OPEL Meriva · 1.3 CDTI Enjoy · Minivan · 2005 ‐ 2007

From 2005 Opel began manufacture of automobiles type Meriva, modification of 1.3 CDTI Enjoy and terminated it in 2007. This 5-door minivan has a length of 4.1 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is destined to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Meriva 1.3 CDTI Enjoy» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This car can speed up for 17.8 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 156 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a max output of 70 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this automobile is 52 l of diesel, so when average fuel consumption is 5 liters per 100 km (4.2 l on the suburban, 6.4 l in the city), what allows to go approximately 1040 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 240 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 185/60R15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva gained the many number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe auto. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (ABS, EBD, Brake assistant), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (passenger, side, driver airbags).