The Opel Kadett collectively known as the Buick Opel Isuzu which the Chevy Chevette was also based from and Chevrolet got the Chevette in hatchback form replaced the Opel Manta at least here in North America. ![]() Both cars existed in the Buick lineup through the end of 1975 and the Manta which was due for a body redesign in 1975 in the European Domestic Markets were no longer imported here. The Buick Skyhawk at 179.3″ was slightly larger than the Opel Manta at 176.0″. ![]() In 1975 though Buick along with its other Chevy Vega/Monza based cousins finally offered the new GM RWD H-Bodied Chevy Monza body based (still completely different body design from the Vega/Astre) Buick Skyhawk. The Isuzu/Holden Impulse/Piazza was a stretched platform of the Isuzu Gemini identical in size with the Opel Manta) The 1G Opel Manta may have indirectly replaced the Opel GT but since the Buick Opel line does not have any subcompact offerings like the GM RWD H-Bodied Chevy Vega/Pontiac Astre, it was for a time being its entry level subcompact offering. In South America a Chevy Chevette and in Europe a Vauxhall Chevette. In Australia it was known the Holden Kadett. and Canada by its participating parent company the Buick Opel Isuzu. ![]() It had nothing to do with the Manta except that both belong to the Opel lineup especially since the Manta was one size larger than the Kadett (which had plenty of names depending upon if it’s an Isuzu which were called Gemini in Japan and later on in North America the I-Mark. The Kadett T-Car heritage is what led to the development of the Chevette and later on the Isuzu Impulse/Piazza.
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