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**wheelhop** · #1 05-15-2020, 12:32 AM

In my opinion this car was a direct copy of a volkswagen rabbit. Anyone who admits to owning one also dated their cousin in high school ! (just kidding)

**Lynn** · #2 05-15-2020, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wheelhop

In my opinion this car was a direct copy of a volkswagen rabbit. Anyone who admits to owning one also dated their cousin in high school ! (just kidding)

It was in reality based on the third generation Opel Kadette.

Suspension parts even interchange. GM owned Opel, but quit importing them after 1975 because German labor was too high, and they could not price them competitively. That led to two things: Chevette, and the "Buick Opel by Isuzu" which confused everyone. GM also owned a major stake in Izuzu at the time. Some of the German designed components made it into the Opel Isuzu.

Head spinning yet?

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