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Opel Zafira powered by 1.6 liter CNG turbo engine

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Opel Zafira CNG Turbo

The Opel Zafira people mover is now available with a 1.6 liter turbocharged CNG engine that produces 150 horsepower and 210Nm of torque, the rough equivalent of a very torquey normally aspirated 2.0 liter engine. Relying on the on-board CNG tanks alone, it can travel up to 370km thanks to its 4 separate CNG tanks and a 14 liter backup regular gasoline tank (obviously downsized from the gasoline-only model) provides up to 150km of additional mileage for you to get to a CNG station and fill her up.

Now this is the kind of powertrain that we need in the new Proton MPV, forget the CNG, even a nice small displacement turbocharged would be nice to provide a relaxed and torquey drive without having to rev the engine much.

Opel Zafira CNG Turbo

11 Comments »

  1. jolly_idiot said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 1:20 pm

    What’s the big deal? Our proton MPV powered by 1.6 turbocharged Campro with NGV.

  2. ameen said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

    r u rili sure? not normal campro cps ek?

  3. ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 1:52 pm

    not sure about the engine, surely better than proton. of there was this car, that honda stream sure cannot sell already. that policeman in the last wah lah toi 9.30 movie drive this car so beautiful.

  4. Kevin Lee said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 1:58 pm

    imagine chevrolet imported this in, hahaha, that would be a hotseller compared to the avanza

  5. mct said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

    hot seller ??
    nabira come in before leh
    what is the result ??
    hot seller kononnya
    wakaka

  6. Kevin Lee said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

    hotseller for the fact its 1.6 turbo? makes it a better comparsion than 1.5 n/a especially its road tax saving

  7. Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 4:12 pm

    must wait till it comes out to comment about it since it uses 1.6 L engine !!! sometimes un-expected can be expected !!!!

  8. naikmotoje said,

    November 17, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

    wow already hv cng engine.. mesti power…

  9. arie1968 said,

    November 18, 2008 @ 6:26 am

    nice…………. how about the price when it is come to malaysia?

  10. mayor81 said,

    November 18, 2008 @ 10:04 am

    mct said,
    hot seller ??
    nabira come in before leh
    what is the result ??
    hot seller kononnya
    wakaka

    Brader, all Nabira that was brought in by HICOMOBIL was sold within 2 years until production stops soon after that. It has proven to be popular here and very popular in europe. And don’t even compare the Nabira with Avanza. Two worlds apart!

  11. ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,

    November 19, 2008 @ 10:08 am

    mayor81 said,

    November 18, 2008 @ 10:04 am

    mct said,
    hot seller ??
    nabira come in before leh
    what is the result ??
    hot seller kononnya
    wakaka

    Brader, all Nabira that was brought in by HICOMOBIL was sold within 2 years until production stops soon after that. It has proven to be popular here and very popular in europe. And don’t even compare the Nabira with Avanza. Two worlds apart!
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    but those smart people at GM decided that we asians got captiva no need nabira anymore. fuck you, no wonder your company dying. plus the opel antara is a much nicer car than the captiva.

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