[Obin Robinson]

ha ha Roland, i ran it through a translator and here is what i got:

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The new one in the Van club With the Zafira OPEL enters starting from spring into the market of the small Vans. That sends cars is a space miracle. In the hand turning a seven-seater temporary becomes obviously threatened one **** e breakdown from a two.

With of OPEL beginner, the mini Van named Zafira, ' there ' were, so the industry connoisseur William cock, ' obviously problems to fulfill the current Crash standards '. Again a Schlappe threatened as with of OPEL minibus Sintra, ' by uncovered safety lack in disrepute ' was turned out (' auto, engine and sport ').

Embarrassingly waer's not only for the Ruesselsheimer GM daughter, but also for Porsche become. Because the Swabia the region sedan on branch r. base in of OPEL job almost completely developed. And after company intern tests before the sales start in this spring also strongly improved.

In the meantime the Zafira is obviously fit after different changes in the front car for the hardest guard regulations. Engineers and marketing stepping gene could draw a deep breath, the feared disaster were missing.

Now the Zafira is ready to be launched and is to crack the monopolistic position of the so far only compact seven-seater, the Scenic of Renault. A pfiffiger Mittelklaessler with original detailed solutions is the branch r. descendant in any case. Hardly one handbroadly longer, but 13 centimeters more highly than the branch r. combination, he offers workstation for up to seven passengers. Are fewer on board, the last seat row, including seat harness releases, disappears completely under an pot-even load soil. The Gestuehl must be developed neither, nor it needs any tools or special effort of force toward sinking. Not even one gets smudgy fingers with the change internal message. ' Flex7 ' is called the internal, standard ready-made solution with 39 possible interior variations. Those create a baggage compartment within in each case 15 seconds change time between 142 and 1705 litres of load volume.

Even in the basic equipment starting from 34,750 Marks the multi-compact is sumptuously garnished. Trennetz, loading space cover and roll upable baggage compartment floor carpet belong likewise to the standard such as roof railing, Durchlademoeglichkeit for skis, a half dozen of dose owners and a small stuff drawer under the passenger seat.

Commendablly: For only approximately 40 Marks surcharge gives it also the Vorruestung for ' OPEL-FIXED '. It connects baby bowls and child seats firmly with the seat underbody and offers at present the maximal Crash protection for the new generation.

For the consumption-poor turbo-diesel engines prospective customers must wait however still another one while. For the start the mini Van with two Benzinern, a 1,6-Liter-Motor with 100 HP and a 1,8-Liter with 115 HP rolls.

Because OPELS have after the Sintra debacle with the Crash behavior of the new Zafira the own advertising slogan ' we understood ' follow, the responsible persons gave also a special detail to the siebensitzigen


Newcomer for interior security also on the way. Beside the in the meantime usual front and Seitenairbags the recent hope carrier is to convince for the first time in this class with a ' pedal release system '.

That means: With a Crash the pedals penetrate no longer into the floor space, separate handles automatically. Thus the feet cannot be squeezed or gotten caught any longer.

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it will take a bit of re-editing for our english speaking friends. i find my "internal translator" works a little bit better at sorting out the concepts that don't translate culturally.

obin

[This message has been edited by Obin Robinson (edited 07-31-2001).]