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Sauber Mercedes C9 #62 J. Schlesser / J-P. Jabouille / A. Cudini 5th Place 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 Minichamps 1:18

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Sauber Mercedes C9 #62 J. Schlesser / J-P. Jabouille / A. Cudini 5th Place 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 Minichamps 1:18 155893562
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Minichamps reproduces the #62 Sauber Mercedes C9 that finished 5th at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1:18 diecast. A genuine Group C legend from Mercedes' dominant late-1980s prototype programme.
Sauber Mercedes C9 #62 J. Schlesser / J-P. Jabouille / A. Cudini 5th Place 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Sauber
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155893562
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About the Sauber Mercedes C9 #62 J. Schlesser / J-P. Jabouille / A. Cudini 5th Place 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:18 diecast reproduces the #62 Sauber Mercedes C9 driven by Schlesser, Jabouille and Cudini to 5th place at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans. It represents the Group C prototype programme that made Mercedes-Sauber the era's dominant endurance racing partnership.

1989 was arguably the peak year for the Sauber-Mercedes partnership at Le Mans, and this diecast captures one of the works cars from that campaign rather than a lesser privateer entry.

Group C Bodywork Detail in 1:18 Diecast

The C9's long, low silhouette, with its enclosed rear wheel arches and pronounced rear wing, is one of the more distinctive shapes in endurance racing history, and getting the proportions right at 1:18 matters because the real car's aerodynamic efficiency depended on exactly that clean, unbroken bodywork. Minichamps casts the model in zinc alloy, giving it genuine heft that suits a car built to be as substantial as a Group C prototype actually was. Sponsor liveries and the three-driver crediting, Schlesser, Jabouille and Cudini, are tampo printed for sharp edges rather than decalled. Panel lines around the removable body sections sit tight and consistent, the standard expected of a mid-tier diecast at this scale, and the wheels and low-profile tyres match the period-correct stance.

Why This C9 Matters to Le Mans Collectors

Sauber's partnership with Mercedes through the late 1980s Group C era produced some of the fastest, most reliable prototypes of the period, and 1989 saw the team's cars finish comprehensively at the front of the field at Le Mans. A 5th-place finisher still represents a genuine works entry from a dominant campaign, distinct from privateer or customer cars that filled out the rest of the grid. For a collector building an endurance racing theme, this C9 sits naturally alongside other late-1980s Group C subjects, marking the high point before the category's regulations changed dramatically into the 1990s.

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