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Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #23 Opel Motorsport Strycek ITC 1996 Minichamps 1:43

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Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #23 Opel Motorsport Strycek ITC 1996 Minichamps 1:43 430964323 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces the Opel Calibra V6 4x4 driven by Manuel Reuter's teammate Strycek in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship for Opel Motorsport. The body is a fixed, sealed casting carrying period sponsor branding over the Calibra's aerodynamic touring car silhouette.
Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #23 Opel Motorsport Strycek ITC 1996 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Opel
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
430964323
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About the Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #23 Opel Motorsport Strycek ITC 1996 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Opel Calibra V6 4x4 #23 in factory Opel Motorsport livery documents Strycek's 1996 ITC season. Sealed one-piece body, no opening panels, period-specific touring car detail. A 90s Touring subject for German-adjacent motorsport collectors.

The mid-1990s ITC represented one of touring car racing's most technically extreme periods, and the Calibra V6 4x4 was built specifically to compete at that level, far removed from its road-going coupe origins.

Diecast Detail on a Purpose-Built Touring Car

This sealed diecast body reproduces the Calibra's ITC-spec wide arches and extensive aerodynamic addenda as continuous cast-in surface detail, a shape almost unrecognisable from the standard road car it was based on. Opel Motorsport's factory livery, with its clean sponsor lettering, holds crisp definition through tampo printing even at the compact 1:43 scale. ITC regulations of this period permitted extreme technical freedom, resulting in touring cars that bore only superficial resemblance to their showroom counterparts, and this model captures that engineering excess faithfully. The sealed construction suits the subject well, since the car's real value lies in its silhouette and livery rather than any interior detail collectors would realistically inspect.

The ITC's Place in Touring Car History

The International Touring Car Championship burned brightly but briefly, collapsing under its own spiralling costs after just a couple of seasons, which makes surviving documentation of cars like this Calibra genuinely valuable to collectors of the era. For anyone tracking 1990s touring car racing across Germany and beyond, this piece fills a specific, short-lived chapter that DTM's more commonly referenced history often overshadows. At 1:43, it sits naturally alongside DTM subjects from the same period, highlighting just how radical touring car engineering briefly became before regulations reined it back in.

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