The Zafira arrived in 1999 as Opel's seven-seat compact van, and the Flex7 seating was the point of the car: the rear seats folded away instead of being taken out, so the interior could change from seven seats to two without anything being removed. In 2001 Opel added a performance version, the Zafira OPC, with a turbocharged 2.0-litre engine rated at 192 PS (141 kW), a claimed 220 km/h top speed and 0-100 km/h in about 8.2 seconds. When the second-generation Zafira took over in 2005, Opel kept the Flex7 idea rather than replacing it, so the system that defined the first car carried into the next.
Opel's compact MPV with the smart Flex7 folding seven-seat layout, built from 1999 to 2019.
27years
3generations
3trims
138–237hp range
The Lineage
3 generations · tap any to explore1 trimZafira A
1999–2005
1 trimZafira B
2005–2014
1 trimZafira C
2011–2019
The Story
Why the Zafira mattersTrims · Zafira C
1 trim · 2011–2019The larger Zafira Tourer (2011-2019) added a premium 'Lounge Seating' cabin and sold alongside the outgoing B for a time. The 2019 Zafira Life is a different car, a Citroen Jumpy-based van, and is not part of this entry.
★ Only trim
Zafira Tourer C 1.4 Turbo
MPV · 2011–2019
Power
138 hp
Body
MPV
Debut
2011
Production
2011–2019
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