It’s efficient Diesel engines range supports it well

Vauxhall Zafira Tourer MPV is a reliable, efficient and handy vehicle

Some people take it not as an MPV but a true family saloon car due to its stylish body style, creases and well balanced built. When we talk about MPVs available in the market, one thing is common in all that they are designed for seven people but Zafira’s body style is not exactly for seven seater but internally it digests five or six adults and one or two children easily that is the real beauty of this vehicle. It is a seductive product of the house that you can also use it for a large family or can be used as a commercial vehicle. Its new interior with good refinement and modifications make it a true rival of Ford S-Max, Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, SEAT Alhambra and Renault Grand Scenic. Zafira Tourer MPV is a common site of UK roads and is mostly used for commercially due to its practical interior. Vauxhall has used good and efficient features and handy equipments in its new Zafira. New Zafira offers a good sense of comfort and relaxation while driving. It offers nice and smooth ride in town and on motorway.

Interior of Vauxhall Zafira Tourer MPV is efficient and practical

Good refinement in its design and seating arrangement makes it a good practical vehicle. Interior is well built and handy one. Steering wheel has lot of adjustment systems offers good control position. It is of good weight that gives a nice and good grip when loaded and even empty as well. The dashboard is of good style and stance gives neat and clean look. The infotainment system is as standard in all MPVs. Buttons, control panels and knobs are efficient in working and easy to use or easy to read. Zafira is equipped with all-round parking sensors, rear parking camera assistance, efficient sat-nav along with Wi-Fi hotspot function.

Automatic assistance system is there to prevent collision from the front. Good safety features are fitted in this new MPV along with six airbags as standard. The interior material is though not class leading but knitted well and gives a good and soothing look as a whole. Rear Passengers seats are with folding arrangement with reasonable adjustments. Panoramic sun roof offers a beautiful view along with good amount of light enters from it into the big and large cabin of this MPV.

Practicality and boot space of Zafira is better than most of its rivals

Zafira’s interior has been designed with a good practical approach. New Zafira offers nice seating arrangements for seven people. Its unique rear seats folding system makes it different from other MPVs. Its interior gives a spacious view with good leg and headroom at front and t rear seats. It offers 710-litres of boot space. This amount of space is very handy for a vehicle like Zafira that can be used as a MPV and taken as a domestic vehicle also. This space can be expanded up to 1870-litres by dropping down rear seats. Zafira has more than thirty big and small storage compartments in its handy interior.

Vauxhall Zafira Tourer engine range is vast and efficient

Vauxhall as a manufacturer has used very efficient and reliable engines in its Zafira. Vauxhall Diesel engines are also good in performance and economical along with single petrol engine that has been used in Zafira Tourer by Vauxhall. All of engines are well designed and efficient in performance. Though there is no big and heavy unit in the whole engine range but all engines support well to this Zafira Tourer. It performs really well and in a nice and smooth way. Vauxhall has used huge lineup in its Zafira. In Zafira, Vauxhall has used one petrol engine and rest of are the diesel ones. Petrol unit is available in two versions.

Petrol engine of Vauxhall Zafira Tourer

As we discussed above that there is only one petrol engine in Vauxhall Zafira Tourer. It is 1.8-Litre petrol engine that is capable of 138bhp and 129lb/ft torque. It is good powerful engine with four-cylinders. It takes 10.9 seconds to get from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 121m/h. Vauxhall Zafira Tourer is a big car, so this petrol unit gives 39m/g of fuel average under its body weight with 169g/km of Co2 emissions. It is fitted with five-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive unit as standard.

The second version available in the market is a 1.4-Litre petrol engine with 138bhp and 147lb/ft torque. It is more powerful than the previous one due to high amount of torque. It takes 9.9 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h with top speed of 124m/h. Its fuel average is impressively good due to six-speed manual gearbox. It gives 42m/g of fuel average along with 158g/km of Co2 emissions. This version is also available in a six-speed automatic gearbox with the front-wheel drive system.

