OPEL Zafira · 1.8 Essentia · Minivan · 2005 ‐ 2008

In 2005 Opel launched manufacture of automobiles model Zafira, modification 1.8 Essentia and finished it in 2008. This 5-door minivan has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons and is designed to fit 7 passengers including the driver.

«Zafira 1.8 Essentia» car with a 5-speed semi automatic gear shift is connected to the front wheels. The 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate output 140 horsepower at 6300 rmp, which allows you to speed up the vehicle for 12.9 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve max speed of 197 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 9.9 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 6 l, and the average fuel rate is 7.4 liters per 100 km. Fuel tank capacity is 58 l of petrol, what provides to go nearly 784 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the next measure - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Zafira gained the maximum quantity of stars - five, indicating that it is a perfect safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also has active safety systems such as EBD, Brake assistant, ABS.