OPEL Meriva · 1.6 Maxx · Minivan · 2004

Make of automobiles Meriva, modification of 1.6 Maxx started producing by Opel from 2004 and terminated in 2004. This car has five doors, the body chassis is in the form a minivan, weight 1.3 tons and length 4 meters, which allows a seat 5 person in sum.

«Meriva 1.6 Maxx» auto with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 14.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 170 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak output of 87 hp at 5400 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 52 liters of petrol, therefore when mixed fuel rate is 7.8 l per 100 km (6.2 liters on the highway, 10.5 liters in the city), accordingly let you to go about 667 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 240 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 185/60R15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva gained the great number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic safety systems (ABS, EBD, Brake assistant), it is also has passive systems of safety (passenger, head/curtain, side, driver airbags).