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Opel Meriva: Star Lounge taxis Paris

Fair Taxis: Open the revolution of the Opel Meriva

• Opel Meriva: to board as a London taxi

• A variety of vehicles particularly suited to the profession

• The CO2 emissions and FUEL ECONOMY

Salon Taxis, the rendezvous professional taxi celebrating its tenth edition and was held in Hall 6 of the Exhibition of the city of Paris all the necessary products and services to the activity of taxi.

Opel currently presents several models, including the Zafira, best selling Opel in taxis, the Insignia Sports Tourer which, who received the Design Award by the magazine "L'Officiel Taxi" won a great success, and the latest Astra Sports Tourer. But Opel will also present with the Meriva in its new version, which changes the game, and becomes the ideal car taxi doors thanks to its antagonists. During the Fair Taxis, it will be possible to discover the ease with which customers can enter and exit the Meriva. If a practical system that has long been used by the most famous world of taxis, those in London!

Opel offers a taxi the Customer provides a particularly full, which is well adapted vehicle to the city, such as the Meriva, has large comfortable routiere equipped to face the worst weather conditions, as the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer 4x4. The Opel range offers more specific taxi vehicles as Vivaro Combi 9 places, the Vivaro Tour 8 seats and a Vivaro adapted to transport disabled persons. In addition, any offer Opel - almost - is available with an automatic transmission, to reduce the stress of driving in urban areas. Other equipment life easier taxi, such as GPS, air conditioning, electric hand brake or parking aids, which equipent number of versions. Not to mention the ergonomic seats AGR Astra, Insignia and Meriva that make it more comfortable journeys.

Opel Meriva doors antagonists, such as London taxis

The Meriva has opposing doors, that is to say, the rear doors open in a direction opposite to that of the front doors. This system, once very popular, had to be abandoned for safety reasons. Today, electronics and advances in mechanics allow to find the benefits. Opel is one of the only manufacturers - Rolls Royce - to propose antagonists doors. The famous London taxis are also dotes - taxi drivers only have to return to open the back door without leaving their seat. The client does not have a make out to pay the fare, without having to work around an open door.

The Meriva, called FlexDoors, doors can be opened to 84 degrees, well above the 67 degrees of conventional doors opening to optimize the access and installation on board. They are accompanied by robust and handles LOCATED practices framing portiere. This is an originality and facilitates interesting to propose a client.

Especially as the Opel Meriva presents other advantages: the rear seats can slide FlexSpace to allow greater comfort for rear passengers, another plus for a taxi. FlexSpace the system shows a very simple and intuitive handling to move the rear seats and change configurations.

Rating engine, the Opel Meriva is fully taste of the day. It has a new version 1.3 CDTI ecoFLEX 70 kW/95 hp with fuel consumption and emission down 11.2% and 21% more power than the previous generation Meriva ecoFLEX. The Meriva 1.3 CDTI merely 4.5 l/100 km and emits 119 g / km CO2. The taxi also find it beneficial to version 1.7 CDTI 74 kW/100 hp, which team an automatic six speed transmission for a comfortable ride, a good option as part of an urban use.

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