Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Opel Zafira Tourer

Opel Zafira presents the new Tourer, which will debut officially at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The images confirm the close relationship to the concept unveiled in Geneva and the stylistic kinship with the latest models from the German, as Ampera and Insignia. Since the latter are also inherited a lot of technical equipment, but also a level of quality "premium" that has distanced itself from its predecessor.

Among the factors that contribute to increase the feeling of space and comfort stands out the optional panoramic windscreen, similar to that submitted in 2005 on the Astra GTC. The Zafira Tourer offers the system Flex7 new generation on board to accommodate up to 7 people with a modular space: the third row can be folded at the bottom to create a flat luggage floor, while the second row no longer has a single sofa, but three individual seats with 210 mm longitudinal adjustment.

The center seat can turn into an armrest, so you can move the seats to 50 mm lateral to the interior and increasing the longitudinal adjustment of up to 280 mm, resulting in a cabin very comfortable for 4 people. The Zafira Tourer will be offered at launch with the 2-liter 4-cylinder diesel version of CTDI 110, 130 and 165 hp and the 1.4 Turbo petrol 120 and 140 hp, with manual and automatic.

The 2.0 CTDI 165 hp, you can count on Start-Stop system, while the range will be introduced in later versions bifuel CNG and LPG. Opel van range will be very large, since the new Zafira Zafira Tourer will be the current tile, to offer customers a movolume a competitive price. The bagaglaio has increased its capacity: 5 seats in configuration offers 710 liters (+65 liters compared to the previous model), which reach up to 1860 liters culling all the rear seats.

The space for small objects do not miss, thanks to FlexConsole, evolution of the system presented on FlexRail Meriva. The new Zafira also offers FlexFix system for the transport of bicycles, built into the rear bumper at a technical level, the Zafira can count on FlexRide chassis with optional electric control and shock settings Standard, Tour and Sport, while the entire front suspension McPherson offers the same pattern of Insignia.

At the rear is instead taken up the scheme of the Astra with a torsion beam and Watt's parallelogram. The wheelbase has increased by 57 mm compared to the outgoing model up to 2.76 meters, while on the roads increased by 96 mm and 78 mm front to back. The total length increased from 4.47 to 4.66 meters.

Also important is the introduction of Adaptive Cruise Control with radar for distance control and security guaranteed by the automatic operation of the brakes Collision Mitigating Braking (CMB), as well as Lane Departure Warning systems, Side Blind Spot Alert (SBSA) and Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) integrated into the second generation Opel Eye camera.

Among the new features of the system are the Following Distance Indication (FDI), which provides information on the distance of the vehicle in front and Forward Collision Alert (FCA) that sends visual and audible signals to the driver in case of imminent danger, also the bi- Adaptive xenon headlights are integrated by the device Intelligent Light Ranging (ILR), which adapts the beam relative to the distance of other vehicles.

The presence of a back-up camera also allows you to offer the Advanced Park Assist (APA) finds that sufficient parking space.

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