When Glenn Louch takes his blue 1979 Opel Kadett 1.2S for a drive, several members of the public wonder whether it is a Vauxhall Chevette. David Bowers often receives a similar reaction with his black ...

Back in the 80s, most mainstream two-liter engines made in the region of 110 to 130 hp, so the Kadett GSi was already ahead ...

The Opel Kadett was advertised as the “Mini-Brute,” and one could hardly argue with the first half of the nickname. The Kadett, built by GM’s German subsidiary and imported for sale in Buick ...

You could call this Opel Kadett built by German tuning company WKT a ‘sleeper’, but that might be a bit of an understatement. This insane hatchback was brought out to a drag strip by the company for ...

Opel is the type of car company that's way too ashamed of its mistakes. For literally no reason at all, it dropped the famous Kadett nameplate, even though it traced its lineage way back to 1936. I ...

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 ...

In 2022, Opel is celebrating a very special anniversary. For 160 years, the brand with the lightning bolt emblem has been making innovations affordable for a wide audience. This was ensured by Adam ...

The Opel Kadett GTE shows its balance between classic design and driving skill in a drift contest. With powerful acceleration ...

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) ...

We here at The Drive endorse the use of high-revving, naturally aspirated V8 engines in lightweight hill climb cars that originally came with something less substantial—like a piddly little inline ...

We’ve heard that there’s an all-new Opel Astra slated to make its first public outing in September at the IAA in Frankfurt. Though it was constantly overshadowed by the Golf - the C-segment’s ...