Vauxhall Zafira Elegance 1.8i

Advantages: Flexibility
Disadvantages: Uncomfortable 2nd & 3rd Row Seats

...an Astra estate means that Vauxhall have made all the seat positions vertical. The 2nd row bench suffers from this affliction and is uncomfortable for adults. On a same day return trip from Kent to Manchester my brother was experiencing a lot of discomfort. The Zafira is also a relatively narrow car and 3 adults will become familiar. I also had the spare wheel stolen (the Zafira shares the same wheels as the Astra, thus creating a large market for ...
...reviewers have said - a big screwdriver to bend the U bracket is sufficient. The only faults I've had are the front mudflaps rubbing the front wing back to primer, a buzzing sound from the load cover and the engine emissions warning light illuminating. "They all do that Sir" was the response. Servicing is cheap at £112 for the 10k service, I still have 3mm of tread on the front tyres at 25k and I'm still waiting for the service indicator to light ... Read review

Advantages: Roomy, easy to drive and fairly economical
Disadvantages: Horrible blind spot and electrically unreliable

...neighbours). Unfortunately it took the Vauxhall garage, three diagnostic tests to find the fault. In the meantime they first advised me it was the change in temperature. Then it was a fault in the rear heated window. The rear window was replaced (over £200 via our windscreen insurance) The problem continued and was finally put down to the heating element in the side, rear window. That was replaced, and after much negotiating and pointing out that ...
...I wasn't charged. Incidentally Vauxhall would have charged me over £400 to have the rear window replaced! Next the idling control went wrong. Vauxhall 's charge was £50 for the test plus around £400 to have the problem sorted out. A local garage did it all for around £300 instead (and weren't patronising, but that might be due to the beard and hat I wore!!). The final straw was when the car cut out and gently costed to a gentle halt with black smoke ... Read review

Advantages: Space and felxibility of seating
Disadvantages: handbrake

...buy the car using a Vauxhall finance plan where you pay for half the value of the car over three years and there is a guaranteed value set for the car in three years. If at the end of the scheeme the car is worth less than the guaranted value you simply hand back the keys with no further commitment. If it is worth more then you can part exchange or sell at the higher value, pay back the guaranteed ammount and keep the difference. This to me seemed ... Read review

Advantages: roomy, 7 seat option,
Disadvantages: armrest/handbrake

...Our local Vauxhall dealer in lewisham have come up with a device that can sto[p this from happening, as Vauxhall itself admitted that this was a problem but had nothing in the pipeline to fix it. If you need alot of space this could be the car for you. ... Read review

Advantages: flexability with seating
Disadvantages: centre armrest useless and gets in the way

...anything. Again I should thank vauxhall for providing traction control as standard as the impact pushed the car parially off the road with the two nearside wheels on the grass verge while the two offside wheels were on the road - and I still stopped in control. After I stopped I went back to check how the deer was - no sign of it so I assume it had run off somewhere with a sore shoulder and a hell of a headache. Damage - well after hitting a fairly ...
...that services the car informed Vauxhall about the problem and a replacement EMS was sent and was fitted at no cost to myself - full marks for customer service. The service interval for the zafira is 10,000 miles or 12 months - whichever is the soonest. The typical cost for a service is around the £120 - 150 mark from a vauxhall main dealer. I could get it cheaper but there are benefits from getting it service at main dealers - see how quickly vauxhall ... Read review