- All-new: New architecture makes the fifth generation Opel Combo a perfect family car
- Your choice: Long or short versions, both as five or seven seat option
- XXL: 597 litres minimum and up to 2,693 litres of luggage volume
- Typical Opel: Numerous driver assistance systems and great infotainment
- Outstanding overview: Head up display and 180° rear view camera
- Opel styling cues: Solid and robust design, Opel-typical headlight winglets
- Available soon: Start of sales in first half of 2018, deliveries start in second half
Tough character: The side-view of the new Opel Combo Life features protective flank guards and prominent wheelarches. |
Opel is continuing its ongoing product offensive by launching a true
all-rounder with the new Opel Combo Life, a wonderful family car full of
innovations that makes everything possible. The fifth-generation Combo
is based on a new architecture. It is immensely spacious, highly
practical and versatile, equipped with one or two rear sliding doors and
can be ordered as a short (4.40 metres) or long (4.75 metres) version
and as a five or seven seater. With the new Opel Combo Life, you will be
the hero of your local sports team when taking an entire seven-a-side
team plus sports apparel to the next match. Your planned family
“extensions” can relax on three individual rear seats all with Isofix
child seat brackets and enjoy a wonderful view of the sky thanks to the
panoramic roof. And your friends will also love the outstanding
spaciousness and ask whether they can borrow your new Opel Combo Life
for their trips to nearest Swedish furniture store.
Just right for active-outdoor lifestyles: New Opel Combo Life is available in short or long versions, with one or two sliding doors and up to seven seats. |
Compact: New Opel Combo Life is notable for its especially short front and rear overhangs. |
Friendly ultra-modern technologies and assistance systems
New Opel Combo Life significantly increases the number of
high-tech safety and comfort features, raising the bar in its segment
significantly. Opel recognised the wish of its customers to make
high-tech solutions accessible to families and have fitted it with a
vast array of technologies that are useful in everyday driving.
These innovative, high-tech, safety-relevant solutions include:
- The Head up display reduces the danger of distractions and projects the most important driving data into the driver’s direct line of sight, reducing the necessity for the driver to take his eyes of the road.
- Forward collision alert with pedestrian detection and Automatic Emergency Braking[1] helps avoid accidents. The system not only issues an alarm and a visual warning but also brakes independently if the distance to a vehicle moving ahead decreases rapidly and the driver does not react.
- The Opel Eye front camera known from Opel bestsellers such as the Astra, Corsa and Mokka X. It processes diverse data thus forming the basis for the driver assistance systems such as Speed Sign Recognition and Lane Keep Assist.
- Automatic Cruise Control adapting the speed to the vehicle ahead if required.
- Intelligent Speed Adaptation informing the driver when a new speed limit is detected by the Speed Sign Recognition. If the cruise control or the speed limiter is activated, a pop up message in the cluster will ask the driver if he or she wants to adjust the set the speed.
- Driver Drowsiness Alert evaluates the fatigue level through the drive style and suggests that the driver has a well-deserved break at the next service station.
- Flank Guard[2] - new to the Opel portfolio of parking/manoeuvring assistance systems. It supports the driver while turning at low speeds, warning him or her when there is a risk that a flank of the car will collide into an obstacle (pillars, barriers, wall or other vehicles). Flank Guard consists of twelve sensors around the car. They analyse the surrounding area and warn the driver via the infotainment screen if a potential collision is detected. The visual warning comes together with an audible one.
- The Panoramic Rear View Camera, increases the angle of sight at the back of the car to 180 degrees so that the driver can see other road users approaching from either side when reversing.
- Advanced Park Assist facilitates parking even further. It recognises suitable parking slots and parks the vehicle automatically. It can also exit the parking slot automatically. In both cases, the driver only needs to operate the pedals and shift gears.
- IntelliGrip traction control, already known from the Opel Grandland X, is an optional electronic front differential which adapts the torque distribution to the front wheels, allows wheel-spin if necessary, and with the automatic transmission adjusts shift points as well as throttle response. This ensures best traction and stable handling regardless of whether the Combo Life is travelling on mud, sand, wet surfaces or snow.
- The heated leather steering wheel is unique in the segment and ensures that Combo Life drivers will never have to worry about cold hands.
- The heated front seats keep the chill at bay and increase well-being.
- The auxiliary heater works independently of the engine and can pre-heat the vehicle before departure. The auxiliary heater can be activated via a timer or remote control creating cosy and comfortable temperatures.
Organised: Centre console of the new Opel Combo Life is clearly influenced by the brand’s German DNA, with the controls for infotainment, climate control and storage arranged in three levels. |
The Combo Life also offers Opel-typical state-of-the-art Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatible infotainment systems with up to eight-inch capacitive colour touchscreen.
State-of-the-art: New Combo Life profits from Opel’s leading role in connectivity with infotainment and navigation systems that include colour touchscreens up to eight inches in size. |
The fun-factor for occupants is further increased by the various charging options. USB ports in the front and second row ensure that tablets and smartphones can be recharged even while the children watch their favourite YouTuber. A 230V power socket in the front footwell even allows one passenger to plug in a laptop. Furthermore, compatible smartphones can also be charged wirelessly via the inductive charging pad located below the air-conditioning controls.
