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Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18

Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Opel
Model Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
180964216
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About the Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: This UT Models 1:18 diecast Opel Calibra wears Uwe Alzen's #16 livery from the 1996 International Touring Car Championship, doors and bonnet opening onto a roll-cage cabin and racing engine bay. A factory Opel entry for a 1990s touring car display.

The ITC briefly expanded the DTM's format into an international championship, and Opel's Calibra was among the coupes built specifically for that short-lived, intensely engineered era.

Diecast Build of the Opel Calibra ITC Racer

The zinc alloy body carries genuine weight, and the doors and bonnet open onto a stripped racing cabin with roll cage and single seat, alongside an engine bay housing the period's high-revving four-cylinder unit. UT Models casts the Calibra's smooth, aerodynamically shaped coupe body with clean lines, and the ITC-spec wide arches and rear wing are defined sharply rather than softened into the surrounding panels. Livery print quality holds up well across the sponsor graphics, and the number 16 registers cleanly, matching the standard this maker applied across its wider 1990s touring car catalogue.

The ITC Era and Opel's Calibra Programme

The International Touring Car Championship grew out of the DTM in the mid-1990s, briefly taking the format to international rounds before spiralling technical costs led to its collapse after just a couple of seasons. Opel's Calibra, alongside Alfa Romeo and Mercedes rivals, represented some of the most technically advanced touring cars ever built for a production-based series, all housed in bodywork that only loosely resembled the road car underneath. For a collector interested in that brief, expensive chapter of touring car history, this Alzen livery captures a genuinely distinctive period before the series folded, sitting well alongside other ITC-era liveries from the same short but intense championship.

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