
BMW 635CSi E24 Team Schnitzer Eterna #30 S. Bellof / S. Danner ETCC 1984 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- BMW
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155832530
- Year
- 1984
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group Racing Historic
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138134331
About the BMW 635CSi E24 Team Schnitzer Eterna #30 S. Bellof / S. Danner ETCC 1984 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW 635CSi reproduces Stefan Bellof and Christian Danner's Team Schnitzer Eterna entry from the 1984 European Touring Car Championship. Diecast construction gives this Group A coupe opening doors and hood, and the livery connects to a driver whose Nürburgring lap record stood for decades.
Stefan Bellof set a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record in 1983 that stood unbeaten for more than three decades, and that single achievement casts a long shadow over everything else in his short career, including this Schnitzer-run touring coupe from the following season.
Diecast Construction on Schnitzer's Group A Coupe
Minichamps casts this 635CSi in zinc alloy diecast, and the doors and hood open on functioning hinges, letting a collector display the cabin or engine bay rather than a permanently sealed body. Schnitzer's preparation work on BMW's E24 coupe was some of the most respected in European touring car racing, and the Eterna sponsor livery, along with Bellof and Danner's racing number, is applied through sharp tampo printing that keeps the scheme legible at 1:18.
Bellof's Brief, Blistering Career
Bellof made his name largely through Porsche's Group C sports car program, including a Le Mans-winning drive, and his Nürburgring qualifying lap in a Porsche 956 remained the benchmark time at the circuit for years after his death at Spa in 1985. Christian Danner, his co-driver in this Schnitzer entry, went on to a brief Formula 1 career of his own.
Placed beside Bellof's Porsche liveries, this 635CSi rounds out a career that ended before it could reach its full potential, a touring car footnote to a sports car story.















