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Opel Kadett C, the Glossary

The Opel Kadett C is a small family car which was produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel from 1973 to 1979.^[1]

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Cars discontinued in 1979
Cars introduced in 1973

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Auto Motor und Sport

Auto Motor und Sport, (stylized in all lowercase) and abbreviated AMS or AMuS, is a German automobile magazine.

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Bochum

Bochum (also,; Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Bosch (company)

Robert Bosch GmbH, commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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C-segment

The C-segment is the 3rd category of the European segments for passenger cars and is described as "medium cars".

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Chevrolet Chevette

The Chevrolet Chevette is a front-engine, rear-drive subcompact manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet for model years 1976–1987 as a three-door or five-door hatchback.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place. Opel Kadett C and convertible are convertibles.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. Opel Kadett C and coupe are coupés.

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Daewoo Maepsy

The Daewoo Maepsy (대우 맵시) is a compact car manufactured by Daewoo (and its predecessor Saehan) in South Korea from December 1977 to 1989.

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Drifting (motorsport)

Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner or a turn.

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Ethanol

Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Ford Escort (Europe)

The Ford Escort is a small family car that was manufactured by Ford of Europe from 1968 until 2000. Opel Kadett C and Ford Escort (Europe) are convertibles, sedans and station wagons.

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Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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General Motors T platform (FWD)

General Motors reused the T-body designation (sometimes referred to as the T80 platform to differentiate it from the previous T-body), beginning in 1979 with the front-wheel drive Opel Kadett D and the Vauxhall Astra Mk I. This was part of a global strategy by GM to introduce a new front-wheel drive architecture for its sub-compact models, and would be further developed into the J-body platform which would cover the compact (lower mid-size outside North America) size segment.

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General Motors T platform (RWD)

The General Motors T-car was a platform designation for a worldwide series of rear-wheel drive, unibody subcompact cars.

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Geneva International Motor Show

The Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.

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GM Korea

GM Korea Company (한국지엠주식회사) is the South Korean subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors and the third largest automobile manufacturer in South Korea.

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GMC Chevette

The GMC Chevette is an automobile which was manufactured from 1992 to 1995 by General Motors do Brasil specifically for the Argentine market, where it was sold by both Chevrolet and Renault dealers. Opel Kadett C and GMC Chevette are compact cars.

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Hatchback

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk.

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Holden Gemini

The Holden Gemini is a compact car that was produced by Holden and sold in Australasia from 1975 to 1987. Opel Kadett C and Holden Gemini are coupés.

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Isuzu

, commonly known as Isuzu, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Isuzu Gemini

The Isuzu Gemini is a subcompact car produced by the Japanese automaker Isuzu from 1974 until 2000. Opel Kadett C and Isuzu Gemini are compact cars, coupés and sedans.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Karosserie Baur

Baur is a Karosserie or coachbuilder in Stuttgart, Germany, which has been building BMW convertibles since the 1930s.

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Lancia Beta

The Lancia Beta (Type 828), stylised as Lancia β, was an entry-level luxury car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lancia from 1972 to 1984. Opel Kadett C and Lancia Beta are convertibles, coupés, sedans and station wagons.

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List of GM transmissions

This is a list of most transmissions produced or used in General Motors (GM) vehicles.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926.

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Opel

Opel Automobile GmbH, usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021.

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Opel cam-in-head engine

The Opel cam-in-head engine (CIH) is a family of automobile engines built by former General Motors subsidiary Opel from 1965 until 1998, appearing extensively in Opel/Vauxhall badged cars during this period.

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Opel Corsa

The Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982. Opel Kadett C and Opel Corsa are opel vehicles, sedans and station wagons.

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Opel K 180

The Opel K 180 is an automobile which was manufactured by GM Argentina S.A. from 1974 to 1978. Opel Kadett C and Opel K 180 are compact cars and opel vehicles.

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Opel Kadett

The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel from 1936 until 1940 and then from 1962 until 1991 (the Cabrio continued until 1993), when it was succeeded by the Opel Astra. Opel Kadett C and Opel Kadett are compact cars, opel vehicles, sedans and station wagons.

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Opel Kadett B

The Opel Kadett B is a car that was launched by Opel at the Frankfurt Motor Show in late summer 1965. Opel Kadett C and Opel Kadett B are compact cars, coupés, opel vehicles, sedans and station wagons.

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Opel OHV engine

The Opel OHV family (also known as the Kadett engine and Viva engine after its most famous applications) is a pushrod inline-four engine.

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Opel Rekord Series E

The Opel Rekord Series E is a large family car that replaced the Rekord D on Opel's Rüsselsheim production lines in August 1977, following the end of the summer vacation plant shut-down. Opel Kadett C and Opel Rekord Series E are opel vehicles, sedans and station wagons.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a pushrod engine, is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Petrol engine

A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline).

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Pickup truck

A pickup truck or pickup is a light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering).

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Rebadging

In the automotive industry, rebadging is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world.

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Saehan Motors

The Saehan Motor Company was a South Korean automobile manufacturer founded in 1976, which was born on the collaboration of Shinjin Industrial Company and General Motors to introduce their products on the South Korean market.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Opel Kadett C and sedan (automobile) are sedans.

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Shock absorber

A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Station wagon

A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid. Opel Kadett C and station wagon are station wagons.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vauxhall Chevette

The Vauxhall Chevette is a supermini car that was manufactured by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom from 1975 to 1984. Opel Kadett C and Vauxhall Chevette are sedans and station wagons.

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Vauxhall Ellesmere Port

Vauxhall Ellesmere Port is a motor vehicle assembly plant, located in the town of Ellesmere Port, in Cheshire West & Chester, United Kingdom.

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Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. Opel Kadett C and Volkswagen Beetle are compact cars, convertibles and sedans.

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Volkswagen Golf

The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car/small family car (C-segment) produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – including as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico (Mk1). Opel Kadett C and Volkswagen Golf are compact cars and station wagons.

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1973 oil crisis

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Kadett_C

Also known as Opel Kadett City.

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Cars discontinued in 1979

Cars introduced in 1973

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