Opel Zafira Tourer test drive since 2011 station wagon

Test drive Opel Zafira Tourer: Hunting to change places

Down with stereotypes! Minivans, compactwaps, in general, all single -combatants are not necessarily family machines, aside which should be looked only if the second or third heir is born. After all, first of all, these are great travel cars. And we found excess confirmation in the new Opel Zafira with a Tourer Tourer Two Registration.

Do not expect the usual phrase to change the current generation of the current generation. This time it will be more correct to say: a new, third came to the company of the second generation car. True, truth, now both sinks will coexist in the OPEL lineup together, just like Astra J and Astra Family are now coexisting. The company decided that they should not lose customers. Moreover, the second Safira all six years, since its appearance on the Russian market, has remained a permanent sales leader in the compactives segment. Well, prices from internal competition will protect prices that are in machines of different generations, as usual, are noticeably different. But more on that later.

In her style, a new Safira, like her predecessor, followed in the footsteps of Astra. She was rounded, acquired familiar spectacular stampings on the sidewalls of the body, the same Astrovsky, only slightly narrower, horizontal rear lights. But at the same time, for some reason, I pouted my cheeks offended. Maybe she does not like the main design stroke in the form of boomerangs of the anterior optics? By the way, in a black test car, they were completely invisible. And the fact that Zafira added almost 20 centimeters long is also not striking if you don’t know about it in advance. Maybe due to the considerable area of \u200b\u200bglazing, and maybe also because of the optional 18-inch wheels, but the car grown over all coordinate axes does not look big and heavy.

But inside, it turns out where these additional centimeters hid spacious as on the bus. And at home, quietly, warm, light and rain does not drip, although it should feel, because the sky is above your head. No, after all, panoramic windshield is a thing! Perhaps, where there are continuous cloudiness for ten months a year, it will be even more necessary than in sunny Europe. A sort of northern version of the convertible.

The driver’s and passenger chair are verified by profile and hardness, but in very wide ranges. The power drive has only a lumbar stop and that only as an option.

The rear passengers were also not deprived of a source of natural light and provided with an impressive window in the roof. Through him, a clear dark night can even study the starry sky. Really romantic? By the way, it is convenient to comprehend the basics of astronomy and lying down (the hatch will be exactly above the head), spreading both rows of rear seats into the smooth floor. And it is not a sin of Zafira that has a night to spend the night.

The volume of the trunk of the backwater varies from 152 liters for the machine in the seven -seater version, up to 1860 liters with completely folded two rows of seats. The underground is the necessary set of tools and luggage nets.

In general, the possibilities of transforming the salon in the new compactwane are worthy of a separate article: the backs of all the rear seats are folding, each of the second row chairs move separately from others, and even changes the back of the back, and if desired from the folded average seat, even the most characteristic, but big can be constructed from the folded average seat And a convenient armrest. At the same time, the two remaining chairs have an additional degree of freedom now they move to the center.

But the trunk passengers cannot be envied. Local chairs, although carefully equipped with cup holders, are suitable only for serving sentences. It is crowded to the adult there: there is no place for the legs, and the planting and planting procedure resembles that on Zaporozhets. Let the middle-row seats are now helpful and move forward, expanding the entrance opening, but this helps a little comfortable handle for which it would be possible to grab, for some reason.

A flexible and sore children here, of course, will like it. But it is unlikely that a caring parent with a calm soul will be able to put the children on the gallery, fifteen centimeters from someone's carelessness or faulty brakes. No, it is better to leave the rear seats with folded and once again rejoice in a spacious trunk, and the already considerable volume of which has grown another fifty liters (up to 710 liters).

Boxes scattered across the cabin, pockets and shelves simply cannot be counted. Even after a few hours of meeting the car, I found new foreign niches. But they were still not surprised by them, but an intricate three -level armrest, as if it were mistakenly from a magician’s props. What is not in it: and a deep drawer under the curtain, and the cup holders, and a pair of villous niches under the upper lid. So you expect that once again the hare ears will look out of some compartment.

There are a lot of buttons on the panel, but most of them belong to the audio system and climate control. And the rest is easy to figure it out. When moving back from the rear view camera, a picture with dynamic hints of the trajectory is displayed, and in places of dangerous proximity to obstacles, warnings in the form of exclamation marks are popped up.

At the wheel of the driving, it seems to be in the aster: a familiar dashboard, the same steering wheel and an invariable dissipation of buttons on the central console. Only a high landing in the embossed armchair (not as an example with a flat rear) and somewhere far away the windshield remind you that you are not in the yurk hatchback, but in the tall of a single-ram. But, despite the fact that Zafira Tourer was heavier and became higher, her habits remained almost cars. Even in prolonged twisting turns and with the usual settings of the adaptive Flexride chassis, the car will not strive to fall on the fanner of the fence. Yes, there are rolls, but they do not scare.

Activation of the Sport mode even leads them to a minimum: shock absorbers are clamped, and the steering wheel and gas pedal become more sensitive, more responsive. It is just that you must be prepared that the smoothness of the course will have to sacrifice any joint, not a single bump on the asphalt will go unnoticed. The opposite of sports TOR mode with the soft character of the chassis and leisurely rustles of the steering wheel. The very thing for long and measured drive on autarts or broken roads. With such settings, the suspension will even endure a frank provocation like a intersection without braking of tram tracks or a lying policeman. But you should not get carried away, especially if the SAFIR, like ours, is shod in low -profile rubber.

