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For the 1981 model year, the "Buick Opel" metamorphosed into the "Isuzu I-Mark". [14] Unlike the Buick-badged versions the I-Mark was also available with a diesel engine, but the standard engine was a 78 hp (58 kW) (SAE net) version of the 1.8 litre G180Z engine. [ 15 ]
The Kadett C reached the United States as the Buick–Opel. This was an Isuzu Gemini; an updated version of this car was marketed in the US as the Isuzu I-Mark in the early 1980s. In Argentina GM manufactured a modified version with a locally developed 1.8 L 4-cylinder OHV motor — based on the six-cylinder 194 engine — as the Opel K-180 in ...
A modified version was sold in the United States as Buick's Opel by Isuzu, and in Australia as the Holden Gemini. As a result of the collaboration, certain American GM products were sold to Japanese customers through Isuzu dealerships. Holden's Statesman was also briefly sold (246 examples) with Isuzu badging in Japan during the seventies. [11]
The best-selling Opel models in the U.S. were the 1964 to 1972 Opel Kadett, the 1971 to 1975 Opel Manta, and the 1968 to 1973 Opel GT. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] (The name "Opel" was also applied from 1976 to 1980 to vehicles manufactured by Isuzu (similar to the " Isuzu I-Mark "), but mechanically those were entirely different cars).
2018 Buick GL8. U IV: FWD/AWD: 2010: 2010–present Buick GL8; The successor to the U III platform. This platform remains in use solely for the GL8, which is sold only in China. It is the only one of GM's Latin-letter platforms still in use. Also called the SGM258 platform. [11] 2020 Buick Encore GX. VSS-F: FWD/AWD: 2019: 2020–present Buick ...
1982–1988 Opel Family II 1.6 liter (16DA/16D) 1982–1993 Opel 2.3 liter (23YD/23YDT/23DTR) [20] 1982–2000 Isuzu E (1.5 and 1.7 liter engines marketed as D or TD for Opel/Isuzu cars) 1990–2014 Isuzu Circle L (marketed as Ecotec DTI, DI or CDTI; acquired via GM's takeover of DMAX)
GM sold the factory to Isuzu in 2017 and left the South African market. Struandale absorbed Isuzu pickup production beginning with the 2nd generation D-Max around 2013 & Isuzu commercial truck (Isuzu F-Series & Isuzu N-Series) production in Jan. 2019. Isuzu KB was renamed D-Max in South Africa in 2018, aligning with the rest of the world.
As we all know, these were a rebadged Isuzu Gemini, built in Japan and sold in the US as the Buick Opel, in sedan and coupe bodystyles. We saw them in Australia as the Holden Gemini. I also noticed the little 'Isuzu' badge was still displayed on the grill, even though the 'Opel' name was clearly displayed everywhere else and then there was a ...