Test Drive Opel Zafira Tourer Since 2011, wagon

Opel Zafira Tourer: Family Boomerang

To the new generation of Zafir, it is necessary to treat respectfully, it's not just another minivan, but the heir to the class leader. After all, the previous generation is a champion among disposals in the Russian market. Yes, and in Europe, Zafira enjoys excellent demand since 1998 2.2 million cars of two generations were sold.


What was the reason for such success? With small external dimensions that additionally stole a modest, concise and stylish design, inside Zafira offered outcomes surplus comfort. The second row of seats moved back and forth, providing a foot space or an increased volume of already not a small trunk. The third row of the chairs hid in the floor, while not depriving the owner of the spawning, without which there is nothing to do on Russian roads. The only disadvantage was perhaps the undiscriminated bed of the second row sofa, which prevented the transport of bulk cargo in the presence of one passenger from behind. The minivanchik sitting behind the wheel gave the joy of communicating the chassis from Astra providing excellent handling.


In length, the car has grown on 19 centimeters: 4658 mm against 4467 mm, of which 57 mm accounted for an increase in the wheelbase. The trunk has increased, the places for the rear passengers

And, of course, the price of Zafira was one of the most affordable dispatch in its class, which, you see, for young families, it is important, and the Russian assembly allowed the prices to some more. All this together and provided it with good demand in the market, on which the sedan is still considered the most family body. However, the current generation will be overwhelmed early, its release will be continued. New, third generation Zafir, got a new name Now the car must be magnifying Zafira Tourer, so do not confirm in our catalog!

The word Tourer unequivocally hints that the new car is intended for travel. So we tried it in the business at the autobahn in the vicinity of Munich, where the European Riding Presentation was held. And then, when the Turner comes to Russia, we will arrange a local test with the addiction, in Europe, everyone can show himself to show, but our destinations will disappoint everything in places, and the family will need to get the test to the test.

Where did the wave modesty?! Predatory boomerangs of the front headlights with jigsaws of daytime running lights, an intricate shape of the LED rear dimensions, stroke-blade on board. Now appearance on the contrary seems to be designed to visually increase the car, make it more noticeable. In the rear view mirror, such headlights will see the willy-nilly to the right now!

Behind the wheel, everything is familiar and the usual Astra passed a long test in our edition. So just once again permanently on the abundance and monotony of the buttons. Almost any action leads to the need to be distracted from the road, to find the necessary function to find the desired function. Higher praise decent front armchairs for no wonder they have a certificate of the Orthopedic AGR Association (German Association for Healthy Back)! Introduced the rigid back, developed rollers on the sides, adjusting the tilt of the pillow allow you to perfectly feel the car and at the same time do not get tired after long distillers. So from me and my office back Respect Designers! Lightly lacks only the height adjustment range.


The Cosmo Zafira Tourer package can boast such an elegant two-color interior with leather trim. In versions easier salon gray

Despite the traditional design with double front racks, it is not necessary to complain about visibility, even in close Munich intersections everything can be seen: non-fragrance racks. But for those who like to consider the wedges of migratory birds, the tops of the skyscrapers or just stars, there is a pleasant surprise: the front of the ceiling together with sun visors with a slight movement away drives back. Such a decision was first applied to Citroen C4 Picasso, but I can't not welcome the appearance of this option to couple with a glass roof over the second chairs, they turn the buffet into a particular aquarium, visually still expanding the space.

Now let's see where parents sitting on the front can cram everything you need and children on the road stocks of food and entertainment, road atlases and lists of all close attractions, napkins and other SKARBs. The front panel leaving to the horizon at first inspires optimism, it seems to be organized in it, it seems to organize a good storage room. Two glove boxes are in front of the passenger! It is convenient, of course, but both of them are very modest, and the top is also such a form that only the papers fit there. Slightly save the situation of the compartment near the lever of the gearbox and a small box with a lid under the navigation display: Phones and other little things can be attached there.

