Kana kupinda kwaOpel mumutambo wemotokari nhasi kwatora chimiro cheCorsa-e Rally isati yamboitika, makore makumi maviri neshanu apfuura "korona dombo" yerudzi rweGerman yaizivikanwa se Opel Calibrate V6 4×4.
Akanyoresa muInternational Touring Car Championship (ITC) - akaberekwa kubva kuDTM iyo, nekuda kwerutsigiro rweFIA, yakatanga kukakavara pasi rose - Calibra yaive nevakwikwidzi vemhando dzakadai seAlfa Romeo 155 neMercedes- Benz Kirasi C.
Mumwaka une mijaho yakapokana pasi rose, Calibra muna 1996 yakapa Opel mukwikwidzi wevanovaka uye Manuel Reuter zita remutyairi. Pakazara, mumwaka wa1996, vatyairi veCalibra vakawana kukunda zvipfumbamwe mumijaho makumi maviri nematanhatu, vachihwina nzvimbo gumi nepfumbamwe dzepodium.
Iyo Opel Calibrate V6 4 × 4
Nedhigirii retekinoroji rinofananidzwa neFormula 1, Opel Calibra 4 × 4 V6 yakashandisa V6 zvichibva painjini yakashandiswa neOpel Monterey. Iine aruminiyamu yakareruka kupfuura injini yekutanga, uye yakavhurika zvakanyanya "V" (75º maringe ne54º), iyi yakagadzirwa neCosworth Engineering uye yakaunzwa kutenderera mazana mashanu hp muna 1996.
Iko kutapurirana kwaifambiswa nesemi-otomatiki nhanhatu-kumhanya giya bhokisi ine hydraulic control, yakagadziridzwa pamwe chete naWilliams GP Engineering, iyo yakaita kuti zvikwanise kuchinja magiya mumasekonzi 0.004 chete.
Coupé's aerodynamics zvakare haina kumbomira kushanduka, nekuda kwemaawa mazana maviri akashandiswa mugero remhepo, nekudzikira kweCalibra V6 4 × 4 kukura ne28%.
Kutonga kweCalibra V6 4X4 kunoonekwa zvakanyanya mumufananidzo uyu.
Kukunda kwaOpel mumwaka wa1996 kwakave "rwiyo rwechikwambo" rweITC. Mari yekusimudzira nekugadzirisa yeinodaidzwa kuti "Class 1" mota (payakaiswa Calibra) yakakwira zvakanyanya uye ITC yakaguma yanyangarika mushure memakore maviri.