
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo 2 #9 H. Rovanpera / R. Pietilainen Rally San Remo 1999 Otto 1:18

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Specifications
- Year
- 1999
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- WRC Classic
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 9580010223411
About the SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo 2 #9 H. Rovanpera / R. Pietilainen Rally San Remo 1999 Otto 1:18
TL;DR: Otto's 1:18 resin SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo 2 wears the #9 Rovanpera/Pietilainen livery from Rally San Remo 1999. Sealed resin construction gives sharp, consistent panel lines on the rally-spec bodywork, and the piece anchors a late-1990s World Rally Championship display.
SEAT fielded the Cordoba WRC in the late 1990s as its factory rally weapon, and this Evo 2 version carries the sharper aero package the team ran that season.
Resin Construction on the Otto Cordoba WRC
Otto works in resin rather than diecast, which means this Cordoba is a sealed display piece with no opening doors or hood. That's a deliberate trade: sealed construction lets the casting hold tighter, more consistent shut lines around the rally-spec arches and skirts than an opening diecast body could manage, and the flared wheel arches and roof scoop read crisply in the tampo-printed livery. The lightweight resin body also keeps the model easy to handle on a shelf, though the sealed format means the interior detail is glimpsed only through the glazing rather than examined by opening a door. For a livery-driven rally subject like this one, where the graphics and stance matter more than mechanical access, that trade favors surface accuracy over interior inspection.
Placing This Cordoba in a WRC Collection
Rally San Remo was a fixture on the WRC calendar through the 1990s, run partly on tarmac stages that suited the Cordoba's turbocharged all-wheel-drive layout. SEAT's factory effort never reached the front-running consistency of Subaru or Mitsubishi in this era, which makes surviving liveries like this one a way to represent the broader WRC grid rather than just the headline winners. At 1:18, this piece pairs naturally with other late-1990s Group A-era rally cars on a themed shelf, and the modest scale footprint, around 20cm, keeps a multi-car rally lineup manageable in a standard cabinet. Collectors building a decade-by-decade WRC run will find the Cordoba fills a gap that better-known Lancer Evos and Impreza WRCs don't cover on their own.