But the main hopes of the interior designers pinned, of course, on the miracle armrest. We have already seen a similar design in Meriv, but there are aluminum rails for which the floors of this device drive, stretch at the rear seat, making the third passenger. In Zafir, they are not going so far, but still allow the front seats to place small items in the basement, or take advantage of two cup holders, or move the armrest comfortable on the road. You can generally remove all these containers, for example, when cleaning the cabin.


Salon decoration scattered illumination armrest and doors

But still, even in the amount of places is not enough (compared, for example, with the same Citroen C4 Picasso), so you have to think carefully to carefully think about what to take into manual. By the way, there are no cooled tanks, too, and in the summer journey to keep the drinks with cold will not succeed. Minus!

We cross back. For the new generation, the lane lathers have developed a fundamentally new scheme for the transformation of the second row. A very unusual scheme! The average passenger here is slightly disadvantaged in the rights if there are full-fledged chairs on the edges, then in the middle there is not so comfortable in the middle. But the back of the central chair can be folded, and, raising up its quarters, get two beautiful armrests. Two passengers have the opportunity to go back even further and shift a little to the center, and the resulting places can be compared with a limousine at least to go to the leg! There is also an adjustment of the backs by tilting, but it is not enough of her, in the long road I want to lean back stronger.

However, such a scheme forced to sacrifice some elements of comfort. So, it is impossible to eat on the go to passengers with the passengers, I don't have any cup holders, I have nothing to decompose on what the folding tables in the front backs are also not. Although their stock of space just allows you to place, they will not interfere with the legs. It turns out that the car is more convenient for trips with business partners to golf club than with family to the sea?

The chairs of the third row go to one movement of the hand to the rope, they will appear. To get there, the second row seat can be folded forward an important advantage over the last generation of Zafir, where it was necessary to drive away all the passengers (the sofa was solid). You can sit on the gallery, you do not have to count on the royal comfort, but enough for short travel is enough.


Opel's branded chip embedded in the rear bumper fastening for bicycles found its place in the new Zafir. Previously, it kept 2 bikes of 30 kg each, now it can be (optional) to build up to 4 bicycles (20 kg). And one more plus bicycles do not need to be removed to open the back door, all the mount is leaning back, giving access to baggage. However, it is worth remembering that this option deprives the car spare

In the flat surface of the seat, like chairs from IKEA, occupy at a height of quite a bit of space, almost without taking the volume of the trunk. And the reserve is placed under the bottom. It turns out a completely optimal balance of comfort and capacity. Yes, even one decent bag will not fit into baggage, even one decent bag, but if it is fundamentally to carry six passengers to you, then in the next class of minivans.

Despite the fact that there were several dozen cars on the test, they all found themselves in a single version: a two-liter diesel engine with a capacity of 165 hp and manual box. The same motor (2.0 CDTI) will be available in versions of 110 and 130 hp. Of course, Europe will choose diesel engines, we will have the situation inversely, the ball will rule the gasoline engines and automatic transmission. The base motor will be atmospheric 1.8 with a capacity of 115 hp, followed by a turbocharged 1.4 (120 or 140 hp), well acquainted to us on Astre. They promise even version on natural gas! By the way, only two most powerful versions will be equipped with a 6-speed automaton: 1.4 / 140 hp and 2.0 CDTI / 165 hp


No respect for the ancestors! Zafira Tourer did not inherit the branded traits from the previous generation, nor from the nearest relatives of Astra. Front boomerangs are taken straight with a hybrid of Ampera. I wonder if there will be bold design experiments to continue in other models?

Children have a console or tablet with cartoons, atlas's wife. But the driver in the way is also not boring, entertainment is enough: the car can be stuffed with all sorts of assistants and assistants under the string. Here, for example, adaptive cruise control, which monitors the distance to the ahead of the car. If it slows down, or, for example, someone has built between you, the smart cruise itself quenches the speed, cycling the brakes. Eashed obstacle will turn away until the previous fixed value. With our chaotic-brown movement on the tracks, such an option should be more useful than normal cruise control. In the German roads, it works abolishly slows down and accelerates gently, does not make the heads of passengers and the driver's nervous. A permissible distance to the leader is configured by a choice of three permissible values. You get used to this thing instantly and the leg for gas is no longer you no longer.


