OPEL Meriva · 1.8-16V Essentia · Minivan · 2005 ‐ 2006

Production modification 1.8-16V Essentia of automobile models Meriva was started in 2005 by Opel, and finished in 2006. In this car can sit 5 people total, it has minivan form with 5 doors, and length 4.1 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Meriva 1.8-16V Essentia» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can speed up for 11.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 190 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 125 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this automobile is 52 liters of petrol, thus when average fuel consumption is 7.9 liters per 100 km (6.1 liters on the highway, 10.9 l in the city), that allow you to go about 659 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 264 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 185/60R15.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Meriva received the lot quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a well safe auto. In addition to passive safety systems (passenger, driver, side airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as EBD, Traction control, ABS, Brake assistant.