The Vauxhall Corsa GSE is the firm’s first hot hatch in eight years, adopting the same formula as fast superminis from Peugeot, Alfa Romeo and Abarth. The VXR successor will be priced from £34,495, or £32,995 with the government’s electric car grant, much less than the £37,000 figure we expected it to cost. In order to help the GSE maintain its advertised output even after long stints, Vauxhall says it’s upgraded the thermal management over the ordinary car. This is the fastest Vauxhall on sale and while that isn’t saying much in 2026, a 5.5sec 0-62mph time does make it quicker than every other performance EV on this platform. It’s almost a full second quicker from a standstill to 62mph than the Alpine A290, too.