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'''Buick/Opel (T-car). 1977–9 (prod. unknown). 4-door sedan, 2-door coupé. F/R, 1817 cm³ (4 cyl. OHC).''' Buick had been selling [[Opel]]s from the German arm of General Motors for years and many Americans knew them as ''Buick Opel''s. However, they tended to have a model identi&#64257;er (e.g. ''Manta, GT, 1900'') after that. In 1976, this car had been the ''Opel Isuzu''. But by 1977, it bore the simple name of ''Buick/Opel'' or ''Buick Opel'', depending on which brochure and which ad you were looking at. The cars themselves tended to have the virgule. The irony of all this was that the Buick/Opel was neither American nor German: it was a rebadged [[Isuzu Gemini]] made in Japan, albeit designed by Opel of Germany. Generally a well built compact car, complementing the [[Chevrolet Chevette]] in GM’s US line-up, but suffered from an identity crisis. By GM’s own admission, inferior to the [[Toyota Corolla 30]].


''Manufacturing location:'' Fujisawa (?), Japan

''Marque:'' [[Buick]] | ''Predecessor:'' [[Opel Isuzu]] | ''Successor:'' [[Isuzu Gemini]]