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Opel Calibra V6 #2 K. Rosberg DTM 1995 UT Models 1:18

Opel Calibra V6 #2 K. Rosberg DTM 1995 UT Models 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Opel
Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
180954202
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About the Opel Calibra V6 #2 K. Rosberg DTM 1995 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Opel Calibra V6 reproduces Keke Rosberg's number 2 car from the 1995 DTM touring car season, a period defined by heavily developed, widened silhouette racers. Diecast construction captures the Calibra's aggressive touring-car bodywork, a strong piece for a DTM-themed display.

DTM in the mid-1990s pushed factory touring cars far beyond their showroom shape, and Rosberg's widened, wing-equipped Calibra shows exactly how far that went.

UT Models' Diecast Build of the DTM Calibra

Number 2's livery, applied across the Calibra's dramatically flared arches and prominent rear wing, gives diecast tooling a shape almost unrecognizable from the road-going coupe it started as. UT Models reproduces that widened touring-car bodywork with reasonably sharp panel definition, and typical opening features let a collector inspect a cabin built entirely for competition rather than any road-relevant comfort. The model's stance, wide and low relative to the standard Calibra, captures exactly the kind of silhouette-racer transformation that defined mid-1990s DTM.

Keke Rosberg's DTM Program and the Calibra's Racing Era

Former Formula 1 world champion Keke Rosberg fielded Opel Calibras in DTM competition during the mid-1990s, a period when the series demanded extensively modified touring cars running vastly more powerful engines and aerodynamics than their production counterparts. That era produced some of touring car racing's most technically extreme machinery before regulation changes reshaped the category later in the decade. For a collector focused on 1990s German touring car racing specifically, this Calibra documents both a specific driver's program and a genuinely distinctive period in the sport's technical history.

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