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Vauxhall Corsa Electric: boot space, seating & practicality

The Corsa Electric's boot is a good size, but it misses out on the petrol car's underfloor storage

Overall rating

4.0 out of 5

Boot space, seating & practicality rating

3.5 out of 5

LengthWidthHeightBoot volume (seats up/down)
4,060mm1,960mm1,433mm267/1,081 litres

There’s very little to complain about when it comes to the Corsa Electric's practicality – so long as you can make your peace with spending more than £29k (or the equivalent PCP monthly finance payment) on a supermini measuring just over four metres long. 

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Regardless, there’s enough room in the back for adults to sit comfortably on short journeys and there’s little compromise when it comes to boot space. However, you do miss out on the petrol car’s underfloor storage, so you’ll need to factor this in if you’re filling the boot with shopping or luggage; the last thing you want is the cables tangled up in the footwells, taking up valuable space in the back.

Vauxhall Corsa Electric interior space, storage & comfort

The Corsa Electric’s conventional interior means there’s no sacrifice to be made when it comes to passenger space, storage or comfort. There’s a pair of decent-sized door bins, plus a cubby between the front seats big enough for a wallet and some keys. There are two cup-holders on the centre console, plus a sizeable storage tray ahead of the gear selector, which is great for storing odds and ends such as your mobile phone.

Boot space

Officially, the standard Corsa’s 309-litre boot shrinks to 267 litres in this electric version – not really any worse than this car’s supermini rivals, but short of what the (cheaper but larger) MG4 can offer.

In reality, though, the Corsa Electric boasts the same usable boot space as its petrol or diesel siblings, with one important caveat – a lack of underfloor storage. This leaves you nowhere to keep the charging cables, so you end up flinging them in with your shopping or leaving them tangled on the rear seat.

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Hello, I’m Shane and I’m the senior content editor both here at DrivingElectric and at our sister title Auto Express. Although I can trace my professional roots back to the radio and podcasting world, my passion (or borderline obsession) with cars saw me switch over to motoring journalism in 2021. From the very start I have been fortunate enough to try out the latest and greatest electric cars on the market, and I’m proud to help people like you make the right EV buying decisions.

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