| Background | | | | Thumbs up for the drive as well: the 2 litre diesel |
| Produced by the General Motors Group, the Zafira | | | | turbo intercooler (DTi) engine of this Zafira gave a |
| made its first appearance in the UK in 1999, with | | | | steady 100 bhp which meant this MPV still had a |
| the second generation successor arriving in 2005. | | | | bit of pull even fully loaded. Not to mention seat |
| The Zafira concept was quite revolutionary at the | | | | position, giving all of us a decent view without |
| time: a 7 seater where the 6th and 7th seats | | | | losing the handling of a lower positioned non-MPV. |
| could be folded flat into the floor and did not need | | | | Decent spec, air con as standard, nice dark |
| to be physically removed, unlike for example the | | | | upholstery for the kids to let themselves loose |
| Ford Galaxy or the Volkswagen Sharan. | | | | on, electric windows and mirrors, colour coded |
| The Zafira is also slightly smaller than other 7 | | | | bumpers and mirrors, stereo remote controls. |
| seater MPVs, a quality that is therefore reflected | | | | The 'flex 7' seating system even allows you to lift |
| in the price. | | | | the bottom of the middle bench seat to be |
| It's this magic combination of flexibility and price | | | | parallel with the back and slide the whole thing up |
| that makes the Vauxhall Zafira one of the better | | | | to the back of the front seat giving you a 5 foot |
| MPVs on the market. In fact, if we've not got | | | | long boot (dimensions L160xW110xH100cm). |
| one on our stock pages, we're always keeping | | | | In fact the only criticisms we could level against |
| our eye out where we can find a Zafira. | | | | the Zafira MPV would be the road tax at |
| The review | | | | £170 per year and the fact that the Design |
| We purchased this Vauxhall Zafira 2.0 DTi Design | | | | model doesn't come with alloys as standard. |
| as a 4 year old diesel MPV with 70,000 miles on | | | | Nonetheless, at £5495 on the road, this |
| the clock and full service history. | | | | MPV still has to rate in the top 3 all-rounders of |
| Having a small family ourselves, we took it on a | | | | the MPV class. |
| road trip to Liverpool for a weekend and | | | | Please feel free to submit your comments and |
| managed to fit in the boot 3 suitcases, laptop, 2 | | | | experience of your Vauxhall Zafira 2.0 DTi Diesel |
| bags, baby overnight bag, baby travel cot, baby | | | | MPV to Paul at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Used |
| high chair and a pram, not to mention the four of | | | | Car World website. |
| us. We still had the flexibility to pick up a few | | | | See also Newcastle-under-Lyme Vauxhall Zafira |
| friends when we emptied the boot at the | | | | For Sale |
| B&B, as the back 2 seats just slide into the | | | | This article is the intellectual property and |
| floor when not in use: you don't have to physically | | | | copyright of Car World. It may be used freely if |
| remove them and leave them somewhere when | | | | unedited and links are kept live. |
| you need the space. | | | | |