Collision warning system can use brakes

If the driver is too distracted from the road, then the duet of collision warning systems will come into business: the first, finding that the accident is inevitable, will signal the driver with a loud sound and picture on the display. But if he did not take action, the second system will begin to lay out the car to reduce the severity of the consequences of the accident. Slow up to 0.3 g. For inattentive drivers, what to say, the system is useful! The organizers of us strictly-setting warned: do not try to test it. Like, she enters into just when it would understand that the strike does not avoid, so do not risk. But I still demonstrated my own system, and the car remained the whole. Munich Street, road repair, the detour and the right edge of the road is fenced with temporary barriers. Around the dense stream, and the strips in Europe are very narrow, not what we have ... When approaching a fairly steep turn, the system it seemed that I would go to the fence now, and in the most responsible moment she was gone along the brakes and began to heal . It is good that it continued only the fraction of a second, then she realized that I turned the steering wheel and weakened the grip, but I confess to a honestly surprise was not the most pleasant. So there should be no forget about such an artificial mind that can interfere in management.

There are less useful options for us to monitor the travel strip control system (warns the sound if you drive to markup, without turning on the turn signal), there is even a function of recognizing road signs. Alas, our roads did not grow up to this, although the Opel Eye system is put on the models supplied to Russia. But monitoring blind zones with indicators in rear-type mirrors, not very experienced drivers will be useful. There is, of course, the navigation system: on German roads, it shows the information in great detail and clearly, up to which strip it is better to stay for maneuver at the intersection. Let's see how she behaves in the Russified version, for for Astra navigation did not differ in such detail.


Top: Motion Strip Control System Indicator
At the bottom left: if there is a car in the blind zone, the icon lights up in the side mirror
Right: Active cruise control can follow the leader in one of three fixed distances

However, what am I all about electronics? Yes, just tell about the behavior of the car really and nothing. On the perfectly tailored autobahn, even the differences in the operation modes of the Flexride chassis are not felt. Yes, Sport Righter, and in Tour Chu-U-Ust is stronger than the routine. But in general, in my opinion, this is the option for which you can and not overpay. By the way, the front suspension is not from Astra, but from insignia. But one clearly the Turner has retained the ability to give pleasure. The rotation of the grasp, at all the bus rash and in the head pops up the school course of the drawing, section on the conjugation of straight and circles. Writes arcs as a circulation! And the higher the speed of the more kayfa, 200 km / h is a rather big minivan controlled as 120-and. Would you chance with the car to import to us and German roads? The rhetorical question is our two troubles with us, it seems forever ...

And the third trouble is bad diesel fuel makes megain that the diesel engine will not have a special demand. He is good! In the company with a 6-speed mechanic, there are no problems when starting, a smooth set of speed, there is no sharp drop of traction characteristic of many diesel engines due to a narrow operating range. The traction is enough for any maneuver, if you, of course, will not take seriously the words of the manufacturer that this version is sports. For sports it is worth waiting for the news from the OPC branch, although the decision on the release of a hot bus is not yet accepted. Does not annoy the motor and vibrations at idle, and it starts easily: when using the start-stop system, the devastating machine on the traffic lights, the body does not shudder at startup. With a cruising progress on a tachometer 2000 revolutions, noise in the cabin is small and divided by a slightly wind in mirrors, a little bit of tires, a little engine. Cozy, comfortable, and I want to go for hours. And consumption on the track 5-6 liters. In the future, let's see how the Turner goes with gasoline engines. And on our asphalt.

Of course, the car will be more expensive than the current generation. New engines, large dimensions and internal competition should be avoided. It remains to hope that the price will not be extended. And then, with the doubled forces, these unlike sisters, Zafir, will even more seriously sweat competitors in the sectors market. How much? It will be clear after the new year, when prices are announced and the reception of orders will begin. Living cars will appear in the late spring.

Leonid Izikovich
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A source: AUTO.Mail.Ru.