Produced from 1989 to 1997, the Calibra was branded with different manufactures in different regions; from South America, Australia and UK. Built from the Opel Vectra’s chasis, designer Erhard Schnell created a mid-size contender against the Japanese sports coupes. An interesting fact about these cars is that it was the most aerodynamic production car during its time. It held it’s title till the Honda Insight and Audi A2 was released.

One reason why I love the Calibra is because of its participation in the International Touring Car Championship in 96. The conversion of the sports coupe to a full race DTM race car earned recognition by winning the best team and driver of that season.

After the victory, the Calibra was withdrawn from motorsports and production ended the following year. In my opinion, the Calibra is definitely one of the well designed AWD, eye-candy DTM race cars ever built.

-Mark