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Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18

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Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18 180964216 Diecast
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UT Models reproduces Uwe Alzen's #16 Opel Calibra from the 1996 ITC season in 1:18 diecast. Doors and hood open on this touring car, revealing a modeled cabin and race engine. A distinctive piece from the short-lived International Touring Car Championship era.
Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Opel
Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
180964216
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About the Opel Calibra #16 U. Alzen ITC 1996 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Opel Calibra #16 carries Uwe Alzen's 1996 ITC livery, with opening doors and hood over a race-prepped cabin. This piece documents the brief international expansion of DTM into the International Touring Car Championship before the series folded.

The ITC represented DTM's ambitious but short-lived attempt at international expansion, and this Calibra livery marks a specific chapter within that experiment.

Opening Panels on This UT Models Opel Calibra Diecast

The doors and hood open on this casting, exposing a race-prepped cabin with roll cage and bucket seat detail plus a modeled engine bay, the same functional treatment UT Models applied across its 1990s touring car range. Zinc alloy construction gives the piece real weight, and the livery prints with generally clean registration across the doors and hood, consistent with UT Models' mid-1990s production standards. The Calibra's smooth, aerodynamic coupe shape and correct wide fender flares are captured accurately, with racing tires and a low stance giving the piece a purposeful look distinct from the Calibra's road-going form.

The Calibra and the Short-Lived ITC Era

The International Touring Car Championship grew directly out of DTM's technical regulations in an attempt to create a genuinely international touring car series, adding races beyond Germany's borders during the mid-1990s. Opel campaigned the Calibra as its factory touring car during this period, and Alzen's 1996 season represents part of that effort just before the series folded due to spiraling costs. For collectors, the ITC offers a specific, historically bounded subject, a series that existed for only a couple of seasons before its ambitious international format collapsed.

Fitting This Model Into a Touring Car Collection

This #16 Calibra pairs well with other ITC-era liveries from Mercedes and Alfa Romeo, letting a collector document that brief but technically fascinating period of touring car racing. With the doors and hood functional, allow enough shelf depth to display the cabin properly when posed open. Diecast construction handles regular handling well, making this a durable piece for a niche 1990s touring car collection.

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