• Heart-rate booster: Formula E record winner Mitch Evans kicks off the next phase of Opel’s GSE campaign
• From racetrack to road: Evans drives the 207 kW (281 hp) Corsa GSE with the same precision as his Opel GSE 27FE in the World Championship
• Thrilling hot hatch: Golden Steering Wheel’ winner¹ Corsa GSE already available to order

Combined values for Opel Corsa GSE according to WLTP²: Energy consumption 16.9 kWh/100 km, CO₂ emissions 0 g/km; CO₂ label: A

Combined values for Opel Mokka GSE according to WLTP²: energy consumption 18.5 kWh/100 km, CO₂ emissions 0 g/km; CO₂ label: A

Heart-pounding thrills and pure performance: After racing driver Sophia Flörsch kicked off Opel’s GSE champion campaign in the Mokka GSE, Mitch Evans is now set to get fans’ hearts racing. The Formula E record winner, who will be battling for points in the Opel GSE 27FE from the start of the new season, is now demonstrating just what the most powerful Corsa ever produced, the new Opel Corsa GSE, is capable of – and how the newly crowned ‘Golden Steering Wheel’ winner¹ is giving customers, fans and himself ‘goosebumps, speed and emotions’. You can see and feel it all in the new video for the GSE champion campaign, starring Mitch Evans and the Corsa GSE.

“Feeling the speed, feeling like a racing driver – these are true childhood dreams. Bringing the thrill of real motorsport into everyday life – that’s exactly what GSE is all about. The new Opel Corsa GSE delivers precisely this thrill of pure dynamism, driving fun and the highest precision through corners. Mitch Evans and the Corsa GSE embody exactly what Grand Sport Electric stands for: performance and uncompromising electric driving fun,” said Opel’s Vice President Marketing, Rebecca Reinermann.

“As a child, I dreamt of driving a racing car to the limit while playing on my games console,” said Corsa GSE ambassador Mitch Evans. “Today, that’s exactly my job. But that feeling of simply enjoying the drive is still the same. That’s exactly what the Corsa GSE is all about for me: you get in, put your foot down and you just can’t help but smile.”

From 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds: Dreams come true in the Opel Corsa GSE

This is exactly the feeling conveyed by the campaign video and the reels featuring Mitch Evans and the Corsa GSE, now available on various social media channels: the Opel GSE models – especially the new Corsa GSE – make childhood dreams come true.

Flashback in the video: Young Mitch is standing in front of a 1980s games console. And which ‘racing car’ is he steering round the track on the screen? It is obvious: an Opel Corsa GSi, the predecessor of the new Corsa GSE. Faster and faster, right to the limit! Young Mitch takes this excitement home with him and continues to dream of a great career as a racing driver.

Cut! Heart racing! A determined look! Now, the grown-up Mitch Evans is sitting in the cockpit himself – and the Corsa GSi transforms into the new Corsa GSE. The new, all-electric everyday sports car is a hot hatch in the finest tradition, or in the words of the record-breaking racing driver: “A car that makes you feel alive”.

No wonder, as the Corsa GSE has a lot to offer: this eye-catching high-performance version of Germany’s and the United Kingdom’s most popular small car features a lowered sports chassis and a Torsen limited-slip differential, and with 207 kW (281 hp) and 345 Newton metres of torque, it is the most powerful and dynamic production Corsa built so far.

Furthermore, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.5 seconds – faster than any other current production Opel! The performance is underlined by an active sports sound developed exclusively for the new Corsa GSE, which accompanies the driving experience depending on acceleration and speed. And to be sure exactly what kind of conditions Corsa GSE drivers are operating in, a glance at the instruments and screens in the cockpit is all it takes. They do not only display the usual vehicle information, but also provide details on GSE performance data, G-forces, acceleration figures, battery management and much more. All this makes the performance visible, perceptible and audible to the driver and passengers.

So, is the Corsa GSE the car Mitch Evans dreamt of as a child? The Formula E driver’s answer is unequivocal: “Yes, of Corsa!” And so, just like the Mokka GSE, the new Corsa GSE makes one thing clear: you cannot get much more ‘Grand Sport Electric’, or ‘goosebumps, speed and emotions’, than this – highly recommended by Mitch Evans and Sophia Flörsch. Two GSE champions who should know.

^[1] AUTO BILD issue 46/2026 and BILD am SONNTAG issue 46/2026, category ‘Small Cars’.

^[2] The values of a vehicle depend not only on the efficient use of fuel by the vehicle, but are also influenced by driving behaviour and other non-technical factors.