The return of a true fast Vauxhall sub-brand… on an electric compact crossover
There’s a bit about the new Vauxhall Mokka GSE that feels refreshingly old-school.There are lots of ‘hot variant’ things to say about this GSE (standing for Grand Sport Electric, this is an initialism that Opel has used before and is a mash-up of the old GSi and GTE badges previously applied to hot Vauxhalls).And GSE is very much going to be a true performance sub-brand, they say, like VXR, GSi, GTE and others before it (Vauxhall has had a few). There is an Astra GSE already, but that’s basically a trim level. This is a performance statement.The Mokka GSE, then, is a 277bhp performance version of the Mokka Electric, a tall hatchback thing, and a relatively compact one, at 4.15m long. As I write, it’s priced at £35,495 (including the UK’s Electric Car Grant).
