Vauxhall Zafira Elite 1.9CDTi

From my score you can probably tell that I love this car! Yes only had my 1.9CDTi Elite (150) it a few weeks (it was 7 months old when I bought it in June '09) but owned Vauxhall's before (previously had a Meriva 1.7CDTi). But this car is much better than the Meriva.

Where shall I start? Well the drive is great, the engine is very responsive and when you hit the SPORT button you can really tell the difference with the acceleration and handling - very responsive for a big car. I've suprised a few people at lights that's for sure (that's the boy-racer in me!). I went for the 150bhp engine as I thought that extra bit of power may come in handy (as we're thinking of buying a caravan!) - not sure about the 120bhp engine, looking at the 0-62 figure it's quite a bit slower. The engine noise is not noticable and I find it quite quiet for a Diesel. The interior is lovely, with the piano black finsh centre console really goes well with the leather seats. Seats are very comfortable and you can adjust them in just about in any direction. I have only used all 7 seats a couple of times upto yet, the 12 yo in the back said he was very comfortable (and he's tall for his age!). Though not much room to put anything in the boot when all 7 seats up, but we managed a buggy and a few shopping bags. The boot space is very big with the back two seat down which is how we normally have the car set-up (we've got a 5yo and a 1yo) and when you slide the centre 3 seats up to the front seats (not forgetting to get the kids out first!) you've practically got a mini van! Electronic Climate control is great (only had Air-con before) and cools car very quickly. Stereo sounds great and even had my MP3 player plugged into AUX - sounded great. Not really sure about mpg yet as I haven't really driven it what I would call 'normally' yet - with it being new i've been putting my foot down a bit. But the engine is so responsive and comes to life on the motorway. Though that Sort button helps on the country roads and round town - though I don't use that when I've got the kids in! The car itslef looks great, 17" 10 spoke alloys - the car is Star Silver (just very bright silver!) with privacy glass at the back. I love the look of it, though I keep washing it! One thing I would reccommend are parking sensors, it's a big car and both front and back can be difficult to judge (says the wife), though I haven't had any problems as we haven't got them fitted.... YET!