
Audi A4 DTM #1 M. Ekstrom Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline DTM Champion 2008 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 400081801
- Year
- 2008
- 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
- 4012138085879
About the Audi A4 DTM #1 M. Ekstrom Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline DTM Champion 2008 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi A4 DTM #1 reproduces Mattias Ekstrom's 2008 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline livery, marked with the season's championship number. Ekstrom remains one of Audi's most successful DTM factory drivers, and this piece captures one of his title-contending seasons.
Carrying the #1 plate in DTM means defending a championship, and few Audi drivers wore that number as convincingly as Ekstrom did across his career with the marque.
Minichamps' Championship-Number Livery Detail
The #1 designation on a DTM car signals the reigning champion's entry, and Minichamps applies that number panel alongside Abt Sportsline's full sponsor graphics with the sharp, consistent tampo printing the manufacturer built its motorsport catalog on. The A4 DTM's wide-body aerodynamic kit, vented hood, and rear wing are all captured accurately over the standard A4 silhouette, distinguishing this factory-spec racer clearly from any road-going equivalent. The metal-bodied casting carries genuine weight for its compact 1:43 footprint, a small but real quality signal at this scale.
Ekstrom and Audi's DTM Championship History
Mattias Ekstrom built one of the more decorated careers in modern DTM history driving for Audi, and Abt Sportsline stood among the manufacturer's most successful satellite teams throughout that era. A championship-marked livery like this carries more weight for a collector than a standard season entry, since it commemorates a specific title-defending campaign rather than just another round of the series. Displayed within an Audi DTM collection organized by driver or by championship year, this #1 car anchors that story directly.















