[David_Hayward (RIP)]

this is the 1938-on Kadett Model KJ38 (Standard) or K38 (Master/Special) in English market terms..Kadett Normal and Spezial in Deutsch. Compare the Kadett with its Soviet reproduction. However the 1940 Model Kadetts and Olympias that were supposed to go into production in February 1940 (of which I have photos of prototypes) clearly escaped the seizures. Probably because they had been fire-damaged by the USAAF as my friend mentioned.

The 1939 Model Kadetts went out of production in February 1940, as they had little export value, and little staff car use I suppose but Olympia Oly.38 assembly continued to November. However I gather that the Wehrmacht used both pre-war and wartime Opel cars, and pre-war Blitz trucks so in the end they used whatever they could get their hands on, including those Opels exported to countries later occupied by the Germans.