{"product_id":"audi-80-gle-team-tom-walkinshaw-racing-n-trfdsn400","title":"Audi 80 GLE TWR Team BP No. 43 Sir Stirling Moss British Saloon Car Championship 1981 Trofeu 1:43","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA die-cast 1:43 scale model of the TWR-run Audi 80 GLE driven by Sir Stirling Moss in the full 1981 BSCC season — eleven rounds, three class podiums, and one of the most discussed racing comebacks in British motorsport history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTrofeu's \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale model captures car No. 43 as it appeared throughout the 1981 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship — the only die-cast representation at this scale of the precise chassis assigned to Sir Stirling Moss during what proved to be his final sustained competitive season. The white and black BP\/Audi Team livery, operated under Tom Walkinshaw Racing management, is rendered in die-cast metal across the B2-generation saloon body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"audi-80-gle-b2\"\u003eThe Audi 80 GLE B2: a front-wheel-drive homologation saloon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduced at the September 1978 motor show and on sale in GLE fuel-injected form from early 1979, the Audi 80 B2 (Typ 81) measured 4,383 mm long on a 2,541 mm wheelbase. Its 1,588 cc SOHC inline-four with Bosch K-Jetronic injection produced around 110 hp — an architecture closely related to the contemporary Volkswagen Golf GTI unit. The FIA issued Group 1 homologation number 5774 on 2 January 1980, valid through 1 January 1982, covering the car's entire two-year BSCC campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"moss-bscc-1981\"\u003eSir Stirling Moss, TWR, and the 1981 BSCC season\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1981 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 24th running of the series. For that season, Tom Walkinshaw Racing took over operation of the Audi programme — having replaced Richard Lloyd's GTi Engineering, which had run the cars in 1980 — and paired Moss with TWR protégé Martin Brundle. Moss, competing at 50 years of age, drove No. 43 in Class B across all eleven rounds at circuits including Mallory Park, Thruxton, Brands Hatch, and Donington Park. He finished 19th overall and 6th in Class B with 20 championship points, recording three class podiums. Brundle in the sister No. 42 took two outright Class B wins at Silverstone and Thruxton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"trofeu-143-model\"\u003eThe Trofeu 1:43 die-cast\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrofeu is a Portuguese manufacturer with an established catalogue of \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e touring and rally car replicas. This model, catalogued as the Audi 80 GLE driven by Stirling Moss in the 1981 BSCC, is produced in die-cast metal. No limited edition run number has been stated by the manufacturer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"display-cabinet\"\u003ePlacing it in the display cabinet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e, the model measures approximately 10.2 cm in length — compact enough for dense shelf arrangements or themed BSCC groupings. Natural companions include the TWR Mazda RX-7 of overall 1981 champion Win Percy and the Audi Quattro rally cars of 1981–1984, which together trace Audi's motorsport ambitions across disciplines in the same era. For collectors focused on TWR history, this modest 1,588 cc saloon sits at the very beginning of a dynasty that would later take overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TROFEU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58891074240896,"sku":"TRFDSN400","price":123.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-trfdsn400-front34-v2.jpg?v=1793991414","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/audi-80-gle-team-tom-walkinshaw-racing-n-trfdsn400","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}