
Audi A4 B6 DTM #12 T. Kristensen Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline DTM 2004 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 5020400603
- Year
- 2004
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- DTM German Touring
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Audi A4 B6 DTM #12 T. Kristensen Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline DTM 2004 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi A4 B6 reproduces T. Kristensen's #12 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline entry from the 2004 DTM season. Diecast construction at this compact scale suits a full-season touring car build, letting collectors assemble an entire grid without a single shelf.
DTM's 2004 season ran with a factory-backed Audi effort fielded through the Abt Sportsline squad, and this A4 B6 carries Tom Kristensen's #12 livery from that campaign.
1:43 Diecast Built for a Full Grid
DTM fields a full grid of nearly identical touring cars distinguished mainly by livery, which makes 1:43 the natural scale for anyone trying to assemble a season rather than a single hero piece. Minichamps' diecast body carries the A4 B6's boxy touring-car silhouette accurately, wide fenders flared to cover racing rubber, a splitter and rear wing shaped for the aerodynamic rules of the era, and the sponsor decals rendered with the sharp tampo printing needed at this smaller scale, where hand-painted detail would smear the fine text. Kristensen's #12 colors are reproduced as run in period, giving this piece genuine value as a specific-season record rather than a generic Audi road car repainted in racing colors. At 1:43, a dozen of these fit the shelf space one 1:18 car would occupy alone.
Audi's Factory DTM Push in the Mid-2000s
Audi's return to DTM in the early 2000s brought factory resources to a series that had spent years rebuilding after its earlier ITC-era collapse, and the A4 B6 was the platform carrying that effort through the middle of the decade.
One Car Toward a Complete 2004 Grid
Collected alongside its Abt Sportsline teammates, this Kristensen A4 becomes one entry in a season set rather than a standalone piece.















