
Mercedes C-Class W202 #5 Team Zakspeed Grau DTM 1995 UT Models 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- UT Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 180953305
- Year
- 1995
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- DTM German Touring
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138013629
About the Mercedes C-Class W202 #5 Team Zakspeed Grau DTM 1995 UT Models 1:18
TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Mercedes C-Class W202 #5, Team Zakspeed's Grau entry from the 1995 DTM season, features genuine opening doors revealing the modeled racing cockpit. The zinc-alloy body carries real weight and crisp livery. A DTM-era piece for collectors of German touring car history.
The mid-1990s DTM era pushed touring car engineering to genuinely extreme levels before regulation changes reshaped the category, and Zakspeed's Mercedes campaign represents a specific, well-documented team within that competitive field.
Diecast Construction with Functioning Race Doors
Opening this model's doors reveals the modeled roll cage, racing seat, and stripped-down cockpit typical of the DTM era's extreme touring cars, a genuinely rewarding detail given how heavily modified these interiors were from any standard road-going C-Class. Zinc-alloy construction gives the body the structural strength to support a working hinge without compromising the surrounding panel, and the widened fenders and aggressive front splitter, both period DTM aero requirements, come through with sharp definition. The Zakspeed livery sits cleanly registered along the flared bodywork, and the closed-door shutlines stay tight despite the added hinge engineering.
A DTM Team Piece for a Touring Car Collection
This specific 1995 Zakspeed entry documents one team's campaign within a heavily contested DTM season, valuable to collectors tracking individual teams rather than a single manufacturer's overall effort. At roughly 20cm, its widened DTM bodywork gives it real visual aggression next to a standard road-going W202. Paired with the companion AMG liveries from the same season also in this range, it builds a fuller, more complete grid from one of German touring car racing's most technically extreme eras.















