Before the Astra, Opel’s compact model was the Kadett. You can find out more about the Kadett/Astra lineage in our extensive guide about the subject, but here’s the thing - Opel is poking VW with the ...

Stellantis has recently confirmed a lot of plug-in models, including pure EVs, during its fruitful first full year’s financial results. As such, automotive virtual artists now dare to dream about cool ...

The 1971 BMW 2002 and the 1971 Opel Kadett B were born into the same European compact class, yet history has treated them very differently. One became a cult object that still draws auction crowds and ...

GM imported the Opel Kadett B, built at the recently closed plant in Bochum, Germany, into North America starting in 1966. American and Canadian car buyers weren't especially enthusiastic about these ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

When designing the Opel Kadett B, the German car manufacturer’s engineers surely didn’t have a 1,100hp beast in mind. Back in 1965, when the second-gen model was launched, the Kadett was a stylish, ...

A clock as standard equipment in a cheap car was a big deal in the 1960s. Opel sold the Kadett A in the United States, but it was the model-year-1966 introduction of the Kadett B that changed the Opel ...

If we were to take all 24 million Opel Kadett and Astra cars ever sold and line them up one behind the other, the column would circle around the equator two and a half times. Needless to say, Opel ...

Today only 83 of all generations of Kadetts are believed to remain on the road in the UK Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing reflects a lifelong fascination with all ...