The Kadett Combo was built two different ways: Vauxhall assembled it in Ellesmere Port, England until 1989, then the line moved to Opel's own plant in Azambuja, Portugal for the rest of its run.
Lead trim: 1.3 petrol · up to 89 hp
Opel Combo1986–1993
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FactThe Kadett Combo was built two different ways: Vauxhall assembled it in Ellesmere Port, England until 1989, then the line moved to Opel's own plant in Azambuja, Portugal for the rest of its run.
The Opel Kadett Combo was introduced in January 1986 and finished production in August 1993, based on the Opel Kadett E small family car. It was built in the United Kingdom, at Ellesmere Port by Vauxhall, until January 1989, when the model was facelifted with a new grille separate from the bumper and production moved to Azambuja, Portugal. In Germany it was sold with a 1.3-litre petrol engine, later a 1.4, or a 1.6 (later 1.7) litre diesel, and buyers in some countries, including the United Kingdom, could also choose a 90 PS (89 hp) 1.6-litre petrol. In the United Kingdom the van was known as the Bedford Astravan and the high-roof Bedford Astramax, sold as a Vauxhall from 1 June 1990.
Collectors Spotted in the Opel Combo Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Opel Combo yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 petrol | 1986–1993 | 1.3 L | 59 hp | 69 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.4 petrol | 1986–1993 | 1.4 L | 59 hp | 76 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.6 diesel | 1986–1993 | 1.6 L | 54 hp | 71 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.6 petrol (90 PS) | 1986–1993 | 1.6 L | 89 hp | 93 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.7 diesel | 1986–1993 | 1.7 L | 56 hp | 77 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
This Combo shares its bones with the Citroën Berlingo and Peugeot Rifter/Partner — the badge-engineering PSA inherited when it bought Opel in 2017.
Earlier Combos were built in Portugal and Spain, but the third generation shifted production to Tofaş's plant in Bursa, Turkey.
European Combo C production ended in 2011, but Holden stockpiled enough unsold vans in Australia and New Zealand to keep selling them for almost two more years.
Long after Opel moved on in Europe, this Combo kept building in China through 2005 — badged as the Shanghai Auto Saibao, sharing its 1.6 with the Buick Sail.
The Kadett Combo was built two different ways: Vauxhall assembled it in Ellesmere Port, England until 1989, then the line moved to Opel's own plant in Azambuja, Portugal for the rest of its run.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Chevy pitched the Astro as the anti-minivan, telling buyers life was too big for one, while it rode on a rear-wheel-drive truck frame.
The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.