▁fol ded ▁into ▁the ▁floor , ▁individually ▁or ▁together ▁to ▁create ▁more ▁space , ▁rather ▁than ▁requiring ▁that ▁the ▁extra ▁seats ▁be ▁phys ically ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁vehicle . ▁The ▁system ▁was ▁named ▁F lex ▁ 7 . ▁In ▁T ü V ' s ▁ranking ▁of ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁three ▁year ▁old ▁cars , ▁the ▁Z af ira ▁was ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁best ▁Op el ; ▁only ▁slightly ▁behind ▁the ▁winning ▁Ford ▁F ocus . ▁ ▁Int rodu ced ▁at ▁Gene va ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁tur bo charg ed ▁Z af ira ▁OP C ▁went ▁on ▁sale ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁With ▁, ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁fast est ▁min ivan ▁on ▁sale ▁in ▁Europe . ▁Only ▁available ▁with ▁a ▁five ▁speed ▁manual ▁transmission , ▁ 0 – 1 0 0   km / h ▁( 6 2   m ph ) ▁can ▁be ▁reached ▁in ▁ 8 . 2   seconds ▁and ▁the ▁top ▁speed ▁is ▁. ▁▁ ▁The ▁popular ▁two ▁lit re ▁tur b od ies els ▁were ▁complement ed ▁by ▁a ▁▁ 2 . 2 ▁lit re ▁option ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁The ▁Op el ▁Z af ira ▁A ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Z af ira ▁B ▁in ▁Europe , ▁but ▁was ▁still ▁sold ▁in ▁most ▁other ▁mark ets ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁( al beit ▁that ▁its ▁cousin ▁the ▁Che v ro let ▁A stra ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 2 0 1