The Opel Zafira has seven seats arranged in three rows, the back row of which can be folded into the floor to create more space, individually or together, rather than requiring that the extra seats be physically removed from the vehicle. The system was named Flex 7. In TüV’s ranking of the quality of three-year-old cars, the Zafira was by far the best Opel, only slightly behind the winning Ford Focus.
Introduced at Geneva in February 2001, the turbocharged Zafira OPC went on sale in October 2001. With 192 PS (141 kW), this was the fastest minivan on sale in Europe.Only available with a five-speed manual transmission, 0-62 mph can be reached in 8.2 seconds and the top speed is 137 mph. The popular 2-liter turbodiesels were complemented by a 125 PS (92 kW) 2.2 liter option in January 2002.
Not a bad idea, a sporty minivan. Not everyone wants a flaccid van, man.