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Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #8 O. Gavin DTM 1996 UT Models 1:18

Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #8 O. Gavin DTM 1996 UT Models 1:18 180964388 Diecast
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UT Models' 1:18 diecast Opel Calibra V6 4x4 reproduces the #8 O. Gavin livery from the 1996 DTM season, when Class 1 regulations allowed 2.5-litre V6 power and four-wheel drive. A distinctive touring car diecast for a German motorsport display, with period-correct livery detail and the reassuring weight typical of 1990s UT Models construction.
Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #8 O. Gavin DTM 1996 UT Models 1:18
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Car Brand
Opel
Model Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
180964388
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About the Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #8 O. Gavin DTM 1996 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Opel Calibra V6 4x4 recreates the #8 O. Gavin livery from the 1996 DTM season. Built to Class 1 touring car specification with a 2.5-litre V6 and four-wheel drive, it captures a distinctive chapter of German touring car racing just before DTM folded.

DTM's Class 1 era produced some of the most technically extreme touring cars ever raced, and Opel's four-wheel-drive Calibra was among the last examples before the category folded in 1996. UT Models captured that engineering oddity in 1:18 diecast, right down to the #8 racing livery.

UT Models' 1:18 Calibra Diecast Build and the #8 Livery

Diecast from this period carries real heft in the hand, a zinc alloy body that feels substantial compared with the lighter plastic toys sold alongside it on 1990s toy shop shelves. UT Models earned a solid reputation through the decade for touring car and GT liveries, and the Calibra's sponsor decals and race number are applied with the tampo printing that gave period diecast its crisp, factory-look finish rather than a decal sheet stuck on afterwards. Panel gaps run wider than a modern tool would produce, an honest limitation of 1990s tooling rather than a flaw specific to this casting. The doors and bonnet open on simple hinges, giving a glimpse of the cabin trim beneath. What the model does well is the livery itself: the #8 numbering, sponsor placement and DTM-era graphics sit accurately across the bodywork, which is exactly what a race-liveried diecast needs to get right.

The Calibra V6 4x4 and DTM's Last Class 1 Season

Opel built the Calibra V6 4x4 to DTM's Class 1 regulations, which from 1993 permitted a 2.5-litre V6 and four-wheel drive, technology that pushed touring car budgets to unsustainable levels. Mercedes and Alfa Romeo ran similar four-wheel-drive, V6-powered rivals in the same category, and 1996 turned out to be the format's final season before the series collapsed under its own cost. That makes any Class 1 diecast, including this Calibra, a marker of a genuinely short-lived era in German motorsport rather than a routine touring car replica. For a collection built around 1990s DTM or Opel's factory racing programme, the #8 Gavin car sits well alongside other Class 1 liveries, and its four-wheel-drive underpinnings give it a technical story that plenty of touring car models from other decades cannot match.

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