Opel Kadett City

The Opel Kadett City was a segment C car produced from 1975 to 1979 by the German car maker Opel. It was the two-box, three-door version of the Kadett C, sold as the Vauxhall Chevette in Anglo-Saxon markets and in Switzerland, and was made from the platform of the Caravan version by shortening the rear overhang. GM-Opel conceived the variant to counter rivals such as the new Volkswagen Golf by Giugiaro, as the segment C market in Europe moved towards the two-box layout already successful in segment B. At 3,893 to 3,920 mm it was clearly shorter than the Kadett C saloon and Caravan, which let it rival cars of the segment below. It used a four-cylinder engine of 993 cc or 1,196 cc mounted longitudinally, the smaller one closely derived from that of the first Kadett of 1962. In Italy only the S versions for 98 octane Super petrol were imported, with 48 and 60 hp DIN. A 1.6 litre version with 75 hp came in 1977. Production was 263,090.