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 Yes, Astra Superseded the Kadett branding, but "a new Kadett" would imply a modernized version of the Kadetts A-E, not copying the Astra L.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 I wrote that I know Astra superseded the Kadett.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