OPEL Zafira · 1.9 CDTi Essentia · Minivan · 2005 ‐ 2008

Opel started manufacture in 2005 of automobiles type Zafira, modification of 1.9 CDTi Essentia and finished it in 2008. The weight of the car is 1.5 tn and a length of 4.5 meters, It is formed as minivan with 5 doors, and may be placed in a 7 person including the driver.

«Zafira 1.9 CDTi Essentia» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can be accelerated for 12.2 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 186 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail fuel system», which generate a max power of 120 horsepower at 3500 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.7 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 5.2 l, and the normal fuel rate is 6.1 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 58 l of diesel, what allow you to go roughly 951 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 308 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the next dimensions - 205/55R16.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Zafira got the higher number of stars - 5, indicating that it is a perfect safe car. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (Brake assistant, ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety systems (side, driver, passenger, head/curtain airbags).