Opel Zafira test drive since 2009 minivan

The blue carriage runs and does not swing

If the usual Safira is moderately elegant and moderately a faceted car for every day that does not cause special emotions, then OPC is almost a supercar.
What will happen if the family seven-seater minivan is equipped with a 240-horsepower turbo engine and a sports suspension? The correct answer is Opel Zafira OPC ...
Creation of hot cheatch's favorite entertainment of European automakers. They are built both on the basis of golf class models, and based on babies like Volkswagen Polo GTI or Renault Clio Sport. But, it turns out, there are no even greater scumbags that launched such a hot compactwhen in the car in the automobile world.
Experts of automotive history can recall the incredibly fast 4-seater Renault Espace F1, but it was rather a formula-1 car, covered with a plastic body from a regular minivan, on which Alain is a simple dial of partners and customers of the Renault racing team. In addition, he was assembled in a single copy. But the hot heads from the OPC (Opel Performance Center) tuning unit released something similar to public roads.
The anticipation of the drive was also fueled by the recall of Astra OPC, which defeated our comparative hotel test. When looking at Zafira OPC, the blood literally seething the compound is impressive. If the usual Safira is moderately elegant and moderately a faceted car for every day that does not cause special emotions, then OPC is almost a supercar. Spectacular 18-inch discs barely fit in fanned wheeled arches, a low front bumper with chrome circle of foggy fogs is supplemented with a rear skirt with two powerful exhausted pipes. Do not carry a family on such a car, and few people refuse to light a full salon of girls near a night club on a blue carriage. They complement the exterior of the stickers for the carbon on the door frame, however, for real carbon fiber, they can be taken only at night, and even then from a distance of more than five steps. Upon closer examination, it immediately becomes clear that this is only a plastic imitation.
The interior looks no less elegant, and even passengers of the third row are not deprived of attention. Everyone is warmly accepted by black leather chairs with spectacular blue inserts to the color of the body. On the front buckets, the recaro logo branded seats are even really good and are really very good. That's just the inserts for the Kevlavr in the cabin are even less appropriate. They are exposed at first glance, which makes the owner of the car if you do not blush, then smile embarrassedly and offer to move on to the main program of the event, starting the engine with the Start button. Yes, to press the key, it has to reassure its chubby steering wheel. But cartoon devices familiar to Astra OPC describe the circle of honor, inviting the driver to drive both arrows into the right side of the scale.
You can start, the main thing is to adjust the landing in accordance with the features of family ergonomics. Even in the lowest position, the driver's seat is installed very high, and the pedal node seems to be borrowed from an ordinary astra. Boots with long noses rest on the bending of pedals, this is especially noticeable when braking. So sitting down in Zafira, it is better to change your best into soft sneakers more suitable drive shoes.
Now the start succeeds one hundred percent. The main thing is to carefully handle the clutch, otherwise all 320 Nm of torque, available already at 2400 rpm, will fall into the innocent pads of the driven disk, or even fall it in a matter of seconds. To disrupt the wide tires into a slip for a turbo engine is no difficulty, and the first hundred, according to factory data, Zafira OPC reaches a magnificent result in a compact. Mercedes R-class knows how faster, but it is difficult to call it compactwhen. Moreover, in the case of Zafira OPC, acceleration is limited not so much by the power of the motor as the capabilities of the front -wheel drive and a sufficiently heavy body. The further speed of speeds of six gearboards is also impressive cling to each other perfectly, allowing to easily drive the speedometer arrow in 200 km/h in a fairly short area. That's just the transfers mechanism is far from the ideal according to the sports ideology of the machine, it should be more clear and short -lived, although by the standards of the family car there are no complaints about it.
Zafira does not resist and a calm ride is perfectly drawn from 1,500 rpm, and a smooth turbine is noticeable after 2500 rpm. From this mark, the engine is flat up to 5500 rpm, after which its enthusiasm worships. Compactwane also feels confident and on the bends very moderate for a family car, the rolls allow you to safely lay very steep turns. There is no danger of overturning no thanks to an enlarged rut and sports suspension. As soon as the maximum clutch limit with the road is surpassed, Zafira OPC will smoothly slide out the turn with all wheels, after which the stabilization system will correctly restore control over the machine. By disconnecting the electronics, you can try to light, but it is unlikely that you can improve the time of passage of turns, but there will be a lot of smoke from under the wheels. The traction of the motor is magnificent, and for a faster acceleration at the exit of turns, compactwane does not have enough to block the differential with it Safir could leave behind even more sedans and hatchbacks, whose drivers seemed to pilot fast cars. But this will make compactwane driving even more extreme blocking, as a rule, causes strong vibrations on the steering wheel. They emphasize the sports character and brakes, not counting the uncomfortable pedal, I work perfectly with the mechanisms themselves. You can dose slowdown with marginal accuracy.
But on irregularities, the tough character of Zafira affects. The OPC engineers had a very difficult task: they had to make not only a sportingly oriented car with minimal rolls, but also leave a reserve for carrying capacity. Like it or not, Zafira OPC is a 7-seater car, and its suspension should withstand a solid load. As a result, compactwane was equipped with a fairly short, but at the same time energy -intensive suspension. She does not allow her breakdown, but she also shaves comfortably from her to wait from her uselessly. To make the rolls even less, for example, when leaving for a racing track, you can convert active shock absorbers to Sport mode. However, at the same time, comfort will have to be completely forgotten, and the move of bedridden police means even more stringent shakes.
And of course, you can’t get past the huge trunk of Opel Zafira. In a 5-seater version, its volume is 645 liters more than that station wagon with fairly modest external dimensions. And if the inseparable average sofa is also moving forward, then in the size of the cargo compartment it will be 1820 liters an excellent indicator for both a family car and a sports car.
However, despite the balanced nature, Zafira OPC is difficult to call a completely universal car. Those who simply need a spacious and at the same time fast car for everyday driving can recommend a 220-horsepower Ford S-Max 2.5T. A solid chassis from Ford Mondeo allows you to make the car even more comfortable and comfortable. Opel Zafira OPC is a very extreme option for those who are already at the diaper age stage want to prepare a new generation of Schumachera and Raikkonov from their children. Also, Zafira OPC is able to arrange a punch in the style of a Bessonovsky taxi for mother -in -law, since the high body makes a sensation of dynamic driving even more acute.
Text: Leonid Pavlov
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Powerful motor
Spacious 7-seater salon
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An incomprehensible concept of the machine
Imperfect ergonomics
Gear shift
 
