The Opel Corsa (or Vauxhall Corsa) will be reinstated as the preferred instructors’ car at the British School of Motoring after the Fiat 500 has been dropped just 18 months into a four-year contract. The reason? The Fiat 500 is just too small. I grew up driving an Opel Corsa and have also driven the Fiat 500. While it’s a great little car, with some cute styling, it’s not nearly as comfortable as the Corsa.

The fleet of 3,250 three-door Fiat 500’s will be replaced by five-door Corsas as the school returns to a long-standing relationship with Vauxhall. The move will probably be a small blow to Fiat’s brand image, which probably got a good headstart in sales among young from the deal. The hot little Fiat 500 is hard to resist, but the school has said that the Corsa is definitely the choice of their instructors. The change will occur from March 2011 and will be complete by the end of the year.

Source | Autocar

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