Opel Calibra DTM / ITC - The Most Advanced Touring Car In The World 

The Calibra was a very good looking car. Incredible how much technology was used and the costs exploded.

Hope silhouette DTM cars will come back some day, it's what made this series so unique with so many iconic cars

Aaaah, the Calibra. My all time dream car. Such a beauty...

I think DTM needs to bring back the rule that the base car needs 4 seats

I had no idea how advanced this car was. Awesome video man.

The gps to change the setup of the car on each corner is so crazy, I`ve never heard about anything like that before so thank you for this awesome video B Sport! You`re quickly becoming my favourite yt channel

I loved this car in Gran Turismo and I knew she was something special with that super high redline but I had no idea just how advanced it actually was!! Thanks B Sport ^_^

The DTM Calibra will always be one of my favourite Racecars of all time. Probably Number 2 for me of all times after the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO.

when i was a teenager in the 1990s the Opel Calibra was by far my fav DTM car, it just looked mega.

Lets go! Im so glad you're covering class 1 touring cars, my all time favourite touring car class! Hopefully you'll make videos on the alfa and merc too :D As a mechanical engineer I am in awe at the IMMENSE engineering effort (and massive costs :D) that went into these monsters Wish they were in more sims tho :(

The reduce in viewer interest in germany came after the ITC with the much tamer STW. The difference was hard to swallow. The final Race in Germany in Hockenheim ITC 1996 was packed with Fans and the athmosphere was breathtaking. Today we would give everything for something like STW. Everything is gone.

Whoa! I had no idea it had this level of tech! Definitely ahead of its time and not to mention the gorgeous design. I own a Calibra and I get thumbs up everytime I go out for a drive

Sounds like a remarkable team to build a car so advanced and reliable.

THIS is my favourite ever car!!!! My parents had a Vauxhall Calibre at the time and this car looked and sounded amazing! I would love to go visit the ZakSpeed 1997 Calibra!

The engines were absolutely glorious. I remember the Pilbeam single seat hillclimb cars with the V6 DTM engine from them. Apparently they ran standard mechanical valvegear as the DTM engines had pneumatic valvegear which was a bit too secret/expensive to go on general sale. Still revved to over 11k rpm. And only 85kg. Andy Burton had one in his 306 rally car too. Outstanding piece of engineering

Great to see you are broadening your wonderful analysis beyond mainly current racing cars.

Finnaly someone who actually know the real power of the calibra that she had back in the days and still an amazing peace of history till this day. Absolute legend

Golden age of motorsport. Watching DTM from Norisring right now, no chance to compare both times

Truly the pinnacle of touring cars.

In my opinion, the 1996 ITC season was one of the greatest racing championships of all time. You had great cars, drivers, tracks, the racing was good, much better than what DTM would eventually become in the mid-2000's. If the ITC had to go out, they did it at least with a bang.

I had a 2ltr turbo 4x4 Calibra, god damn thing was a mental sleeper 🥰🥰

That Calibra was a dream car. I drove quite a few Opels in my life and my 2 favorites with the Monza 1.6 Gsi and then then Astra 200 CDX. Both sedans and great cards for their time!

Very interesting, I was aware of the ITC Alfa but not that the Opel was this advanced!

The golden era of touring cars... You will never be forgotten

What an era. High strung/high revving N/A engines are truly an art form!

I've also loved the Alfa 155 upward exhausts.

Great summary for a great car. I am really glad to have these cars seen racing in 1995 (first Opel win at Hockenheim) and 1996. Still have the sound in my ears, when the come through Nordkurve and accelerate onto the wood (old layout)

Der Calibra war der geilste - Da bekomme ich heute noch Gänsehaut

Loved the Calibra and the Alfa DTM! Great video!

Ein Meisterwerk !!! ❤

And to think I've been in a Calibra Turbo 4x4 without knowing any of this, sacrilege! Thank you for the throrough walkthrough!

I manufactured these Cliff cars in 1995 at the Uusikaupunki car factory in Finland. In the assembly, the car differed from a normal car in that neither bumpers nor a back seat were installed in the car.

The 90's were such a great time for race car engineering. So many people movers transformed into cutthroat monsters, just like Group 5, yet a little more understated.

