Niba Opel yagize uruhare muri siporo yimodoka uyumunsi ifata nka Corsa-e Rally itigeze ibaho, hashize imyaka 25 “umutako wikamba” wikirango cyubudage wari uzwi nka Opel Calibrate V6 4 × 4.
Yiyandikishije mu marushanwa mpuzamahanga yo kuzenguruka imodoka (ITC) - yavutse muri DTM, abifashijwemo na FIA, atangira kujya impaka ku isi yose - Calibra yari ifite abanyamideli bahanganye nka Alfa Romeo 155 na Mercedes- Benz Class C.
Mugihe cyigihe cyamoko atavugwaho rumwe kwisi yose, Calibra mumwaka wa 1996 yahaye Opel shampionat yabubatsi na Manuel Reuter izina ryumushoferi. Muri rusange, muri saison ya 1996, abashoferi ba Calibra batsinze icyenda mumasiganwa 26, batsindira imyanya 19 ya podium.
Opel Calibrate V6 4 × 4
Hamwe nimpamyabumenyi yikoranabuhanga igereranywa na Formula 1, Opel Calibra 4 × 4 V6 yakoresheje V6 ishingiye kuri moteri yakoreshejwe na Opel Monterey. Hamwe na aluminiyumu yoroheje kuruta moteri yumwimerere, hamwe na “V” ifunguye (75º na 54º), iyi yatunganijwe na Cosworth Engineering kandi itanga hafi hp 500 muri 1996.
Ihererekanyabubasha ryakoreshwaga na kimwe cya kabiri cyihuta cya garebox hamwe na hydraulic igenzura, cyakozwe ku bufatanye na Williams GP Engineering, cyatumye bishoboka guhindura ibyuma mu masegonda 0.004 gusa.
Indege ya Coupe nayo ntiyigeze ihagarika guhinduka, bitewe namasaha 200 yamaze mumurongo wumuyaga, hamwe na Calibra V6 4 × 4 ikura 28%.
Ubwiganze bwa Calibra V6 4X4 buragaragara cyane kuriyi shusho.
Intsinzi ya Opel muri saison ya 1996 yaje kuba "swan song" ya ITC. Amafaranga yo kwiteza imbere no kuyitaho yimodoka yiswe "Icyiciro cya 1" (aho Calibra yashizwemo) yabaye menshi cyane kandi ITC yarangije kubura nyuma yimyaka ibiri.