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You don't mean the Opel Kadett of the late 80's/early 90's? I was puzzled why they never released it in the states, but they offered a neutered version as the Pontiac Le Mans which wasn't as good looking or had the performance of the Opel.

I thought if they released it in the states it might have resurrected the Opel nameplate...

Pontiac Lemans:

The Pontiac version to me seemed cheaper, and reminded me of another GM dud, called the Chevrolet Sprint:

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That Pontiac LeMans was an Opel Kadet built by Daewoo in Korea. That was not a particularly good time for Korean cars, and Daewoo in particular was the worst of them. Complete and utter crap.

The Chevy Sprint/Pontiac Firefly (nee Suzuki Forsa - or was it “Swift” originally?) was OK for what it was, a very basic 3-cylinder fuel-efficient commuter. However, GM was still selling a 3-cylinder version of it after Suzuki had moved on to a 4-cylinder for their version. As usual with these things, the Suzuki version was built better.