Ngati kutenga nawo gawo kwa Opel pamasewera oyendetsa magalimoto lero kutengera mawonekedwe a Corsa-e Rally, zaka 25 zapitazo "mwala wachifumu" wamtundu waku Germany umadziwika kuti Opel Calibrate V6 4 × 4.
Analembetsa nawo International Touring Car Championship (ITC) - wobadwa kuchokera ku DTM yomwe, chifukwa cha thandizo la FIA, inayamba kukangana padziko lonse lapansi - Calibra anali ndi zitsanzo zotsutsana monga Alfa Romeo 155 ndi Mercedes- Benz Class C.
Munthawi yomwe mipikisano idakangana padziko lonse lapansi, Calibra mu 1996 idapatsa Opel mpikisano wa omanga komanso Manuel Reuter udindo woyendetsa. Pazonse, mu nyengo ya 1996, madalaivala a Calibra adapambana zisanu ndi zinayi mumipikisano 26, ndikupambana malo 19.
Opel Calibrate V6 4 × 4
Ndi digiri yaukadaulo yofananira ndi Formula 1, Opel Calibra 4×4 V6 idagwiritsa ntchito V6 kutengera injini yomwe Opel Monterey amagwiritsa ntchito. Ndi chipika chopepuka cha aluminiyamu kuposa injini yoyambirira, komanso "V" yotseguka (75º motsutsana ndi 54º), iyi idapangidwa ndi Cosworth Engineering ndipo idaperekedwa mozungulira 500 hp mu 1996.
Kutumizako kumayendetsedwa ndi bokosi la gearbox la semi-automatic six-speed control ndi hydraulic control, lomwe linapangidwa pamodzi ndi Williams GP Engineering, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zitheke kusintha magiya mu masekondi 0.004 okha.
Ma aerodynamics a coupé nawonso sanasiye kusinthika, chifukwa cha maola 200 omwe adakhala mumsewu wamphepo, kutsika kwa mphamvu ya Calibra V6 4 × 4 ikukula ndi 28%.
Kulamulira kwa Calibra V6 4X4 kukuwonekera kwambiri pachithunzichi.
Kupambana kwa Opel mu nyengo ya 1996 kunakhala "nyimbo ya swan" ya ITC. Mitengo ya chitukuko ndi kukonza magalimoto otchedwa "Class 1" (kumene Calibra inayikidwa) inakhala yokwera kwambiri ndipo ITC inatha patapita zaka ziwiri.