
Mercedes C-Class C204 DTM #15 D. la Rosa DTM 2007 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- B66962280
- 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 DTM #15 D. la Rosa DTM 2007 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces car #15, one of the Mercedes C-Class C204 entries HWA fielded across the 2007 DTM season in Affalterbach. Mercedes ran a full grid of factory-backed cars that year, and this compact touring car replica represents one specific livery from that lineup at a shelf-friendly scale.
A full season grid rarely gets the attention a single championship-winning car does, but building one out livery by livery is exactly what draws many DTM collectors to 1:43 diecast in the first place.
Car #15 in Mercedes' 2007 DTM Season
Mercedes fielded a substantial factory-backed grid throughout the 2007 DTM season, and car #15 represented one entry within that broader effort rather than a standalone program. The C-Class C204 that competed that year followed DTM's silhouette racing formula: production-inspired bodywork stretched over a tubular safety structure, wide fenders housing racing-width tires, and aerodynamic elements tuned for the series' specific downforce rules. DTM stood as Germany's premier touring car championship at the time, drawing factory investment from multiple manufacturers competing under the same technical rules. HWA AG, Mercedes' dedicated touring car engineering partner in Affalterbach, built and maintained the entries across the season, giving every car in the lineup a shared technical foundation even as liveries and drivers varied from entry to entry. For anyone researching the depth of Mercedes' 2007 effort, cars like #15 reveal how many entries a factory program actually fielded beyond its headline names.
Building a Complete Grid at 1:43 Scale
Minichamps' 1:43 scale is the practical choice for anyone trying to represent an entire season rather than a single hero car, since a full DTM grid at 1:18 would consume far more shelf space than most collections can spare. Each entry carries its own sponsor graphics and race number rendered in fine, legible tampo printing, detail work that a smaller diecast scale handles cleanly without the bulk larger models require. Placed alongside other 2007 Mercedes liveries, car #15 stops being an anonymous number and becomes one piece of a much larger, genuinely researchable story about that DTM season.















