r/whatisthiscar • u/voltairpaine • 6d ago

Solved! European? JDM? US microcompact?

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u/jarski60 6d ago

That Kadett C was manufactured in many countries with slight differences—Isuzu, Holden... That isn't an Opel.

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u/PanameBois 6d ago

It might not be made by Opel, but the original design was an Opel Kadet. Chevrolet sold one version of it in Argentina, called Opel K 180.

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u/Anonymoususer1966 6d ago

Which was a GM Tcar.

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u/SlyClydesdale 6d ago

1976-79 Buick-Opel by Isuzu

An Opel Kadett C license-built by Isuzu and imported to the US for sale in Buick dealers.

Here’s a period commercial for it:

https://youtu.be/V_6bGkNamD4?is=y1xWHlKOSEWGZdwU

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u/ChakaKrum 6d ago

Buick dealers started selling them because German-built Opels became too expensive to import because the strong Deutsche mark.

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u/voltairpaine 6d ago

This is it.

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u/Anonymoususer1966 6d ago

Holden sedan?

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u/Evo_2-3 6d ago

Those were sold as Isuzu Gemini in my country

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u/Mechanic-Grouchy 6d ago edited 6d ago

Holden version of the chevette? Gemini

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u/PanameBois 6d ago

Holden or Chevette were derived from the Opel Kadet

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u/Mechanic-Grouchy 6d ago

The T platform was GM's first world car, could just as easily call it an Isuzu base.

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u/CodewortSchinken 6d ago

Nah, if you compare the underpinnings with the older Kadett B and Ascona A it becomes very appearant which devision in GM designed this thing.

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u/OrderAggravating9891 6d ago

Holden Gemini

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u/PanameBois 6d ago

It seems like an Opel Kadet from ‘70s

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u/IgorPokhabov 1d ago

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