Vauxhall Undercuts Ford with New Zafira Tourer

Coinciding with the its apple premiere at Frankfurt, Vauxhall has accepted that the entry-level amount of the all-new Zafira Tourer will be £21,000, added than £1,200 beneath than that one of its key rival, the Ford S-Max.

Yet admitting its awful aggressive starting price, the Zafira Tourer ES 1.8 (140PS) will appear able with a absolute ambit of kit as standard, such as: air conditioning, DAB, cruise control, MP3/Aux In connections, 6 airbags, 7-speaker complete system, alive headrests, and Flex7 seating.

Sitting aloft the ES in the ambit will be Exclusiv, SRi, SE and Elite trims.

The Zafira Tourer will be positioned aloft the accepted Zafira archetypal in Vauxhall’s agency and is set to accession the bar for design, luxury, adaptability and addition in the MPV sector.

The assembly car’s architecture has deviated actual little from the Geneva concept, illustrating design-chief, Mark Adams’ connected access on the attending of all new Vauxhall products, and reinforcing his ‘Sculptural ability meets abstruse precision’ mantra.

While the Zafira Tourer will abide to use Flex7 seating, which set new standards for seven-seat affiliation in the aboriginal 1999 Zafira, the arrangement has acquired radically in the new car to action alike greater levels of flexibility, addition and comfort. Improved actual quality, added berth amplitude and an overwhelmingly aerial berth added ascertain the Zafira Tourer from its bunched MPV Zafira sibling.

The Zafira Tourer will additionally authority abundant disciplinarian appeal. A new chassis, application key apparatus from the Insignia, with a best wheelbase (complementing its 190mm access in all-embracing length) and added tracks, will accommodate outstanding dynamics, while alms bigger ride abundance than ever. Vauxhall’s acclaimed FlexRide adaptive damping arrangement – a aberration in this chic – will additionally be accessible as an option.

A abundant accent has been placed on assurance in the Zafira Tourer, with a deluge of driver-assist systems authoritative a aboriginal actualization in the new model. Traffic Sign Recognition, Side Blind Spot Alert and Advance Park Assist – which helps drivers acquisition an able parking amplitude and guides them in to it – are amid the advantage highlights.

Two new engines – a 1.4 Turbo petrol and a 2.0 CDTi agent (with three outputs, including a 119g ecoFLEX version) – accompany a 1.8-litre petrol assemblage to action a advance of ability options from 110PS to 165PS.

Vauxhall Undercuts Ford with New Zafira Tourer.