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Spy shots: 2010 Opel Meriva MPV

 
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2010 opel meriva spy shots february 005

The new Meriva is expected to make its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September

The new Meriva is expected to make its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September

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GM’s next-generation Opel Meriva compact MPV has been caught undergoing testing once gain. Though it remains in full camouflage, many details are still discernible, including the overall shape, which remains close to the original Meriva concept from last year's Geneva Motor Show.

A very carefully placed extra segment of cladding appears to be hiding one of the most controversial lements of the concept’s design: the rear-window ‘kink’. The front door’s handle and the general construction of the doors and rubber strips indicate the rear-opening rear doors of the concept are gone. The suicide door configuration makes for better display in a car show booth, but is both inconvenient and hard to get past the legal department in the real world.

The simple and attractive front fascia, minimalist outlines, and overall configuration remain very close to the concept’s design, however. Small detail differences include the addition of a tailpipe (hidden on the concept) and the removal of the rear roof spoiler and addition of an antenna in its place.

The treatment of the rear windows and rear hatch area seem to indicate both the angular upsweep before the C-pillar and the hourglass-shaped rear hatch will carry over into production. The tail lights, though heavily camouflaged, carry a hint of the outline of the concept’s large and stylistic units as well.

The new Meriva is expected to make its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and should be sale across Europe by the end of the year.
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Opel Meriva 2008 Geneva Concept

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  1. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 2/25/2009 7:50pm PST

    I heard this might come to America, first it was thought it would be a Saturn (that is unlikely to happen now) or as a Chevy.
     
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  2. ma_NaBUru38 avatar NaBUru38 Posted: 3/8/2009 12:01pm PDT

    The Meriva is a mini MPV, not a compact MPV.

    NND, you may well get a mini SUV (think xD, Soul, SX4) based on this car's platform.
     
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  3. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 6/30/2009 7:15pm PDT

    The Meriva is a mini MPV, not a compact MPV.

    NND, you may well get a mini SUV (think xD, Soul, SX4) based on this car's platform.

    You mean like the Orlando?
     
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  4. By  drucker ram Posted: 12/19/2009 1:51am PST

    The next-generation Opel Meriva compact MPV has been caught undergoing testing on several occasions, but so far prototypes have always been heavily camouflaged. Many details, however, were still discernible, including the overall shape, which remains close to the original Meriva concept from last year’s Geneva Motor Show.
     
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