Opel Zafira

The Opel Zafira is a compact MPV from Opel. He was presented in the spring of 1999 as a successor to the smaller Opel Sintra, based on the Opel Astra. In Britain, the Zafira is sold under the Vauxhall brand in Australia by Holden.

• 2.1 facelift
• 2.2 Specifications
• 2.3 Approval Numbers

• 3.1 engines 3.1.1 gasoline engines
• 3.1.2 Diesel engines

Zafira A (1999-2005)

Opel Zafira (1999-2003)

The first series of the Opel Zafira was launched in April 1999.

With it, the then novel and the Opel behalf of Porsche in Weissach developed Seat Concept Flex 7 was introduced with space for up to seven people, in which the two rearmost seats can be individually fully submerge in the car floor ( in the third row of seats ) and the mean ( three -seater ) row of seats fold up and can be pushed forward. This allows a high degree of variability, with a reconstruction of the full seven-seater seating to up to 1.80 m long and up to 1.11 m wide flat loading is possible without the seats - having to remove - as is usual with the then competing models.

The Zafira is considered due to its success in the market especially as the savior of the old Opel's Bochum site, because without the Zafira, large parts of the Bochum production had been shut down beginning of the 2000s.

In the fall of 2001, Opel presented with the Zafira CNG the first pure gas - cars and began selling in the spring of 2002.

The Zafira was ( 2.0 Zafira OPC - Opel Performance Center ) as a sporty model variant available with a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four-cylinder, this makes 141-147 kW and a peak torque of 250 Nm. For comparison, the same displacement 2.0 DTI (Diesel Turbo Direct Injection) reaches a torque of 230 Nm.

Facelift

In February 2003, the look and pieces of equipment have been modified as part of the facelift. So the grille received a wide chrome crossbar and the rear lights have a red / white cover.

The seat of the second row of seats has since 40:20:40 split fold down and had standard Isofix child seat mountings on the outer seats and three full seatbelts ( previously the middle seat was equipped with only a lap belt ).

On 25 May 2005, the production of first -generation Zafira ran out in Bochum.

Rear view

Specifications

• All the diesel engines had a timing chain

Abroad

The first series of the Zafira is still (as of May 2007) sold as the Opel Zafira in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. As Chevrolet Zafira Zafira A is available in some countries of South America and Asia.

From 2001 to 2005, the Zafira A was sold in Japan as the Subaru Traviq. 2001, of a prototype of the Traviq was presented with four-wheel drive, but did not go to series. In Southeast Asia, the model is known as Chevrolet Nabira and was there until into 2007 available.

The test vehicle GM HydroGen3 based on the Opel Zafira A and was produced in the period from 2001 to 2006. It is a equipped with fuel cells and electric motors vehicle powered by hydrogen.

Zafira B ( since 2005)

Opel Zafira (2005-2008)

On 9 July 2005, the second and completely newly developed generation of the Zafira ( Zafira ) has been introduced. The Flex 7 seating system was virtually unchanged from the previous model.

Major changes compared to the previous series, there was, however, at the controls: So the radio is now visually integrated into the center console and the shift lever sits up high in the center console.

The Zafira B is based on the Delta platform from General Motors. The 1.9 CDTI engines were jointly developed by GM Powertrain and Fiat. After completion of the joint venture, General Motors and Fiat share the intellectual rights on this engine; it is made under long-term supply contracts continue at Fiat.

In September 2005, was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt am Main, the natural gas-powered Zafira 1.6 CNG, which could be ordered from the beginning of November 2005. As of spring 2009, this engine was introduced by the motor on the international Italian automobile exhibition show di Bologna on 5 December 2008 and replaced much more powerful 1.6 CNG Turbo. The second generation of the Zafira was offered until 2010 in a performance-enhanced OPC variant with 177 kW (240 hp ), this version was regarded as the fastest compact MPV of the world (as of March 2010).

In Chile and Mexico, the second generation of the Zafira is offered as Chevrolet Zafira. After the release of the successor of the second generation under the name of Zafira Family is produced ( in Austria Zafira Classic) on.

Facelift

At the Bologna Motor Show in December 2007, the revised version of the Zafira was first introduced. As of February 2008, she was offered by the merchants.

Changes were made in both the exterior and the interior:

At the front end, the grille was fitted with chrome slats and designed the bumper dynamic. The headlight housings have since kept chrome (except for headlamps with xenon technology ). The rear lights have also been slightly revised in design. For vehicles with roof rails when mounting system for Porters were the " holding jaws " is replaced by " holding holes " so that the support systems for models prior to 2008 are no longer compatible. New decorative trim to enhance the interior.

The revision of the 1.6 Twinport ( Z16XEP ) accounted for 77 kW (105 hp) and the 1.9 CDTI ( Z19DTL ) with 74 kW (100 hp). These engines were replaced by more powerful versions ( Z16XER and A17DTJ ), which are also fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly. Also introduced were the even more fuel-efficient ecoflex engines.

Rear view

Specifications

• CNG ( Compressed Natural Gas = natural gas)
• LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)
• Since early 2007, the model is offered in collaboration with Irmscher Opel dealers and certified with an Opel LPG kit.
• All diesel models are equipped as standard with a maintenance-free particulate filter (DPF).
• The CDTI lettering of 1.7 ( 92 kW) and 1.9 ( 110 kW) diesel CDTI differ from the other diesel engines by the two red-colored "TI" letters.

Registration figures

According to the Federal Motor Vehicle Office 34 981 Opel Zafira from January to December 2007 in Germany re-authorized. Only the Mercedes B-Class with 51 484 units as well as the Opel Meriva with 37,828 and the VW Touran with 73,081 copies have higher registration numbers in the market segment of vans. 2010, there were 20,750 new registrations in Germany.

Zafira C ( since 2011 )

Opel Zafira Tourer ( since 2011 )

The third generation of the Opel Zafira was presented at the 2011 IAA in Frankfurt and is officially called " Zafira Tourer ". The launch took place on 14 January 2012.

To develop the model, the Italian design and coachbuilding company Vercarmodel Saro was responsible.

Also for the Zafira Tourer Flex 7 seating system that is offered, which was revised again. In contrast to the first two generations in which the Flex 7 seating system was still part of the basic configuration, the Zafira Tourer comes standard in the simpler trim levels only as a five-seater.

New is in addition to numerous subject to additional assistance systems like blind-spot warning, traffic sign recognition, adaptive cruise control ( maintains the distance to the vehicle ahead at ), Lane Assist and Park Assist, among other things an (optional ) panoramic windscreen, as is already the Opel Astra H GTC (optional) and was offered the Citroën C4 Picasso ( series ) or is.

Motors

The motors called ecoFLEX ( with the exception of the auto gas-powered 1.4 LPG ecoFLEX and the gas-powered 1.6 CNG ecoFLEX ) feature a start-stop system, a radiator grille with actively controlled air intake flaps, low rolling resistance tires, an optimized gear ratio and brake energy recovery, thereby reducing the consumption and the emissions are to be reduced. In addition to the basic engine (1.8), which is only available with a 5- speed manual transmission, all engines are equipped with 6- speed transmissions. For the 1.4 Turbo (103 kW/140 hp), the 1.6 SIDI Turbo ecoFLEX (125 kW/170 hp) and the 2.0 CDTI (121 kW/165 hp) is either a converter automatic transmission with six speeds available.

Gasoline engines

Diesel engines