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Opel Ascona 400 #5 W. Rohrl / C. Geistdorfer Safari Rally World Champion 1982 Sun Star 1:18

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Opel Ascona 400 #5 W. Rohrl / C. Geistdorfer Safari Rally World Champion 1982 Sun Star 1:18 5378 Diecast
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Sun Star's 1:18 diecast Opel Ascona 400 wears the #5 livery of Walter Rohrl and Christian Geistdorfer's 1982 championship season. This is a used example; the box shows traces of storage while the model itself is unaffected. Doors and bonnet open, revealing a stripped-out rally interior behind the glazing.
Opel Ascona 400 #5 W. Rohrl / C. Geistdorfer Safari Rally World Champion 1982 Sun Star 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Opel
Model Manufacturer
Sun Star
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
5378
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About the Opel Ascona 400 #5 W. Rohrl / C. Geistdorfer Safari Rally World Champion 1982 Sun Star 1:18

TL;DR: Sun Star's 1:18 diecast Opel Ascona 400 #5 carries Rohrl and Geistdorfer's 1982 championship-winning livery, with opening doors and bonnet. This is a used example, box showing traces of storage, model unaffected. A genuine rally-history piece for a World Rally Championship display.

1982 remains a landmark year for Opel's rally programme, and a livery carrying Walter Rohrl's number gives this diecast a direct line to a specific championship-winning season rather than generic period styling.

Diecast Build and Livery Detail

The zinc alloy body carries the sort of weight collectors expect from mid-tier rally diecast, and the #5 livery is applied with clean sponsor lettering and consistent panel registration, which matters enormously on a rally car whose entire visual identity depends on that graphics work reading crisply from every angle. Doors and bonnet open, showing a stripped rally interior, roll cage cues and simplified bucket seats rather than a road car's cabin, a genuinely informative detail for anyone studying period rally preparation. This is a used model, and its box carries traces of storage; the casting itself shows none of that wear.

Rohrl, Geistdorfer and the 1982 Season

Walter Rohrl and co-driver Christian Geistdorfer claimed the 1982 World Rally Championship drivers' title behind the wheel of the Opel Ascona 400, a season that stands among the sport's most respected championship runs before the Group B monsters that followed reshaped the category entirely. The Ascona 400 itself was a homologation special built specifically to compete at that level, giving this livery genuine competitive weight rather than a manufactured connection.

A Rally History Piece

This model earns its place in any World Rally Championship display, particularly one tracing the transition from the earlier Group 4 era into the Group B period that dominated the mid-1980s. Displayed beside period Lancia, Audi or Ford rally liveries, it tells a genuine slice of a specific championship season rather than a generic rally-car impression.

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