
Porsche 911 GT1 #25 H. Stuck / T. Boutsen / B. Wollek 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 UT Models 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- UT Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 180966625
- Year
- 1996
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138021822
About the Porsche 911 GT1 #25 H. Stuck / T. Boutsen / B. Wollek 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 UT Models 1:18
TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast reproduces the #25 Porsche 911 GT1 that Hans-Joachim Stuck, Thierry Boutsen, and Bob Wollek drove for the factory team at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans. The mid-tier diecast captures the GT1's road-derived silhouette and race-spec livery for a Porsche endurance display.
Porsche built the 911 GT1 to homologate a GT racer around a road-legal shell, and 1996 marked its first outing at Le Mans against a field it would soon come to dominate.
The 911 GT1's First Le Mans Campaign
Porsche developed the GT1 as a purpose-built racer wrapped in just enough 911 road-car identity to satisfy GT class homologation, pairing a carbon composite chassis with the flat-six power that had defined Porsche's endurance program for decades. The 1996 Le Mans entry fielded factory drivers Hans-Joachim Stuck, Thierry Boutsen, and Bob Wollek, three names with deep endurance racing pedigree between them, in a car that put Porsche back at the front of GT competition after a period away from top-level factory involvement. That first Le Mans outing set up the GT1's stronger follow-up seasons, and this #25 entry represents the program's opening chapter rather than its later GT1-98 evolution. For a collector building a Porsche Le Mans display, the distinction between GT1 generations matters, and this is the earlier, road-car-influenced version.
UT Models' 1990s Approach to Factory Liveries
UT Models built its catalog in the 1990s around detailed 1:18 diecast replicas of exotic and racing subjects, at a time when few manufacturers were producing this level of factory-livery accuracy at accessible pricing. The GT1's low, wide bodywork and prominent rear wing come through in solid zinc alloy construction, with opening doors typical of the era's diecast standard and a cockpit trimmed for competition rather than road use. Panel lines run cleaner than the toy-grade diecast sold alongside it, though a collector comparing this against a modern resin GT1 replica will notice softer edge definition on vents and mirrors. That trade-off is fair for the tier: this is an accessible way to own a factory Le Mans livery rather than a museum-grade recreation, and it earns its place on that basis.