Diesel engine range of Zafira is efficient in working and in good variety

Diesel engine range of Zafira starts with a 1.6-Litre unit that is capable of 134bhp and 236lb/ft torque. It is a powerful entry level engine and takes 10.4 seconds to get from0-62m/h with top speed of 120m/h. Diesel engines are efficient in working and also economical in fuel consumption. Its fuel average is 68m/g along with 109g/km of Co2 emissions. It is fitted with six-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive system as standard.

After this entry level 1.6litre diesel engine, there is a huge line of 2.0-Litre diesel engines with different outputs. In its start, there is a 2.0-Liter CTDi diesel engine that is capable of 108bhp and 192lb/ft torque. It takes 11.5 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h with top speed of 114m/h. Fuel consumption is very economical with 55m/g of fuel average along with 134g/km of Co2 emissions.

The second version in 2.0-Litre diesel unit is capable of 128bhp and 221lb/ft torque. It takes 10.6 seconds to get from0-62m/h. top speed of this diesel engine is 119m/h. Fuel average of this diesel engine is 55m/g along with 134g/km of Co2 emissions.

The third version in 2.0-Litre diesel unit is of 162bhp and 258lb/ft torque. From now the power game of Zafira Tourer starts. This unit takes 9.5 seconds to get from 0-62m/h with top speed of 129m/h. Fuel average of this engine is 54m/g and Co2 emissions are 137g/km.

Another diesel unit available in this 2.0-Litre range is capable of 167bhp and 295lb/ft torque. It is powerful in performance because it is equipped with six-speed automatic gearbox as standard. Fuel average of this diesel engine is 46m/g along with 167g/km of Co2 emissions.

At the end, there is a 192bhp Bi-Turbo diesel engine that is capable of 295lb/ft torque. It is the fastest in the whole engine range of Zafira Tourer. It takes 8.5 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h with a top speed of 135m/h. Fuel average of this diesel engine is also impressive with 50m/g along with 149g/km ofCo2 emissions.

Zafira offers a good driving experience

Zafira Tourer offers a nice and good driving experience with passengers on board. It is based on MPV formula with a long-wheel base. MPV is used as a transporter or for pick and drop usually, that’s why it is available in plenty of diesel engines options and in a single petrol engine. Vauxhall has made its MPV quite nicely that it is a perfect MPV along with complete car accessories in it. Its seating arrangement has been refined a little bit than the previous one. It offers a smooth and quiet driving experience.

Its start-stop technology suits it the best. By this function, you can get a good fuel average if you are in the business of pick and drop with your new Zafira Tourer. Diesel engines offer good performance on the road without putting an extra load on your wallet due to good fuel average they offered. Though Vauxhall Zafira MPV is not a class leading item but feels comfortable in an overcrowded market of MPVs due to its practicalities.

Safety and reliability of Vauxhall’s vehicles is reasonably good

Vauxhall as a manufacturer has used plenty of safety measures and features in its vehicles. Zafira Tourer is equipped with all necessary safety equipment and features. It is an MPV and used as a public vehicle, so safety features used in this vehicle must be up to the international standards. Reliability is also important under seven or eight adult occupants. Strong and long -wheel based design and well-built frame and body give a solid and durable feel to Zafira.

Six airbags as standard are fitted in this MPV along with side curtain wall for passengers. Adaptive stability control system is fitted in new Zafira Tourer. There are some extra features fitted in new Zafira such as distance indication system warns the driver to keep or maintain the safe distance from the vehicle at front. Anti-lock braking system, rear parking camera along with parking sensors and lane departure alarm system is there in Zafira Tourer MPV. Though the new Zafira Tourer MPV hasn’t been tested yet but its manufacturer is quite satisfied in this connection that this will get five stars rating in Euro NCAP safety rating without any problem.