2011 Vauxhall Meriva

The 2011 Vauxhall Meriva will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010. This car is designed as a smart family car, rear-hinged back doors which radically improve access/egress, and a raft of unique cabin features that boost interior versatility.

The 2011 Vauxhall Meriva like the 2011 Opel Meriva using Flexdoors. FlexDoors are rear-hinged back doors which swing open towards the back of the car at an angle of nearly 90 degrees, vastly improving the ease with which occupants enter and leave the cabin. The FlexDoors can only be opened by occupants while the car is stationary, an automatic lock engaging as soon as the car pulls away.

This car has the advantage of operating costs, since the engine line-up – which features six turbocharged units and power outputs from 75 to 140PS – benefits from an average fuel consumption/CO2 reduction of 15 per cent, or -25g/km across the range. A high mpg/low CO2 ecoFLEX model will also be available.