OPEL MERIVA CONCEPT TO MAKE GENEVA MOTOR-SHOW 2008 DEBUT

07-02-2008 / Cairo- Ruesselsheim - Dubai / A vision of GM’s future small monocab will be unveiled on 4.3.2008 at the next Geneva Motor-Show 2008. The design cues from other concepts including the sporty GTC Coupe and the environment-friendly Flextreme.

Already Europe’s 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 in order to attract the attention and to maintain its position in this segment.

The Meriva Concept draws styling cues from previous GM styling studies to show how the company’s 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 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 Meriva Concept is one of three GM world premieres set to appear at the Geneva motor-show 2008.

Although the Meriva is quite successful in Europe, there had been no serious effort from Opel Middle East or Opel Egypt to offer this model in the region yet, despite the fact that other competitors like the VW Touran, VW Caddy Life, Ford Focus C-Max and the Peugeot 307 have already took large shares in the regional markets.