OPEL Zafira · 1.8i-16V Elegance · Minivan · 2000 ‐ 2003

Opel launched production from 2000 of autos model Zafira, modification 1.8i-16V Elegance and terminated it in 2003. This automobile has 5 doors, the body is in the form a minivan, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.3 meters, which can seat 7 people in sum.

«Zafira 1.8i-16V Elegance» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. This car can be accelerated for 13 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 180 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak output of 125 hp at 5600 rpm.

Fuel rate is 12.4 liters in the city mode of driving, on the highway 7.2 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 9.1 liters per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank capacity is 58 l of petrol, what lets to go approximately 638 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65HR15.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Zafira gained the 3 number of stars. Furthermore to passive safety features (head/curtain, side, driver, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic systems of safety such as Traction control, ABS.