Family friendly: Spacious, comfortable, versatile
Somewhat more expected than the wide range of high-tech solutions
available for the latest member of Opel’s product offensive is its
exceptional versatility. It is available as a 4.4-metre long standard
version or as a 35 centimetres longer large version, optionally with two
sliding rear doors. Both variants have a height of 1.8 metres and both
configurations will be available with either five or seven seats
ensuring that even large families with their two golden retrievers can
enjoy a spacious and comfortable ride.
Versatile: Customers who order the new Opel Combo Life with individual second row seats can conveniently fold them from the boot. |
However, the Combo Life is not only a spacious and highly comfortable
family van. It can also double as a small transporter. With the rear
seats folded down the boot volume of the standard version more than
triples to 2,126 litres[4] meaning that getting camping
equipment, bicycles or large parcels from A to B is no longer a problem.
Again, the longer version of the Opel Combo Life offers even more capacity
when the rear seats are folded down. In this configuration, it can carry
a whopping 2,693 litres4. Furthermore, the developers have
also thought about how to transport long items. Therefore, the front
passenger seat folds flush with the rear seats, extending the length of
the loading area so that even surfboards can be transported. The
designers also ensured that the annoying gap sometimes left between
luggage and tailgate can be utilised thanks to the optional opening
window integrated in the tailgate known from premium SUVs.
The second row seating setup of both variants also caters for
individual preferences. Customers will be able to choose between the
standard second row bench with 60/40 split or alternatively three
individual seats, which can be folded conveniently from the boot[5]. In both cases, each seating position has its own Isofix
child seat bracket as standard allowing for three child seats to be
fitted next to each other, a rarity in the market. Furthermore, each
seat has a top tether anchor point designed to lessen forward movement
of the forward facing child seat in the event of a frontal collision and
thus reduce the risk of injury. Meanwhile, easy access to the passenger
compartment is guaranteed by the sliding doors.
Safe and secure: With each seating position in the second row featuring its own Isofix bracket, the new Opel Combo Life can accommodate the youngest passengers in their child seats in a single row. |
Enjoy the view: Not only the driver of the new Opel Combo Life, but also the rear-seat passengers benefit from the panoramic roof. |
Best friend for travelling
Room galore: Split-level glovebox of the new Opel Combo Life offers plenty of storage space, especially at the top, thanks to the installation of the passenger airbag in the roof. |
The storage possibilities of the Combo Life match the versatility of the vehicle and are benchmark in the segment. The large compartment in the centre stack can take anything ranging from 1.5 litre bottles to smartphones or from wallets to tablets. In addition, front and rear seat occupants can safely stow items in the large door pockets. Passengers in the rear can keep their tablets safe in the pockets on the back of the front seats while the driver and front seat passenger can use either the top or the lower glovebox. The top glovebox is ideal for larger items as it is particularly spacious thanks to the installation of the passenger airbag in the roof. But that is by no means all. When ordered with the optional panoramic roof, the Combo Life comes with overhead storage running down the centre of the vehicle with LED lighting as standard.
The sky’s the limit: Occupants of the new Opel Combo Life will get stars in their eyes with the optional panoramic roof, which also features a shelf illuminated by LED lighting in the ceiling. |
Those in need of even more space and even more storage possibilities
or those who want to tow a small caravan (trailer load up to 1,500 kg)
can obviously also attach a trailer via the optional fixed or removable
towing hook. To ensure the safest possible driving conditions, the Opel
Combo Life comes with Trailer Stability Control (TSC) as standard
when ordered with a towing hook. This additional ESP function
stabilises the swaying of the trailer or slows the vehicle as required.
If these measures are not enough to avert all danger, the system reduces
engine torque even further and brakes the vehicle so that the critical
speed range is left as quickly as possible.
Friendly appearance: Balanced, robust, confident
Robust: High bonnet contributes to the balanced, confident appearance of the new Opel Combo Life. |
The new Opel Combo Life does not just stand out from the crowd with its
high-tech solutions, outstanding spaciousness and exceptions
versatility. It also comes with eye-catching proportions. Compared to
other cars in the segment, it has a shorter front overhang and a higher
bonnet. It looks more balanced, robust and confident. From the front, it
displays a typically Opel identity with sculptured details enhancing
the feeling of precision and solidity. The high bonnet with two crisp
lines, which go from the windshield down to the grill, emphasises the
stability of the vehicle. The predominant part of the car is the front
grille, where the headlamps with LED Daytime Running Lights with the
typical Opel winglets band together precisely and amorously as a defined
line. Two chrome wings in the grille embrace the Opel Blitz. Thick
wheel-wells connected via the side sills further emphasise the solidity
of the Opel Combo Life. The rear of the car is very linear following a
vertical design underlining the high practicality of the vehicle and
framing the generous opening to the luggage compartment.
Typically Opel: Styling cues such as the front grille and the LED winglets over the headlights make the new Opel Combo Life instantly recognisable. |
Under the bonnet, Opel Combo Life customers will have the choice
between a variety of turbo-charged, direct injection petrol and diesel
engines. All of the units combine driving pleasure with a high level of
fuel economy. The engines are mated to five or six-speed manual
transmissions with a segment-first eight-speed automatic option also
being available.
[1] Works automatically above 5 km/h and below 85 km/h.
From 0 to 30 km/h the deceleration metric to reduce the impact speed of
the collision is 0.9g. From 30 to 85 km/h the system brakes to the
speed by a maximum of 22 km/h. After this threshold, the driver needs to
brake himself to reduce the speed even further.[2] active below 10km/h
[3] Measured until the top of the back seat.
[4] Measured up to the roof.
[5] Available from 2019
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