The price of the tested car is 1 215,000 rubles

Complete the test of the tested car
Frontary airbags
Side airbags
Inflatable curtains
Abs
Anti -boom system
The system of dynamic stabilization
Adjustable suspension
Steering amplifier
Multifunctional steering wheel
Adjustable steering column in height
Adjustable steering column by departure
Steering wheel decoration with leather
Salon decoration with leather
Electric heating of the front seats
Rear -view mirror
Remote Central Castle
Contactless access
Climate control is two-zone
Electric drive and heating of external mirrors
Electric power drive of external mirrors
Electr -glass lifts are front
Rear electric windows
Back seat
Luke for long -meters
Adjustable angle of inclination of the back seats
CD-audio system
Light sensor
Rain sensor
Trip computer
Luke with electric drive
Parctronics
Lighting headlights
Fog lights
headlight washer
Alloy wheels
Cruise control
Xenon headlights
Specifications
Body
Body type 5-door station wagon
The number of places 7
Trunk volume, l 140/645/1820
Equipped mass, kg 1665
Full mass, kg 2200
Length, mm 4467
Width, mm 1801
Height, mm 1635
Wheel base, mm 2703
Road clearance, mm 150
Engine
Type of gasoline, with runurboards and distributed fuel injection
Front location, longitudinally
Location and number of cylinders R4
Working volume, cm 1998
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm 86/86
Compression degree 8.8
The number of valves per cylinder 4
Maximum power, L.S./q/min 240/5600
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 320/2400
Transmission
Gearbox 6-speed mechanical
Front drive
Front suspension independent, mcpherson
The rear suspension is semi-dependent, n-shaped
Front brakes Disco ventilated
The rear brakes are disk
Tires 225/40R18
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 231
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, with 7.8
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
city cycle 13.4
country cycle 7.4
mixed cycle 9.6
Fuel tank capacity, l 58
Fuel AI-95 gasoline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A source: Carclub.ru