Impressive! Specialy the gear system to drive front wheels : unique for sure. What is the point of open injection system? To allow for variable trumpets? 🤔

We look at what DTM was and compare it with what's now... it makes me depressive

The car knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't, by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't, or where it isn't, from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance sub-system uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the car from a position where it is, to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position where it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event of the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has required a variation. The variation being the difference between where the car is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too, may be corrected by the GEA. However, the car must also know where it was. The car guidance computance scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information the car has obtained, it is not sure just where it is, however it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subracts where it should be, from where it wasn't, or vice versa. By differentiating this from the algebraic sum og where it shouldn't be, and where it was. It is able to obtain a deviation, and a variation, which is called "air"

I love the before and after pictures showing the base car and then race car. Such a beauty. Very impressive at how they teamed up with Cosworth, Williams F1, and others to make the best car possible. Sounds like the succeeded!

Fantastic video and very informative.

I still have the issue of Racecar Engineering from the mid 1990's with the technical breakdown of this car, Opel absolutely threw the kitchen sink at this car and essentially broke the sport. After the ITC collapsed Mercedes threatened to not join the projected new DTM series unless AWD was banned "it had no plans to produce such cars for road use in the future", which they then did after the ban went through. I still have little respect for Merc after that

This car is so technologically advanced that it could be even released for racing today and still would be too extreme! I mean, GPS based active systems!? Steer by wire in 1997!? This is absolute madness!

I owned a Calibra that had the Super Boss motor.A beautiful car and drove amazingly

The technology put into this car is crazy to hear ... never knew the Calibra DTM had an automatic gearbox

Awesome video, love it!

Opel for some reason never gets the credit they deserved. they are extremely reliable, well handling, kinda well made and really clean. the only thing i dont like is the selection of screws they used. you cannot change any part without having at least one screw head breaking. if they would make some sportscars and stop using shitscrews, they would make a excellent car for everyone who enjoys driving

Love these stories. Unlimited racing is always interesting. All that car needed was active aero.

Wow, never knew those cars were so complex! Great video again!!

This was so awesome area.. the 155 alfa is very nice aswell or the classics , m3 and 190 E Evo

Absolutely fascinating analysis!

Were these cars faster than their super gt/jgtc counterparts of the time?

Thanks a lot! Very professional explanation, all the key facts.

oh man my all time favourite touringCAR

I always liked Opel. Back in the 70's and 80's Opel was a top contender next to Mercedes with Admiral's and Diplomats. Definitely above Audi and Volkswagen. Opel did bring milestones and odd balls which made Opel very special. Manta, Commodore, Senator, Monza, Speedster and Bitter making them even more outstanding. Opel was the real "peoples car" all the way up to the rich and famous. Later GM put a noose around Opel's neck and Peugeot made Opel simply mainstream.

real shame there wasnt a V6 AWD Calibra released to the public great looking car , shocked by the amount of money each team spent developing these cars 😮 , great post lots of interesting info thnx

I remember how impressed I was when learned how they solved the issue with driving the front wheels while having the engine so low. My first read about this Calibra DTM was in the late 1990s from the AMS Magazine, and I love the car since then.

I am a sucker fot the Calibra so I was happy I saw this in my recommended videos. Subbed!

hey, ich weiß ja nicht wie es Dir geht, aber das ist mein all-time-favourite. Ich hab so ziemlich alle Modelle, inklusive dem 100Jahre Fanfest Cali, und dem Wagen, den Volker einmal in der DTM fuhr, der ist sogar noch seltener, noch dazu signiert. Tatsächlich war das 24h Rennen das erste Rennen das ich besucht habe als Youngster (ich hab noch eine von den kleinen Fahnen, die Volker in der Einführungsrunde aus dem Fenster warf, klar, hängt zusammen mit dem ganzen Rosberg'95Merch und den Autogrammkaten von ebay in einer großen Vitrine). Dass ich damals lieber Ran als Vox geschaut habe, ist eine der Sachen, die ich am meisten bereue in meinem Leben :) Hab Jahre später ein kleines Vermögen führ ein DVD Set bezahlt, wo jemand die Übertragungen von VHS konvertiert hat, und die 3(!) Jahresbücher. Du hast einige Dinge zur technischen Entwicklung genannt, die mir gar nicht bekannt waren. Danke und Respekt! Vielleicht kann man sich ja mal bei der NES treffen

I did not know it had all of the systems. Thanks.

