The Opel Kadett is far more than just a forgotten European compact from the 1960s to the 1990s; it is a cult classic that ...

As electric vehicles become more commonplace throughout every facet of the automotive industry, the electrification craze has begun to trickle into the aftermarket side of car culture, as some ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Kadett B, the successor to the Kadett A, the first post-war Kadett. The Kadett B was a significant improvement over its predecessor. It was 180mm (7in) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Launched in 1962, GM Europe's small car for the 1960s, the Opel Kadett, looked like a shrunk Chevy Nova, and hid a 1.0-liter water-cooled overhead-valve four-cylinder up its nose. While this motor had ...

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 ...