Closer has once again partnered with Parkers - the definitive resource for car buying advice in the UK - to bring you the award for the Best Value Car in its prestigious New Car Awards 2025. The winner is the Vauxhall Corsa YES Edition, and it is one of a total of 10 award-winning cars revealed today (21 October) by Parkers.
The Vauxhall Corsa YES Edition takes the top spot in the Best Value Car category thanks to being a new and lower entry-level point into Britain’s bestselling small car. But more than that, thanks to clever finance deals, Vauxhall can offer the Corsa for the same monthly cost in both petrol and electric forms, simplifying the process of going electric for first-time buyers.
But there’s more to it than delivering a highly competitive car for a punchy price, as it’s also a decent drive, looks smart and is packed with all the latest crash avoidance technology to keep you safe. Put them all together and that makes the Vauxhall Corsa YES Edition an excellent choice for you.
Parkers editor Keith Adams says, 'The Corsa has been the bestselling small car in the UK for some time now, so to be able to get it for less is always good news. But beyond that, Vauxhall should be applauded for simplifying the process of switching to an electric car by offering its cars for the same monthly costs regardless of the fuel they use.'
The winning cars have been tested rigorously by the Parkers.co.uk team, which judged the winning cars on a combination of value, quality, reliability, cost-per-month on finance deals and fitness for purpose.
Keith Adams adds, 'In this year's New Car Awards, the Corsa is leading the charge for wider adoption of electric cars in the UK. It’s well priced, has a simple pricing structure – and in the case of the Corsa also comes with £500 worth of public charging or a homecharger thrown in for free.'
'In this year's New Car Awards, more than half of the winners – as well as our overall Car of The Year – are electric, which shows a huge shift in the competence and usability of these cars. But we also acknowledge that EVs still won’t work for enough people until we have more street charging, so the awards are peppered by lots of highly commended petrol and hybrid alternatives,' Keith says.
Now in its eighth year, the Parkers New Car Awards 2025 reflects the constantly-evolving views of Britain's car-buying public, with winners decided by a combination of the site's expert reviewers' verdicts in thousands of miles of road testing and the purchasing habits of the website's 2.3 million users actively involved in the buying process.
More details about the Best Value Car award can be found alongside all of the winners in the Parkers New Car Awards 2025 on the Parkers website.