<VV> RE: Porsche/ Corvair (Cadet)

[Thomas Stingl]

> reminded me of a tiny German sedan that was running around in the 
> '60s through Europe (Thomas likely knows the one I'm talking 
> about)...  note that Opel resurrected the name, in a roundabout sort 

Yes, the Opel Kadett was one of the three most popular cars in the 60/70s
around here, always second after VW Kaefer/Golf but more sold than the
Ford Escort. Always understood it as proper name of a lower end medium
class car compared to the big Opels named like Kapitaen, Admiral, Diplomat
 ... BTW the Opel Diplomat always came with a Chevy V8 engine.

In 1991, after Kadett version A, B, C, D, E, Opel got rid of the name
Kadett and renamed the new car version to "Astra".

Thomas

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Thomas Stingl  ts1 at corvair.de  Karlsruhe, Germany
Swiss Corvair Club / Subchapter Germany
1961 Rampside - 1963 Corvan    ULTRA EuroRep/Ambassador