Zafira Tourer Gets a Very Vauxhall-esque Facelift

Around the front, the refreshed Zafira Tourer will gain new headlights not too dissimilar from those we've seen in other facelifts across the Vauxhall range, as well as fully redesigned upper and lower grilles. Horizontal effects such as the chrome bar on the upper grille help give the car the illusion of being wider, essentially giving it more road presence.

Formerly, the Zafira's dashboard was found to be very cluttered with what seemed like hundreds of buttons set below a dashtop-mounted infotainment screen. This screen has now been moved down, set into the dashboard, and taking the place of many buttons. A new instrument cluster and tweaked steering wheel design finish off the interior. The R4.0 IntelliLink infotainment system offers Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, however this can be upgraded to the Navi 950 IntelliLink system with satellite navigation.

Despite being a practical 7-seater, sometimes it's just a few passengers that you'll find yourself carrying. That's why the middle seat of the second row can fold away to uncover armrests for the outermost seats, which in turn slide backwards and more towards the centre of the vehicle. This helps give the new Zafira Tourer a more premium feel as opposed to being a utilitarian van 24/7.

It hasn't lost any practicality, though. In 5-seat form, a total of 710 litres of storage space is available. Fold down the middle row and a 1,860-litre cargo area is uncovered at your disposal.

The facelifted Zafira Tourer will be in showrooms this October on '66' plates.