A two -liter diesel diesel with a capacity of 165 hp. Modest? For a car with a complete mass calculated for almost two and a half tons, perhaps yes. Moreover, this is the most energetic of all the engines laid. And the company is an exclusively 6-speed machine. However, Opel, burdened only by the driver and passenger, overclocking within the city speeds, accelerates quite vigorously and without tangible attempts will not be held.

Well, and lovers of active driving or even just for reliable acceleration from the highway 80 km/h will not be superfluous and turn the machine with the machine’s handle on their own or to call for the aid of the Sport mode. I will not decide to predict how the character and dynamics of the machine with an increase in the number of passengers and their things will not be decided. But the fact that for a calm movement along suburban roads such a power is enough for the car, I will say with confidence.

All this, a comfortable and practical salon, and also a modest motor appetite (on average, 6 liters per 100 km), in which a 58-liter tank should be enough for almost a thousand miles from Zafira Tourer a car very suitable for travel. Yes, on this you can at least go all Europe.

Opel Zafira Tourer prices and configuration
Single collectors, as you know, are not popular in Russia. Even the most numerous detachment, compacting is today only one of a hundred of cars sold. The clue is simple: most of those for whom they are designed and who they really need (and these are families with young children), such cars are not affordable, and therefore most often inexpensive sedans and hatchbacks become the most family.

But Zafira has been holding the lead in this segment for a long time. And not the last role is played by attractive prices that start with 785 thousand rubles for a 140-horsepower compact with mechanics performed by Enjoy (EasyTronic will have to pay 20,000 rubles for the EasyTronic robot).

The new Zafira Tourer predictably went up. Prices for the basic version of Essentia with a 5-seater salon, an audio system, air conditioning, four pillows, stabilization system, on steel 16 wheels and with a weak 115-horsepower engine and a 5-speed manual box start from 799,000 rubles.

A car with a familiar engine of 1.8 (140 hp) is represented in expensive Enjoy trim levels (7 chairs, fog lights, 17 discs) and Cosmo (panoramic windshield, hatch, heating of seats and steering wheel, two-zone climate control , alloy wheels) and is estimated at 899,000 and 985,000 rubles, respectively.

The line of gasoline machines is closed with 140-horsepower turbo engines 1.4 liters. The cost of a car equipped with a 6-speed mechanics performed by Enjoy 917 000 rubles, Cosmo 1,003,000 rubles. For a machine with six gears, you will have to pay extra 40,000 rubles.

I brought Opel to Russia and heavy fuel engines. Such machines will cost more: Safira with a two-liter 130-horsepower diesel in the Enjoy version with mechanics is estimated at 977,000 rubles, with an automaton of 1,017,000 rubles, and COSMO is more expensive than 86,000. Smalls with more powerful 165-horsepower engines are equipped only by automatic And they are offered for 1 049 500 (Enjoy) and 1 135 500 (COSMO) rubles. Just this, the most expensive version was on our test.

Lists of additional equipment are traditionally rich in Opel, among which you can find navigation, parking chamber, smart lighting systems (AFL) or carriage of bicycles (Flexfix). In general, there is something to spend money on.

The choice of the portal kolesa.ru
The number of combinations of engines, transmission and sets of Opel is traditionally widely. This tradition did not go around the new backwater - twelve options.

And yet, for a large family car, which can be the spouse, with wide operations of operation both in the city and during long journeys, we opt for automatic transmission. Two engines are offered to it: turbocharged gasoline 1.4 (140 hp) and 2.0-liter diesel (130 or 165 hp).

In general, even a gasoline engine is enough for non-fast, but confident movement in space. But for the calculated car, including distant warriors, it is the diesel engine that looks the most relevant. Economical and burdened, this motor will significantly increase the autonomy of the Opel Zafira Tourer stroke and will make it less susceptible to loading.

But what can be saved on is on additional equipment by choosing Enjoy's performance. True, for the comfort of all the inhabitants of the salon you will have to get options: a two -zone climate, parking sensors, electric drive and heating of mirrors, heating the seats - you can’t do without a modern car. A small surcharge for standard navigation (27,500 rubles) and an autonomous heater (8000 rubles) must be ordered at once at a diesel engine. Well, the color of the metalline remains at the discretion.

As a result: the most optimal Opel Zafira Tourer with a gasoline engine and automatic will cost 1,054,000 rubles. With diesel and automatic transmission - in 1 086 500 rubles. Quite a competitive price for a modern, well -equipped, comfortable and spacious car for all occasions.

Competitors Opel Zafira Tourer in Russia
Due to the small overalls of the compactwenes class of rivals, the new Safira does not have many. One of the main cheaper (from 719,000 rubles), but having the only 141-horsepower Chevrolet Orlando motor. Seven -seater salons can also boast of Mazda 5 (from 985,000 rubles), Toyota Verso (from 843,000 rubles), Volkswagen Touran (from 862,000 rubles). We must not forget about the French greetings in the person of Citroen Grand C4 Picasso (from 856,000 rubles). Ford S-Max is 11 centimeters longer than Safira, and more than 1 million 22 thousand rubles more expensive.



 

 

A source: Wheel magazine [September 2012]