
Mercedes C-Class C204 #9 G. Paffett HWA DTM 2007 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- B66962277
- Year
- 2007
- 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 Mercedes C-Class C204 #9 G. Paffett HWA DTM 2007 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces car #9, the Mercedes C-Class C204 that Gary Paffett drove for HWA during the 2007 DTM season, two years after his 2005 championship. This entry sits alongside two other Paffett liveries in the same range, together tracing his car-number history across three separate seasons.
Gary Paffett's number changed more than once across his Mercedes years, and 2007's car #9 sits at one point along that sequence, well after his first title but years before his later assignments.
Gary Paffett's Early Mercedes Years Under Car #9
By 2007, Gary Paffett already carried a DTM championship from 2005, and his continued presence in Mercedes' factory lineup that season under car #9 reflected an established, trusted position within the team rather than a rookie assignment. The C-Class C204 followed the shared engineering template used across the Mercedes grid that year, wide-fendered bodywork, a roll-cage safety structure, and aerodynamic details tuned to DTM's downforce regulations, with sponsor livery and car number the main visible differences between entries. Team seniority, sponsor commitments, and simple squad reshuffling all typically factor into these number changes from one season to the next. Paffett's number would later shift to #7 in 2008 and #3 by 2010, three separate numbers across three seasons for one driver at the same manufacturer, a genuinely useful detail for sequencing liveries within a single career.
Tracking a Driver's Tenure Through 1:43 Liveries
Collected together, the #9, #7, and #3 Paffett entries from 2007, 2008, and 2010 form a small but genuinely coherent career sequence, each carrying the fine tampo-printed sponsor detail that distinguishes Minichamps' DTM range from cruder alternatives. At 1:43 scale, three seasons' worth of one driver's cars fit easily on a single shelf, and the visible number changes across the three cars offer a concrete, checkable way to date any unlabeled DTM diecast found later without documentation.















