OPEL Meriva · 1.7 DTI Enjoy · Minivan · 2003 ‐ 2005

Opel began manufacture from 2003 of automobiles model Meriva, modification of 1.7 DTI Enjoy and finished it in 2005. In this car can fit 5 men including the driver, it has minivan form with 5 doors, and length 4 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Meriva 1.7 DTI Enjoy» automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. The 4-cylinders diesel motor with «common rail fuel system» can produce power 75 hp at 4400 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 17 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve ceiling speed of 161 km/h.

Fuel tank capacity of this car is 52 liters of diesel, thereby when average fuel consumption is 5.4 liters per 100 km (4.5 l on the track, 6.9 l in the urban), that let you to go nearly 963 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 185/60R15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva received the many number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a enough safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, passenger, head/curtain, side airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic systems of safety such as ABS, EBD, Brake assistant.