Vauxhall Corsa Dimensions
4.06 m long, 1.76 m wide and 1.43 m tall, with a 309 litres boot and a 1,155 kg kerb weight — and what those numbers mean for a UK garage and a marked parking bay.
Length
4.06 m
Width
1.76 m
Height
1.43 m
Boot
309 L
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Vauxhall Corsa size and weight in full
Figures for the most common UK specification of the Vauxhall Corsa.
| Measurement | Vauxhall Corsa | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 4,060 mm (4.06 m) | Nose to tail, excluding a towbar |
| Width | 1,765 mm (1.76 m) | Body only — door mirrors are not included |
| Height | 1,433 mm (1.43 m) | Unladen, roof bars and aerial excluded |
| Kerb weight | 1,155 kg | Car plus fluids, no occupants or luggage |
| Boot capacity | 309 litres | Manufacturer-quoted, rear seats up |
| Fuel tank | 44 litres | Usable capacity varies with the fuel-light reserve |
| Doors | 5 | — |
| Seats | 5 | — |
| Body type | Hatchback | — |
Representative figures for the most common UK specification. Where a nameplate spans several generations these reflect the version most common on UK roads, so treat them as a shortlisting guide and check the handbook for a specific car. Last reviewed August 2026.
Will a Vauxhall Corsa fit your garage or parking space?
Almost nobody searches for a car's length out of curiosity. They are working out whether it clears a garage door, whether the doors will open in a supermarket bay, or whether it will hang over the end of a driveway. Here is the Vauxhall Corsa measured against the two spaces that usually decide it.
Standard parking bay (2.40 m × 4.80 m)
- Length spare
- 74 cm
- Gap each side
- 32 cm
It sits inside the marked box, so the usual constraint is the car next to you rather than the bay itself. The side gap is reasonable before mirrors are counted.
Typical single garage (2.40 m × 5.00 m inside)
- Length spare
- 94 cm
- Gap each side
- 32 cm
The reference garage is the same 2.40 m wide as a marked bay, so the side gap matches — but here it is a wall, not a car that might have parked badly. The length works on paper, but that spare is shared between the door and whatever is stored at the back. Older UK garages are frequently narrower and shorter than this.
Read the width figure carefully
The 1,765 mm above is body width with the mirrors excluded, which is how manufacturers publish it. Mirrors add a meaningful amount on each side — enough to turn a comfortable garage into a folded-mirror one — so treat every side-clearance figure on this page as a best case. The bay and garage sizes are common UK conventions, not regulations: bays are marked differently from car park to car park, and garage interiors vary by decade of build. Measure your own opening before you buy.
Height is rarely the problem in the UK: the tallest car in this dataset is still under 1.75 m, so a height-barrier car park is normally only an issue once a roof box or bike carrier is on top. The Vauxhall Corsa stands 1,433 mm unladen without them.
How the Vauxhall Corsa compares to other hatchbacks
Averaged across the 22 hatchback models we hold full dimension data for. Averages are computed from the same committed figures shown on every page in this cluster — nothing is modelled or estimated.
| Measurement | Vauxhall Corsa | Average hatchback | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4,060 mm | 4,173 mm | 113 mm shorter |
| Width | 1,765 mm | 1,769 mm | 4 mm narrower |
| Height | 1,433 mm | 1,461 mm | 28 mm lower |
| Kerb weight | 1,155 kg | 1,210 kg | 55 kg lighter |
| Boot | 309 litres | 344 litres | 35 litres smaller |
Across every model in the dataset the Vauxhall Corsa is the 30th longest of 40 and the 33rd biggest boot. Within hatchbacks alone it is 12 of 22 on length and 15 of 22 on boot space.
Vauxhall Corsa Euro NCAP rating
Size and weight are not a safety rating — crash protection is measured, not inferred from a kerb weight. Since anyone sizing up a car is usually weighing both, here is the tested result: the Vauxhall Corsa scored 4 stars when Euro NCAP tested it in 2019.
- Adult
- 84%
- Child
- 86%
- Pedestrian
- 63%
- Safety assist
- 60%
Euro NCAP protocols tighten over time, so a rating from an earlier year is not directly comparable with a newer one.
Cars a similar size to the Vauxhall Corsa
Closest on combined length and width, so these occupy roughly the same space on a driveway.
Volkswagen Polo dimensions
4.05 m × 1.75 m · 351 litres boot
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4.05 m × 1.75 m · 309 litres boot
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4.05 m × 1.80 m · 366 litres boot
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4.04 m × 1.74 m · 292 litres boot
Vauxhall Mokka dimensions
4.15 m × 1.79 m · 350 litres boot
Honda Jazz dimensions
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Vauxhall Corsa dimensions — FAQ
What are the dimensions of a Vauxhall Corsa?
How big is the Vauxhall Corsa boot?
Will a Vauxhall Corsa fit in a standard UK garage?
Does the Vauxhall Corsa fit in a standard parking bay?
How much does a Vauxhall Corsa weigh?
Are these Vauxhall Corsa figures the same for every model year?
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