OPEL Agila · 1.2-16V Essentia · Minivan · 2003 ‐ 2004

Model of automobiles Agila, modification of 1.2-16V Essentia launched manufacture by Opel from 2003 and closed in 2004. The weight of the car is 1 tn and a length of 3.5 meters, It is shaped as minivan with five doors, and may be fit in 4 people including the driver.

«Agila 1.2-16V Essentia» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 13.5 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 155 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 75 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 41 l of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel consumption is 6.3 liters per 100 km (5.5 liters on the suburban, 7.8 l in the city), what allows drive nearly 651 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have disks, 247 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have drums, 180 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Rigid, coil springs». Tires have the following dimensions - 155/65R14.

Opel Agila is not examined for crash test Euro NCAP. This car has passive safety (driver airbags), but there is no dynamic safety systems.