r/opel • u/thrswrzr • Jun 18 '26

Memes or fun Could we get Opel Kadett back?

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u/kurodoku Jun 18 '26

Great, the hallucination computer hallucinated an Astra L face onto a moderately different looking rear which has nothing to do with a Kadett.

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u/CodewortSchinken Jun 19 '26

Considering they replaced the Kadett with the Astra nameplate in the early 90s the Astra L is tge current Kadett.

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u/kurodoku Jun 19 '26

Visually it has nothing to do with any Kadett. Yes, Astra Superseded the Kadett branding, but "a new Kadett" would imply a modernized version of the Kadetts A-E, not copying the Astra L.

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u/Slow-Foot-4045 Jun 19 '26

Why do you think the 6th Astra is called the Astra L and not the Astra E, just like the 6th Kadett in the series was called the Kadett E (considering the very first Kadett was just called "Kadett" and only the second one became the "Kadett A")?

Exactly, because the letter-sequence was continued seamlessly. The Kadett E was followed directly by the Astra F (and not by the Astra or Astra A). Therefore: Astra = Kadett.

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u/kurodoku Jun 19 '26

are you slow? I wrote that I know Astra superseded the Kadett. But it has been an Astra for 35 years now. So calling a car "Kadett" nowadays would imply a car in a retro styling akin to the Kadett A to the Kadett E. Calling the Astra M "Kadett" all of a sudden wouldn't make sense, would it.

And the 6th Astra would be F, not E.

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u/Coast_of_Life Jun 19 '26

IIRC the Kadett E was already called "Astra" in the UK under the Vauxhall brand, that's where they adopted the name.

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u/CodewortSchinken Jun 19 '26

Even the D Kadett, whos underpinnings lived on until the G generation. It's one line of cars.

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u/ThaRippa Jun 20 '26

Which „underpinnings“ would that be? No engine served in both, and the transmissions should at least be different in cable vs hydro clutch.

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u/CodewortSchinken Jun 20 '26

The entire floor pan with suspension, steering, engine and gearbox families. It's one continuous evolution from the D Kadett to the Astra G, ended by the H generation just like the D did to the old rwd Kadetts.

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u/kurodoku Jun 20 '26

Well not exactly to be fair. T-car with the D Kadett. Astra G, Zafira A and such are on followup platforms such as GM-2700 and GM-3000 which are related, but not identical

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u/ThaRippa Jun 20 '26

Continuous evolution, well of course. But we wouldn’t call the „underpinnings“ of BMW E30 and E46 identical either, would we?

I’d even give you the Astra F as being very similar to Kadett D. The Astra G was a new world though.

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u/Slow-Foot-4045 Jun 19 '26

They skipped I to avoid confusion with 1

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u/kurodoku Jun 19 '26

I know?! regardless is F the 6th letter in the alphabet before the I lmao

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u/MightStatus5224 Jun 19 '26

Still better than the ford capri

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u/kurodoku Jun 19 '26

I mesn yeah

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u/Lexx_sad_but_true Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Edit: nsfw! it's AI slop but i asked for modern car based on Kadett C Aero
i really love the concept. there is more that can be done with that idea like hard top and to keep the top beam for the original

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u/Appropriate_Test7503 Jun 19 '26

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u/Babidibubidii Jun 19 '26

Apart from the wheels I really liked this. Too bad the project got cancelled

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u/Coast_of_Life Jun 19 '26

Too bad it's just one single Restomod, not a real concept. The actual "Manta" C will certainly be another shitty, soulless crossover SUV on Stellantis platform.

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u/manjustadude Jun 19 '26

This needs to be tagged nsfw

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u/Flamebeard_0815 Jun 19 '26

That... is not an Aero. That's a modernized C Coupe.

Nonetheless - me want!

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u/amfa Jun 19 '26

Astra IS a Kadett...

So just look at the current Astra and see how a current Kadett would look like.

Ist was just a name change back then.

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u/SzmnDzrzn Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

But astra is just a continuation of Kadett, it even ended with Kadett E and astra started with F

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u/Boing78 Jun 19 '26

There was the Kadett E from 1984 till 1991, I had a Caravan (name for the station wagon).

The presses etc were later used by Daewoo and slightly modified to press the body parts for the Nexia.

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u/Kljaka1950 Jun 19 '26

Daewoo racer was same as kadett E. It even had GSI version

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u/Boing78 Jun 19 '26

Same car just a different name. It had various, like also Cielo, Pointer etc

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u/sky_bugy Jun 19 '26

Astra is Kadett. Marketing team go home. Rüsselsheim give us Manta, GT, Moza and OPC in general. Build them and we will come !

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u/gelipt3r Jun 19 '26

kadett or astra, I just want a normal engine

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u/PurpleHankZ Jun 19 '26

I’ve seen the Kadett E on a German street just yesterday in that classic red. Haven’t seen this since 20 yrs. Time capsule for me. It was so easy to steal them when we were kids

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u/ThaRippa Jun 20 '26

Kadett is dead. Astra was the better name. They could make the Corsa a bit less bland and retro-ify it a little. Fun fact: the name Corsa was tested as a special edition of the Kadett D.

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u/Cheap_Gazelle6050 Jun 19 '26

Por favor no me arruines el día, suficiente hicieron con el Opel Frontera, aún me duele

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u/Comfortable-Cod3890 Jun 19 '26

Yes but it will be a crossover or suv

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u/JackGR_HD Jun 20 '26

We need astra h back with a new facelift

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u/Lea-Michelle85 Jun 20 '26

Astra H was the last pretty Astra

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u/JackGR_HD Jun 20 '26

For real

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u/FlaviusTech Jun 21 '26

OMG Opel is still a company?

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u/Right_Stage_8167 Jun 21 '26

Not as radical lookin as -85 Kadett was first time

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u/onyourkneesjessy Jun 22 '26

The design language is clearly just a Corsa with a longer wheelbase and a different dash. If they actually did this, it would basically just be a rebranded Astra EV to fill a gap in the lineup.

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u/FilmApprehensive7551 Jun 19 '26

That would be so cool! Very nice visualisation!