West drive Opel Zafira Tourer since 2011 station wagon

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The seven-seater Opel Zafira Tourer, who recently replenished the family of single-combatants of a German company, offers comfort at the premium level and an impressive set of intellectual systems.
The mini-ven Opel Zafira Tourer debuted last fall, and with its appearance the Opel mini-wen line has become one of the widest in addition to the novelty of it includes AGILA baby, a compact Meriva, as well as a well-known and more accessible zafira sample of 2005, which remained in production program. The new model is addressed to those for whom the stylish appearance and advanced filling are in the list of priorities much higher than the price, which is really quite high. Let's look more attentive at the advantages and disadvantages of Zafira Tourer.

Opel Zafira Tourer, first of all, is one of the most stylish mini-wenes. It always seemed that a single-volume body quite strongly limits the flight of the designer’s thought, but the Opelian stylists managed to give sophistication even a utilitarian by definition of a mini-wen. Dashing substetricians on the sidewalls, embossed bumers and, of course, expressive optics, connecting with peculiar boomerangs with fog. This stylistic solution was first lit up on the conceptual electric car Ampera and, apparently, in the future will be used on other models of the company. Being darkened, boomerangs are noticeable only on light cars, the dark colors of the body conceal their presence. Thus, the buyer has the opportunity to choose appearance to their liking. But the feed due to narrow rear lights looks quite massive, but it gives the car a more serious look.

For a test, which passed along the roads of the Krasnodar Territory, we were provided with modifications with a 2-liter diesel engine that develops 165 hp, and an automatic gearbox. Cars in the most prestigious configuration of Cosmo and, accordingly, are packed to the maximum here and a complete set of electronic assistants, a panoramic roof, a leather upholstery of the cabin, etc. In a word, almost the perfect set for long -distance travel, comfortable and fuel consumption in the region of seven liters per hundred along the track Allows you to call on the gas stations much less often. The diesel traction, and in combination with a 6-speed automatic, represents an almost perfect tandem.

The salon pleases with its volume, as well as attention to the little things. It is pointless to discuss the convenience of landing and the ergonomics of the driver’s place here in German clearly and verifying. The dashboard, the central console is familiar with other Opel models and does not cause dissonance. The cabin has many clothing departments and as many as two glove boxes. FlexConsole device deserves special attention: this is an advanced version of the FlexRail system used in Opel Meriva. In fact, this is the armrest between the front seats, in which the compoundation companing compartment is located, and it can be moved along aluminum rails as if you want. Another Opelian concept of FLEX7, implying all kinds of manipulations with seats, has advanced even further here: now the rear seats are made as three separate structures, and they can be moved back and forth, as well as in the transverse direction, regulate the slope of the backs, and all this is independently friendly from a friend friend. The own Lounge Seating name received a transformation mechanism that allows you to fold the back of the middle seat and turn it into a convenient armrest. There is a third row of seats (the car is officially 7-seater), but it will be convenient for children. In a folded state of the back of the back rows, they form an even floor of the luggage compartment, this can be called a family line of the Opel mini-wen. The panoramic windshield adds originality, which is covered with a sliding ceiling panel first a strange feeling that the upper frame of glass has disappeared somewhere, then you get used to it and begin to enjoy the surrounding views. The main thing is that the sun does not stand at the zenith can bake his head.

A distinctive feature of Zafira Tourer is a large set of various electronic systems that make life easier for the driver. We tested adaptive cruise control, which automatically withstands a given distance to the car in front of the car, slowing down or accelerating if necessary. There is no dispute, the thing is convenient, especially in long -term warriors on the highway in the city, this thing is, in principle, it is useless, especially since it works at speeds above 40 km/h. At first, of course, it is unusual to entrust the movement of electronics, but then you get used to it and begin to enjoy the steering process without the participation of the legs. We only note that when a rather steep turn appears ahead, the radar may lose the guide, and the distance of the distance is too big about the overtaking or the car from the adjacent road. Among other assistants to the Opel Eye driver, receiving information from the front chamber, the system accurately recognizes the marking, warning about gathering from the strip, and vigilantly monitors road signs, prompting the restrictions and other features of the route. There is also an assistant parking, but he does not turn the steering wheel, but only tells how and where it is better to moored. However, an almost great help in this case is provided by a rear view camera.

Although Zafira Tourer is based on the Astra platform, the front suspension is borrowed from the InSignia model with a subframe on insulating supports and racks like MacPherson, but the back is the same as on the nozzle, with the thrust of Watt. The car is not predictable and adequately to the suspension work. For gourmets, an optional adaptive flexride suspension with three settings of the chassis is designed: comfortable Tour, a tougher Sport, offered for active drivers, and intermediate Standard. When the SPORT button presses the car, the car begins not only to react more sharply to the rotors of the steering wheel and repeat the irregularities in detail, but also responds more actively to pressing the gas pedal. Although Zafira becomes noticeably more frozen and assembled, it is tiring for a long time in this mode, and passengers are noticeably shocking. Tour is good on perfectly even roads, on the domestic routes, softened characteristics of the suspension are turned over by excessive swing, so if there is no desire to constantly switch the modes, it is worth choosing the standard in this case in this case the car behaves most balancedly.

In addition to a 2-liter turbodiesel with a capacity of 165 hp, to which test cars were equipped, in the assortment of power units there is its deformed version with a return of 130 hp. The gamut of gasoline engines consists of a 1.4 -l turbo engine with a capacity of 140 hp. and a 1.8-liter motor in two power versions 115 and 140 hp. In addition, the machine has several levels of equipment. Prices for the model start with 799,000 rubles. This is the initial equipment of Essentia with a 115-horsepower 1.8 liter engine and a mechanical gearbox. The richer enjoy is estimated at least 899 thousand, and the eldest Cosmo from 985 thousand rubles. And this is only a minimum of ordering several useful or simply pleasant options, the price can easily exceed 1,300,000, and this, you see, is already serious money for a car of this class. Nevertheless, Zafira Tourer clearly demonstrates where each ruble is invested, and for those who want to save, you should probably pay attention to the previous version of Zafira, which is still sold among all dealers.


 

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