British model Vauxhall is taking its all-electric GSE efficiency sub-brand to a brand new degree, revealing the novel Corsa GSE Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo – a totally electrical idea automobile boasting 800hp, a 0-62mph time of simply two seconds and a prime velocity of 199mph.
The automobile, which premieres on the IAA Mobility present in Munich on 8 September, will even have a digital debut in PS5 racing sim Gran Turismo 7 this autumn, in what Vauxhall boldly calls a ‘phygital’ launch.
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“The Vauxhall Corsa GSE Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo takes the GSE sub-brand to the following degree,” stated Steve Catlin, managing director at Vauxhall. “It not solely exhibits what is feasible on a small automobile platform, it additionally shows a transparent view to the long run.”
On the core of the idea is a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive electrical powertrain delivering a mixed 800hp and 800Nm of torque. A lift operate supplies an extra 80hp for as much as 4 seconds to assist overtaking on monitor.
Vauxhall had hinted that the idea has an eye fixed on racing, saying it “will probably be very a lot at dwelling on the racing monitor and provide an exhilarating but comfy and secure driving expertise”.
The idea was created by Vauxhall’s design crew on the Opel headquarters in Germany, led by Brit Mark Adams, Vauxhall and Opel’s Vice-President of Design. Adams has been heading up Vauxhall design for over 20 years, and his crew was additionally accountable for Vauxhall/Opel’s final present automobile, the Vauxhall Experimental, which appeared on the Munich Motor Present in 2023.
Whereas that automobile was purely an idea previewing the most recent design themes throughout Vauxhall’s mannequin vary, this newest idea is taking that on additional and will preview a manufacturing GSE mannequin that we see someday in 2026.
