GM Europe’s major contender within the rapidly-growing mid-size multipurpose vehicle marketplace is great fun, more so than buyers often expect.

Neat tricks within the packaging department make for any very flexible interior able to seating seven, along with a good selection of engine choices (in the entry-level 1.6 through to a clear , crisp 2.2 litre petrol, and also the excellent 2.0 litre turbo diesel) suit both the vehicle and the market ideally.

The GSi corners faster with greater precision than you may dare expect, and may give hot hatches difficulty. The mufti purpose vehicle marketplace is rapidly becoming saturated, but Zafira comes with an advantage over its rivals by seating seven, although not looking as if it has been extended of proportion to do this, and by not compromising enhanced comfort of the primary five occupants.