- “Best design newcomer of 2016”: Opel Zafira triumphs in van category
- “Cost-effectiveness star”: Opel wins “Car Connectivity Award”
- Huge interest: 50,800 readers of auto motor und sport and CHIP have voted
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New Opel Zafira received 36.3 percent of the votes and won its category comfortably |
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autonis – Best design newcomer of 2016: Karim Giordimaina (center), Director Interior Design, accepted the award for the new Opel Zafira from auto motor und sport editor-in-chief Jens Katemann (left) and his deputy Birgit Priemer |
New Opel Zafira is already a star despite only having celebrated
its start of regular production recently. Opel’s traveling lounge
impressed the readers of magazine auto motor und sport and won the readers’ choice award “autonis – Best design newcomer of 2016”. 36.3 percent of the 18,300 auto motor und sport readers
who participated in the online vote chose the Zafira, making it the
most beautiful van in its class. Furthermore, Opel was the
“Cost-effectiveness Star”, thus winning the “Car Connectivity Award”
presented by auto motor und sport and computer magazine CHIP.
“Zafira’s success is further confirmation for our design
philosophy ‘sculptural artistry meets German precision’,” said Karim
Giordimaina, Director Interior Design at the award ceremony in Stuttgart
on Thursday evening. “I am especially happy that the completely
redesigned instrument panel and simplified cockpit are so well
received.” Elegant interior design of the brilliantly connected Opel
traveling lounge allows the driver and passengers a perfect forward
visibility. All important functions such as display and operating
buttons can easily be reached by the driver.
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Most important newcomers of the last twelve months are eligible in the autonis
awards. In total, the readers can choose between 115 passenger car
models in ten different categories. The rules are simple: Every
participant has four votes – two for positive and two for negative
scores. The results are made up of these scores. If, for example 20
percent vote for model A as the car with the best design and five
percent decide that the same model is a complete flop it gets an overall
score of 15. The Zafira achieved a positive score of 36.3 whereas its
closest rival came in well adrift with a score of 17.4.
Elsewhere, auto motor und sport and CHIP asked their
readers to cast their votes for the third time. 80 potential winners and
many exciting products were divided into eleven categories. The
initiators of the “Car Connectivity Awards” decided to create a new
category for this year’s edition – the “Cost-effectiveness star”. Around
32,500 readers and users of online media came to the result that Opel
leads the way in this category and offers innovative technology at a
reasonable price.
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Cost-effectiveness star: auto motor und sport editor Dirk Gulde (left) and CHIP Magazin editor-in-chief Josef Reitberger (right) present the “Car Connectivity Award” to Dr. Peter Heitkämper (center), Senior Manager Infotainment & Telematics at Opel. |
“Large number of participants shows just how important
connectivity has become for car owners,” said Dr. Peter Heitkämper,
Senior Manager Infotainment & Telematics at Opel on the occasion of
the award ceremony held in Stuttgart. “Award confirms our approach
of offering state-of-the-art technologies such as IntelliLink
infotainment systems and our personal connectivity and service assistant
Opel OnStar at fair prices, thus making them available to a broad
audience.”
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Fully connected: Latest generation Radio R 4.0 IntelliLink is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and enables comprehensive access to numerous smartphone functions. |
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