Opel Kadett - umatshini kunye elidlulileyo zembali, nekopi yokuqala elasekwa ngowe-1937 e-Adam Opel mveliso kwisixeko waseJamani ka Rüsselsheim. Kwase wakhonza njengoko ezinamagama Opel Olympia - runabout compact 1935 ukukhululwa.
Opel Kadett waba lula ikopi Olympia, waye ixabiso wakhe 2100 German Reichsmark - malunga $ 600. Yaye ekubeni eli xabiso ndakutywina, Opel yeCadet isaziso imoto ethandwayo. Lo matshini yeyona umhlabeleli fit kwimigangatho yoluntu German nezakhiwayo ngempumelelo de 1940. Ke isityalo imoto, apho ucweyo malunga Opel Kadett, wasiwa ukuya kwimveliso emkhosini. Nge swa steel ukuya iilori Opel Blitz, oomatshini zothutho phambi-line.
Opel Kadett umba eyandulela yaba imoto indawo ngaphandle kophahla kunye top ukusonga. Body udidi "yokuthuthwa" ingaba indawo umqhubi kunye abathathu. Inguqulelo ngaphandle kumatshini njengento ukuguqulelwa. Emva kwemfazwe, ngenxa izivumelwano izibonelelo kwi MZMA sisityalo release kancincane Opel Kadett yaqala eMoscow phantsi uphawu Moskvich 401. eJamani, umba yeCadet yaqalwa ngo-1947, kunye izinga yemveliso yanda ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ngaphezu kwama-180 000 iimoto yaveliswa kwiminyaka-6. Ngowe-1953, imveliso yaphela ngenxa yezizathu zoqoqosho wathathisa kuphela ngo-1962.
Model Opel Kadett, ncomo nalapho eyandulela kunye minyaka yasemva kwemfazwe ahlala HIV, bavela kakhulu. Le nto iyahambelana nomgaqo ngumoya kwexesha. Car akwazile ngo-1962 i ngumzekelo mihla, umzimba wonke-metal yaba uhlobo komnyango-ezimbini sedan ne boot igqunyiwe. Emva kokuba laphehlelelwa ukuveliswa imodeli entsha Opel Kadett sedan, le abayili yaqala ukuba nesimo wagon station.
Ngowe-1963, inguqulelo entsha yaphehlelelwa imveliso abaninzi, yaye emva kwendibano sedan lusekiwe kwaye nqwelo, ithuba lokwenza ukuguqulwa sesithathu akwazile Kadett Coupe umzimba. Option gumbi unika imoto a sporty, imilo yayo, ngenxa emhlabeni phantsi, eyaba abangaboniyo ngokukhawuleza wabonakala kwintshukumo enefuthe ngayo umatshini.
Opel Kadett yaveliswa iinguqulelo ezintathu - sedan, inqwelo kunye coupe - iminyaka emibini enesiqingatha, kude 1965. Ke zonke koomatshini zonke uhlelo lwangaphambili kwakhona zaye yala maxesha, imveliso yaqhubeka, uhlobo Opel Kadett wathenjiswa emarikeni ngomatshini American. Kodwa US, ilizwe ngemigrugra ngokwemveli enkulu cadillacs, a Opel Kadett encinane zange yamkelwa, ukusebenzisana akuphumelelanga. Kodwa onke amazwe aseYurophu, Opel Kadett waba okokoko enye yeendawo zokuqala kwinani yeemoto bathengisa.
Ngo-1973, umzekelo saphuhliswa Opel Kadett C. I imoto entsha isekelwe GM-T ngamazwe iqonga, nto leyo eyenza kube lula ukuba ukwakha imoto kwamanye amazwe. Opel Kadett yafumaneka izityalo Japan awuzu Gemini kwi Daewoo mveliso kunye nebandla izityalo nenkampani yaseMzantsi Korean British Vauxhall Chevette. Loo ukwandiswa imoto waseJamani, leyo sele ithandwa kumazwe amaninzi, waqinisa igama lakhe, waphakamisa rating kunye nempumelelo yorhwebo. Kungoku nje Opel Kadett asinikezwanga, kwafakwa yi isizukulwana esitsha iimoto, ezifana Opel Astra, ngemoto, Vectra kunye nabanye.