Uma ukuzibandakanya kwe-Opel kwezemidlalo yezimoto namuhla kufana ne-Corsa-e Rally engakaze ibonwe, eminyakeni engu-25 edlule “igugu lomqhele” lohlobo lwaseJalimane belaziwa ngokuthi I-Opel Calibrate V6 4×4.
Ibhalise ku-International Touring Car Championship (ITC) - eyazalwa yi-DTM okwathi, ngenxa yokusekelwa yi-FIA, yaqala ukuphikiswana ngayo emhlabeni wonke - iCalibra yayinamamodeli ayizimbangi afana ne-Alfa Romeo 155 kanye ne-Mercedes- Benz Ikilasi C.
Phakathi nesizini lapho imijaho ibibangwa emhlabeni wonke, iCalibra ngo-1996 yanikeza i-Opel ubuqhawe babakhi kanye noManuel Reuter isicoco somshayeli. Sekukonke, ngesizini ka-1996, abashayeli beCalibra bathole ukunqoba okuyisishiyagalolunye emijahweni engama-26, bawina izikhala ze-podium eziyi-19.
I-Opel Calibrate V6 4×4
Ngeziqu zobuchwepheshe eziqhathaniswa nezeFormula 1, i-Opel Calibra 4×4 V6 isebenzisa i-V6 esekelwe enjinini esetshenziswa yi-Opel Monterey. Ngebhulokhi ye-aluminium elula kunenjini yokuqala, kanye ne-"V" evuleke kakhulu (75º uma iqhathaniswa no-54º), lena yathuthukiswa yi-Cosworth Engineering futhi yalethwa cishe ama-500 hp ngo-1996.
Ugearbox ubuhamba nogearbox oyi-semi-automatic six-speed control hydraulic, owakhiwe ngokubambisana neWilliams GP Engineering, okwenze ukuthi ukwazi ukushintsha amagiya ngemizuzwana engu-0.004 nje kuphela.
I-aerodynamics ye-coupe nayo ayizange iyeke ukuvela, ngenxa yamahora angu-200 achithwa emhubheni womoya, nokuncipha kwe-Calibra V6 4×4 kukhula ngo-28%.
Ukubusa kweCalibra V6 4X4 kubonakala kakhulu kulesi sithombe.
Ukunqoba kwe-Opel ngesizini ka-1996 kuphenduke “ingoma yedada” ye-ITC. Izindleko zokuthuthukiswa nokugcinwa kwezimoto ezazibizwa nge-“Class 1” (lapho kwafakwa khona iCalibra) zaba phezulu kakhulu i-ITC yagcina ngokunyamalala ngemva kweminyaka emibili.