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|width = |height = to (according to wheel size and body type) |weight = |wheelbase = |related=Opel Olympia A |predecessor=Opel Kadett A |successor=Opel Kadett C }} The Opel Kadett B was launched by Opel at the Frankfurt Motor Show in late summer 1965.〔Oswald 1945 - 90 (vol 3), p. 213〕 The Kadett B was larger all-round than the Kadett A: 5% longer both overall and in terms of the wheelbase, 7% wider and 9% heavier (unladen weight), albeit lower in basic standard "Limousine" (sedan/saloon) form.〔Oswald 1945 - 90 (vol 3), pp. 199 & 215〕 Production ended in July 1973, with the successor model introduced a month later following the summer shut-down, in August. ==Bodies: more choice== Opel had built a reputation for providing stylish cars, and the simple well balanced proportions of the recently introduced Opel Rekord Series A had continued the tradition. The unapologetic slab-sided functionalism of the Kadett B disappointed some commentators.〔Oswald 1945 - 90 (vol 3), p. 213: "Trotz seiner stilistisch mißglückten, dicklichen und hochbordigen Karosserieform ließ sich der Kadett B vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag ... ausgezeichnet verkaufen, denn er war ein problemloses, wirtschaftliches und zuverlässiges Auto."〕 However, customers were not deterred, possibly because the simple car body enabled the car to provide an aggressively priced practical and modern car with far more interior space than the Volkswagen which hitherto had dominated the German small car market without serious challenge for more than a decade. The range of bodies was widened with the Kadett B. The entry level model, priced in September 1965 at 5,175 Marks, was the two-door "Limousine" (sedan/saloon). In addition, for the first time since 1940, it was again possible to buy a four-door Kadett "Limousine". In September 1967 a fast back "Limousine" model, designated as the "Kadett LS" and offered with two or four doors, joined the range.〔Oswald 1945 - 90 (vol 3), pp. 214 & 218〕 A three-door "Car-A-Van" (kombi/estate/station wagon) was offered from the 1965 launch, with a five-door "Car-A-Van" added to the range in 1967.〔Oswald 1945 - 90 (vol 3), pp. 214 & 221〕 Opel also offered a two-door Kadett coupé with reduced headroom for the passengers in the rear. The coupé body introduced in 1965 included a thick C-pillar with reduced side-windows between the C-pillar and the B-pillar. The thick C-pillar incorporated three prominent air extractor slots reminiscent of the gills on a fish, as a result of which this coupé acquired the soubriquet ''"Kiemencoupé"'' (gills coupé). A coupé body with larger side windows for the passengers in the back appeared in 1967 identified as the "Coupé F", initially only on the more lavishly equipped cars, but from 1971 all Kadett B coupés used the newer body. The newer Coupé, with an increased quantity of glass, was slightly heavier than the "gills-coupé" as well as being less aerodynamically efficient, leading to a small reduction in claimed top speed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Opel Kadett B」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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