OPEL Vectra · 2.2-16V Elegance · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2004

From 2002 Opel launched manufacture of automobiles model Vectra, modification of 2.2-16V Elegance and finished it in 2004. In this car can sit 5 person total, it has sedan form with four doors, and length 4.6 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Vectra 2.2-16V Elegance» car with a 5-speed automatic gearbox is fitted to the front-wheels. This auto can speed up for 10.8 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 210 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak power of 147 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this car is 61 liters of petrol, thereby when normal fuel consumption is 9.4 liters per 100 km (6.9 liters on the track, 13.6 l in the urban), that allows to go roughly 649 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 285 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 215/55R16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Vectra received the great quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as Brake assistant, Traction control, ABS, EBD.