine was only available for short time after release and then was dropped. To which countries does this apply? In Germany this engine is the basic engine up to now. --92.226.137.15 (talk) 14:55, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsa E, 1.2-litre petrol engine