New Opel Corsa GSi Review – The GSi Is Back

Ciro De Siena

31 May 2019

The legendary nameplate from Opel returns to South Africa. Ciro de Siena gets behind the wheel of the new Opel Corsa GSi.

This new little angry-looking red thing is the Opel Corsa GSi, and it marks the return of the GSi nameplate to South Africa.

South Africa has a unique history with those three letters. Thanks to the unruly Opel Superboss of the 80s, a car which was developed here and only sold in this country, the GSi moniker became associated with on-the-limit performance.

Given this history, this new Corsa has a huge weight of expectation on its shoulders. Ciro De Siena took it for a spin and found that…well, you'll have to watch to find out.

Further Reading

Opel Corsa GSi (2019) Specs & Price

Opel Corsa 120Y Special Edition (2019) Review

Next-gen Opel Corsa leaked

Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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