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Chevrolet Kadett Class Small family car Manufacturer Chevrolet Production 1979–1994 Successor Opel Astra The Chevrolet Kadett is a small family car produced by Chevrolet and originally designed by German company Opel.
Kadett Production 1937–1940 Contents
Kadett D
Kadett D 
Production 1979–1984 The Vauxhall Astra and Opel Kadett were known as the Chevrolet Kadett in South America. The range was made up of three- and five-door hatchbacks, as well as an estate model.
Kadett E
Kadett E 
Production 1984–1991 The Kadett E was introduced in 1984, and was voted Car of the Year in 1985, largely due to its aerodynamic body styling, which was advanced for its time. The 1984 model was also developed into a more conventional three-box design with a boot (trunk), badged as the Vauxhall Belmont in the UK and the Opel Monza in South Africa. A convertible version was also available, for the first time in 1987, built by Bertone of Torino/Italy. For the 1984 model, capacities were raised to 1400, 1800 and a new 2000 cc engine, again used on the GSi and Vauxhall Astra GTE. In 1988, a 16-valve twin-cam version was developed for a high performance GSi/GTE model, yielding 156 hp (115 kW) in manufactured form. But there was competition in the front weel drive class for the superboss, the toyota conquest 1300cc would proof to be faster and more reliable , with less power output, at 80kw the conquest broke every record the superboss ever made. The conquest even broke records created by mazda rotery engins.
The Kadett E has been seen as a grey import in the UK, however it was not as popular as the Vauxhall Astra.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, South African Kadett GSis were nicknamed the Superboss, equipped with a more powerful 2 L engine developing 125 kW, and were successful in touring car competitions in that country.
The Kadett E was introduced in Brazil as the Chevrolet Kadett, but the three-door station wagon variant of the model was called the Chevrolet Ipanema.
It formed the basis of the Daewoo LeMans (later known as the Daewoo Cielo, Racer and Nexia) in South Korea, and also as Heaven in Chile (Nexia being the HB version), which was sold in the United States and New Zealand(!) as the Pontiac LeMans, and in Canada (initially) as the Passport Optima. LeMans sales ended in 1993]. The Nexia is still being produced at UzDaewoo plant in Asaka, Uzbekistan. The Cielo is still being produced at a semi-independent (from GM) plant in Craiova, Romania (the license will however expire in fall 2005).
Kadett F
In 1992, GM Europe decided to standardize model names across its two brands, and Opel adopted sister company Vauxhall's name for the Kadett, Astra, for the replacement car which débuted that year, for Europe. Only in South Africa did the Kadett name continue on the first Opel Astra hatchback, until 1999, when all models took the Astra name.
External links
- The Classic Opel Community
- German Opel Kadett A Website
- Dutch Opel Kadett C Club
- Russian Daewoo Nexia Club
- Used Car Safety Ratings - Daewoo Cielo
Opel road car timeline, 1947–1970s next » Type 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Small family car Kadett A Kadett B Kadett C Olympia Olympia Rekord Olympia A Large family car Rekord PI Rekord PII Ascona A Ascona B Executive car Rekord A Rekord B Rekord C Rekord D Rekord E Kapitän Kapitän Kapitän PI / PII Commodore A Commodore B Commodore C Luxury car Kapitän A / Admiral A / Diplomat A Kapitän B / Admiral B / Diplomat B Senator / Monza Coupé / Roadster GT Manta A Manta B Categories:- Chevrolet vehicles
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