Filed under: GM, Natural Gas, Opel, European Union, Germany

Do you need to haul kids in a zippy van and you don’t want it in diesel? Here’s a good option for Europeans: the Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo. We heard not long ago that the Zafira minivan would get the turbo option - the standard 1.6-liter is a little sluggish at 86hp - and now we learn that the production version will be introduced at the upcoming Bologna Motor Show, Italy, in December. The new Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX has an output of 150 hp and a top speed of 200 km/h (115 mph) but consumes only 5.3 kg of natural gas per 100 km in the MVEG cycle, emitting just 144 g/km of CO₂. As with most European CNG models, the Zafira can run on gasoline too: it’s got a small additional tank good for 14 liters (about 3.6 gallons). The Zafira has a range of about 370 km (220 miles) when running only on CNG. Find the full press release after the jump.

[Source: Opel]

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