The Olympia's demise cleared the way for the Opel Ascona, produced from August 1970 and introduced to the market in November 1970. The Ascona filled the gap between the smaller Kadett and the larger Rekord more obviously and, in terms of the sales figures, more persuasively than the Kadett-based Olympia, defining in the German auto-market a new mid-weight family car class where it would be joined by the Ford Taunus TC and, a couple of years later, by the Audi 80 and the Volkswagen Passat. The Olympia design did live on in a manner, as the front design was used on United States-bound Kadetts from the 1968 model year until replaced by the next generation, and on South African Opel Kadetts beginning with the 1971 model year. Body styles were: 2-door fastback saloon 4-door fastback saloon 2-door coupé Citations General and cited references Olympia pictures and specification Olympia OL38 pictures and specification External links Olympia 1940s cars 1950s cars 1960s cars 1970s cars Cars introduced in 1935 Compact cars