Meriva Concept from Opel - Vauxhall
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Opel Meriva Concept that have been announced by Opel / Vauxhall, will have its debut at Geneva Auto Show this year. The Opel Meriva Concept, showcasing GMs future small monocab, shares some design cues with the GTC Coupe and Flextreme concepts. With featuring the sweep in the window line level at the B-pillar that enables the rear passengers to have a better view, that gives more point of interest of the Opel Meriva Concept.
Press Release
Meriva Concept: Vision Of Future Small Opel Monocab
With the Opel Meriva Concept, Opel presents the next level of monocab flexibility at the International Motor Show in Geneva (March 6 16, 2008). The vision of a future small monocab a segment that the current Meriva has led since its launch in 2003 boasts more than just new design cues: Were unveiling an innovative approach for even greater flexibility in Opel monocabs, says Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, GM Europe, before the concepts debut in Geneva. With the Zafiras Flex7 seating system and the Merivas FlexSpace concept, we began a new era in interior variability and permanently changed the world of the automobile.
With Zafira, Meriva and soon Agila, Opel is enjoying great success with its monocab design body models where the hood and trunk are not visibly separate from the cabin. Almost 335,000 segment-leading Zafira and Meriva models were sold in 2007. Every fifth Opel model sold today is a monocab, while in the whole market the quota is just every eighth car.
The Opel Meriva Concept transfers the brands new design language to a small monocab and enhances it further. The side profile boasts the distinctive tick-shaped swage line, which was a typical design cue which appeared on the GTC Coup and Flextreme concepts. Especially eye-catching is the sweep in the window line level at the B-pillar, enabling an especially good view for rear passengers. Rear section elements in particular the rear lights echo the Insignia, Opels new mid-size class car due to be launched in the fall. The monocabs roof sloping gently downward toward the rear underlines the cars dynamic character.
Press Release
MERIVA CONCEPT TO MAKE GENEVA DEBUT
Vision of GMs future small monocab
Design cues from other concepts including GTC Coupe and Flextreme
Due to be unveiled on March 4th
Already Europes market leader in the monocab sector, with one in five pan-European sales being a Zafira, Meriva or Agila, Vauxhall and Opel are set to unveil their vision of the future at the Geneva Motor Show on March 4th.
The Vauxhalll Meriva Concept draws styling cues from previous GM styling studies to show how the companys next generation small monocab could look, including the distinctive tick-shaped swage line and neat rear lamp clusters that typified the GTC Coupe and Flextreme models.
Another neat feature of the Vauxhalll Meriva Concept is the shape of the glass area, which swoops down towards the B-Pillar a feature that would allow rear seat passengers a better all-round view if it were offered on a production model.
The Vauxhalll Meriva Concept is one of three GM world premieres set to appear at the show.
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