The brand’s ‘Vizor’ fascia has also been redesigned. While current models feature a gloss black panel, on the concept it’s transparent with daytime-running lights behind. The griffin motif now also lights up.
Adams said this is an element that Vauxhall is exploring for production: “We’ve got a clear philosophy, but you want to find fresh new ways to refresh it, revive it, but that is still anchored in good core DNA. So we’re not throwing everything away every time we want to refresh it. And that’s just an example where we’re exploring.”
While the interior is a stripped-out affair, it still houses potential production elements, said Adams.
The bucket seats, for example, are split in two, with the backrest hung from the roll-cage and the seat attached to the floor. This makes “one of the heaviest parts of the car much lighter” than in today’s EVs – “a fundamental rethink”.
In an effort to reduce the driver’s mental load, the concept doesn’t contain any screens. Only a handful of physical buttons are present for key functions.
Future of GSE
In July, Vauxhall relaunched the GSE sub-brand as a badge for performance-honed EVs with the 276bhp Mokka GSE.
This Corsa concept, however, moves the dial even further and shows where Vauxhall wants to take GSE, said Adams.
It gets 789bhp and 590lb ft of torque from a dual-motor powertrain, weighs just 1170kg and is claimed to hit 62mph in 2.0sec – faster than a Bugatti Chiron. Top speed is capped at 199mph.
These figures are hypothetical, however, given that the car can be driven only in the Gran Turismo video game.
However, Adams argued that the figures are “realistic” and could “in theory” make it to a production model, saying: “If you were going to get a max but be on the realistic end of max, then they are believable figures.”
