OPEL Meriva · 1.6-16V Essentia · Minivan · 2003 ‐ 2005

From 2003 Opel began manufacture of cars model Meriva, modification 1.6-16V Essentia and terminated it in 2005. In this automobile can sit 5 people including the driver, it has the form of a minivan with 5 doors, and length 4 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Meriva 1.6-16V Essentia» have a front-wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual transmission. This auto can be accelerated for 13.3 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 178 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a max power of 100 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 10 l in the urban mode of driving, on the track 5.8 liters, and the average fuel consumption is 7.3 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank capacity is 52 liters of petrol, what allow you to go about 713 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 185/60R15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva received the lot number of stars - 4, which means that it is a well safe automobile. In addition to active systems of safety (Brake assistant, ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (side, driver, passenger airbags).