
Audi A4 B5 #4 P. Vidali STW Cup 1998 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- AUDI013
- Year
- 1998
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- 90s Touring
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Audi A4 B5 #4 P. Vidali STW Cup 1998 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi A4 B5 #4 reproduces P. Vidali's 1998 entry in Germany's STW Cup touring car championship. A compact diecast documenting the A4's role in the 1990s Super Tourenwagen era, distinct from the later DTM series it eventually fed into.
The STW Cup gave Audi's A4 a genuine racing pedigree during the 1990s, a chapter of touring car history that gets far less attention than the DTM years that followed it.
The A4 B5 in the 1990s STW Cup
Germany's Super Tourenwagen Cup ran through the 1990s as a touring car championship built around closely regulated production-based cars, a format that gave the B5-generation A4 a competitive platform separate from the DTM series that had preceded it and would later return in a different form. The #4 car entered under P. Vidali's name for the 1998 season represents one specific team's effort within a grid that typically ran multiple manufacturer entries, and STW's rules kept the field close, favoring driver skill and setup work over outright manufacturer horsepower advantages. For collectors tracing Audi's touring car history, the STW-era A4 sits as a distinct chapter from the brand's later, more famous DTM program.
A Compact Diecast for a 1990s Touring Grid
Minichamps' 1:43 diecast build reproduces the STW livery's sponsor graphics and number panel with the crisp edges a racing subject demands, since legible decal work matters more on a livery car than a plain street finish. At this scale, the model carries real metal weight despite its compact footprint, and it slots naturally alongside other 1990s touring car diecast from the same STW and early DTM period. This is a subject built for a specific kind of collector, one assembling a period-accurate grid of 1990s German touring cars rather than a broad Audi model-year survey, and it rewards exactly that kind of focused, era-specific collecting.















