In the back of my head, I did also have this tidbit:
The first generation, named “Meriva A”, was based on the third generation Opel Corsa C.
So, take a car frame with the weight and height of a family van and put it onto the powertrain of a small car.
Like, genuinely, I’m finding Meriva’s being sold online with 75 horsepower, which is as much as the Opel Corsa had back then.
The Corsa wasn’t exactly known as a sports car either, so I’m really not surprised that its family van edition can’t accelerate. 😐
I don’t know man I’ve driven some Honda Odysseys and Dodge Pacificas that could fuckin MOVE.
It’s a Chrysler Pacifica and Dodge Caravan, you can get them with the 4.0 HO, HO standing of course for high output. We called ours the Blue Bullet.
Well, yeah, because those have an appropriate amount of horsepower under the hood.
My mum’s car at that point must’ve been a first-generation Opel Meriva: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Meriva#First_generation_(2003)
In the back of my head, I did also have this tidbit:
So, take a car frame with the weight and height of a family van and put it onto the powertrain of a small car.
Like, genuinely, I’m finding Meriva’s being sold online with 75 horsepower, which is as much as the Opel Corsa had back then.
The Corsa wasn’t exactly known as a sports car either, so I’m really not surprised that its family van edition can’t accelerate. 😐
Holy moly, inline 3 for a passenger van is just saying fuck you to any traffic that dares share the road with you that day.