Ukuba inxaxheba ka-Opel kumdlalo weemoto namhlanje ithatha imo yeCorsa-e Rally engazange ibonwe, kwiminyaka engama-25 eyadlulayo “ilitye elinqabileyo lesithsaba” lohlobo lwaseJamani lalisaziwa njenge Opel Calibrate V6 4×4.
Ubhalise kwi-International Touring Car Championship (ITC) - eyazalwa kwi-DTM eyathi, ngenxa yenkxaso ye-FIA, yaqala ukuphikiswa kulo lonke ihlabathi - iCalibra yayineemodeli eziphikisanayo ezifana ne-Alfa Romeo 155 kunye ne-Mercedes- Benz Iklasi C.
Ngexesha lonyaka elinemidyarho ekuphikiswana ngayo kwihlabathi liphela, iCalibra ngo-1996 yanika iOpel ubuntshatsheli babakhi kunye noManuel Reuter iwonga lomqhubi. Lilonke, kwisizini ka-1996, abaqhubi beCalibra baphumelele uloyiso olusithoba kwimidyarho engama-26, bephumelela iindawo ezili-19 zepodium.
I-Opel Calibrate V6 4×4
Ngeqondo lobuchwephesha elinokuthelekiswa nelo leFomula 1, iOpel Calibra 4×4 V6 isebenzise iV6 esekwe kwinjini esetyenziswa yiOpel Monterey. Ngebhloko ye-aluminiyam ekhaphukhaphu kune-injini yokuqala, kunye ne-"V" evulekile ngakumbi (i-75º xa ithelekiswa ne-54º), le yaphuhliswa yi-Cosworth Engineering kwaye yaziswa malunga ne-500 hp ngo-1996.
Ukuhanjiswa kwakuxhaswe yi-semi-automatic six-speed gearbox ene-hydraulic control, ephuhliswe ngokubambisana ne-Williams GP Engineering, eyenza kube lula ukutshintsha iigiya ngemizuzwana eyi-0.004 nje.
I-coupé's aerodynamics nayo ayizange iyeke ukuvela, ngenxa yeeyure ezingama-200 ezichithwe kwitonela yomoya, kunye nokuthotywa kweCalibra V6 4×4 kukhule ngama-28%.
Ukulawula kweCalibra V6 4X4 kubonakala kakhulu kulo mfanekiso.
Uloyiso lwe-Opel kwisizini ka-1996 yajika yaba “yingoma yedada” ye-ITC. Iindleko zophuhliso kunye nokugcinwa kwezinto ezibizwa ngokuba yi "Class 1" yeemoto (apho iCalibra ifakwe khona) ibe phezulu kakhulu kwaye i-ITC yaphela ngokunyamalala emva kweminyaka emibini.