The carmaker Opel has dismissed speculation about a "silent leave" from the family van Zafira. "It is wrong that the development work was placed on the next generation of the Zafira permanently on hold," the company said in Rüsselsheim on Thursday. However, the current work had been stopped to make the design more "competitive" to
The next generation of the Opel Zafira become real, a spokeswoman said: "The development work will take place as planned in the Technical Development Center of Opel." Also the production of the current Zafira model in Rüsselsheim plant from early 2015 beyond question. As adopted for the end of 2014 from the Bochum plant at the headquarters of the car to roll off the line.
Adam Opel AG responded to a report of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ / Thursday), after the company had stopped the development of the Zafira permanently. In support insider told the Journal, with 50,000 units per year, demand from rich not to profitably develop the model itself. Thus, not only as announced the platform for the next version of the Zafira should partner with the French Peugeot -Citroen (PSA) are developed. The model should rather be replaced by either a larger variant of the Opel Meriva covered, or the complete takeover of the upcoming Citroen Picasso.