Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo

Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo will be premiered at the Bologna Motorshow. Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo is the brand’s first turbo-charged CNG Van that offers outstanding driving dynamics.

Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo reach its top speed at 200 km/h, with power output of 150 hp. Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo’s fuel consumption is 5.3 kg of natural gas per 100 km in the MVEG cycle and its CO2 emissions level is 144 g/km.

Designed to run on natural gas, bio-methane or any combination of these two, Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo can go for 370 km with a full tank of gas, while the gasoline tank offers an additional 150 km range.

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Opel Meriva Concept Car Teaser

A new Opel Meriva teaser shot has been released by GM, in anticipation of the Geneva Motor Show. The Opel Meriva concept car will premiere the FlexDoors which make the monocabs safer, more versatile, and more comfortable.

Opel also announced that anyone will be able to exit the rear of the car in Meriva style.

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Meriva Concept from Opel - Vauxhall

Opel Meriva Concept that have been announced by Opel / Vauxhall, will have its debut at Geneva Auto Show this year. The Opel Meriva Concept, showcasing GM’s future small monocab, shares some design cues with the GTC Coupe and Flextreme concepts. With featuring the sweep in the window line level at the B-pillar that enables the rear passengers to have a better view, that gives more point of interest of the Opel Meriva Concept.

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Meriva Concept: Vision Of Future Small Opel Monocab

With the Opel Meriva Concept, Opel presents the next level of monocab flexibility at the International Motor Show in Geneva (March 6 – 16, 2008). The vision of a future small monocab – a segment that the current Meriva has led since its launch in 2003 –boasts more than just new design cues: “We’re unveiling an innovative approach for even greater flexibility in Opel monocabs,” says Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, GM Europe, before the concept’s debut in Geneva. “With the Zafira’s Flex7 seating system and the Meriva’s FlexSpace concept, we began a new era in interior variability and permanently changed the world of the automobile.”

With Zafira, Meriva and soon Agila, Opel is enjoying great success with its monocab design – body models where the hood and trunk are not visibly separate from the cabin. Almost 335,000 segment-leading Zafira and Meriva models were sold in 2007. Every fifth Opel model sold today is a monocab, while in the whole market the quota is just every eighth car.

The Opel Meriva Concept transfers the brand’s new design language to a small monocab and enhances it further. The side profile boasts the distinctive tick-shaped swage line, which was a typical design cue which appeared on the GTC Coupé and Flextreme concepts. Especially eye-catching is the sweep in the window line level at the B-pillar, enabling an especially good view for rear passengers. Rear section elements – in particular the rear lights – echo the Insignia, Opel’s new mid-size class car due to be launched in the fall. The monocab’s roof sloping gently downward toward the rear underlines the car’s dynamic character.

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MERIVA CONCEPT TO MAKE GENEVA DEBUT

Vision of GM’s future small monocab
Design cues from other concepts including GTC Coupe and Flextreme
Due to be unveiled on March 4th

Already Europe’s market leader in the monocab sector, with one in five pan-European sales being a Zafira, Meriva or Agila, Vauxhall and Opel are set to unveil their vision of the future at the Geneva Motor Show on March 4th.

The Vauxhalll Meriva Concept draws styling cues from previous GM styling studies to show how the company’s next generation small monocab could look, including the distinctive tick-shaped swage line and neat rear lamp clusters that typified the GTC Coupe and Flextreme models.

Another neat feature of the Vauxhalll Meriva Concept is the shape of the glass area, which swoops down towards the B-Pillar – a feature that would allow rear seat passengers a better all-round view if it were offered on a production model.

The Vauxhalll Meriva Concept is one of three GM world premieres set to appear at the show.