OPEL Meriva · 1.3 CDTI Essentia · Minivan · 2005

Make of autos Meriva, modification of 1.3 CDTI Essentia began producing by Opel in 2005 and closed in 2005. This car has five doors, the body chassis is in the form a minivan, weight 1.3 tons and length 4 meters, that allows a seat 5 people total.

«Meriva 1.3 CDTI Essentia» have a front wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual transmission. 4-cylinders diesel motor with «common rail system» can produce power 70 hp at 4000 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the car for 17.8 seconds to 100 km/h and get maximum speed of 156 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 6.4 l in the city driving mode, on the suburban 4.2 liters, and the normal fuel rate is 5 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 52 l of diesel, what lets to go about 1040 km unrefuelled.

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

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva got the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a well safe car. Furthermore to passive safety (driver, side, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic systems of safety such as Brake assistant, ABS, EBD.