This car was so much fun in Gran Tourismo 2

The calibra is something YT doesn't recommend much! Seen one in real life. Nice car!

The 1997 Calibra with the full-carbon body would have been a another groundbreaking step! Keep in mind you could have run two F1 teams for the price of one DTM/ITC team at that time. And becaus there was also competition between two tyre companies, but also had no limit in testing they did a different tyre compound for every track. The Opel had a hydraulic system which they used for everything in that car, like the weights, the flaps, everything they figured out that would improve perfomance by moving it during a lap, they put a hydraulic system on it and automated it. Like said in the video, a spin would get the systems off sync with the track, but because the system took the distance as reference to know where the car is on the track and, as far as i know, not realy a GPS. The system was reset everytime it crossed the line by a signal from the box, so if the car had a spin it was off sync just till it crosses the line again.

The 155 alfa awd and 190e cosworth and lotus carlton and ford siarrai rs cosworth and volvo wagon was my all time favourite cars

Please, more videos on cars from the past💜

I owned a Calibra turbo at that time so I was a big fan. Even today the Cliff Calibra in 1:18 is in my living room. Pitty the German press killed Opel. They always made good cars

Those were the days man

I can just see great design that had no limits. Beautiful design & engineering which to me are the same.

knowing Opel build the first rocket powered car this isn't exactly a surprise :D

I believe the 97 car even had a carbon chassis. Also will you make videos about the other two main Class 1 cars?

Another Great video on a Beast of a racing car

That inline 6 in the omega tho!!!

As being too young for having see it race at that time, I wonder how the racing with these cars looked like? It's absolutely mind boggling seeing how advanced this car was. And the shifting really was automatic?

i knew the calibra was wild, but doing entire engine swaps between race sessions!? bruh.

i heard that the Lexus IS F Racing Concept was built on the Opel Vectra DTM. do you happen to know anything about that?

An epic project!!!

I’m proud to say I Owen an opel calibrate such a cool car

Great video, thanks!!!

Yes, I always liked Calibra, especially, the 16-valve and AWD ones.

I actually own a plastic model of the black Cliff one. I'm in love with the overall shape of the car.

Thx for the insights

Love the 90s rules😎❤️

Great car. Makes you wonder what they will think up next

Absolutely mad, i love it🥰

DTM has never been more expensive than F1 running in the same year.

I own Opel Calibra 2.0 16v 4X4 for future project! 😉

Nice video, crazy car

I had no idea how advanced these cars were

Was a great car to drive in Grand Turismo.

Im an american that grew up in 3 73-74 opel mantas in the 80s and 90s. Those things were little tanks. Each one had over 200k miles. Our last one was still running when my dad junked it around 95-96. I dont think it actually got junked. Everyone at the yard kept asking what was wrong with it lol im pretty sure someone took the whole thing lol. Always have a soft spot for opel even if its just a chevy vauxhall nowadays. Damn good cars in their day. Chugged like a diesel but it was like a gas 1.4l or something lol

Who manufactured the gearboxes? Xtrac? Martin Schanche (6 times european rallycross champion and cofounder of Xtrac) copied the design of this gearbox in his Ford Escort rallycross car that debuted in 1996, paired with an 10 000 RPM shortstroke YB engine. The 90s was wild!

The input from cosworth was, very, very much more than mentioned here.

Super schöner Autowagen ..mit nem coolen 6 Ender ❤😊

I've always loved the alfa 155

My peaceful 2.0 16V (that I still own) is the base for this monster? I always loved the Calibra, but didn't knew it was this advanced.

The Alfa V6 DTM cars were screamers !

8:06 Never knew they ran them with Vauxhall badges.

Damn, Opel was way cooler back in the time

the Calibra DTM was a great car - even running to today - only got beaten by the Astra DTM in my Opinion.. Sadly they are slowly getting rarer and rarer and are not often seen on tracks and series like tourenwagen-legenden or drm

Das war die beste DTM die es jemals gab

What a monster!

Check the Opel GSi Kadett (SuperBoss) South African special. Gave BMW 325is( 2.7lf with M3 suspension factory) a very hard time on the race track even the Ford Sierra XR8 (V8 from Mustang SA only)

By far, the best driving cars of Gran Turismo. I can’t tell how many thousands of miles I racked up on my Mercedes.