2011 Opel Meriva AKA Vauxhall Meriva Revealed

I'm not a fan of these MPV's but this is a car I like compared to the previous model and to all the other models on the market and also I like the fact that they've kept the final version similar to the initial concept... and of course the interior is surely taken from Astra so the recipe for success is there... I'd surely buy one if I wasn't a fan of Opel Astra GTC :)

The design looks good and great effort from Opel. However they could have installed a rear-sliding door like the one found on their yellow Trix concept car. Soon we will see many car makers finding other ways to hinge the doors.

i have reservations about the rear hinged suicide doors, i had a rx8 which had suicide doors, im expecting these wont need the front door open first, however, if you are parked in a normal parking lot space, where both the front and rear passenger can easily open there door as there is enough space between them as for them booth to open there respective doors. with these doors both the front and rear passengers will have to occupy the same space to open there doors, therefore that means you will have to open each door one at a time, instead of being able to open them at the same time, i think this may prove annoying over time. styling is nice though very current vauxhall im sure the interior will be up to current vauxhall standard.

It's certainly much more interesting than the old Meriva, although it retains that awful, awful name. But they've made Honda's mistake of making the headlights too big. They're completely out of proportion with the rest of the front mask and are probably only that big to give it a cutesy face that will go with a cartoony ad campaign. I will thus never want one. The rest of it looks good though, nice 'n' modern, and clearly a VauxOpel, although that jagged waistline will likely polarise opinion.

Very nice car. I like door design. I like whole new Opel design and built quality, which are much better then VW. Congratulation to Opel!

It looks well at least better than the old one.

I like it. Good effort Opel!

Thumb up c",

wow. it's no where near as embarassing as the old Meriva. I'm almost inclined to call it pretty. But no, I'll stick to funky. Good effort Vauxhall!

/Opel