{"product_id":"ford-england-sierra-rs500-cosworth-n-5-dtm-1988-manuel-reuter-182131","title":"Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth No. 5 Manuel Reuter DTM 1988 Spark Model 1:43","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpark Model captures Reuter's No. 5 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth from the 1988 DTM season — a year of RS500 dominance — as a resin \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale model replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth represents one of the most deliberate homologation exercises in touring car history: Ford and Aston Martin Tickford built exactly 500 road cars in 1987 solely to certify the platform for Group A competition. In the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft the RS500 translated that engineering intent into outright race dominance, and the 1988 season proved to be the apex of that dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"the-rs500-cosworth\"\u003eFive Hundred Cars, One Purpose\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery RS500 road car was assembled by Aston Martin Tickford at Bedworth, England, and each carried the Cosworth YBD turbocharged 2.0-litre inline-four. In road trim the engine produced around 224 bhp; in full DTM race specification the same architecture was developed to exceed 500 bhp. The 500-unit production run was not a commercial decision — it was the minimum required by Group A regulations to homologate the car for international touring car competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"1988-dtm-reuter\"\u003eManuel Reuter and the 1988 RS500 Campaign\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManuel Reuter lined up in the 1988 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft carrying race number 5 on his Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth. The RS500 took the championship that season, though it faced strong competition from the BMW M3 throughout. Reuter's career arc reinforces the appeal of this particular car: within a year he had co-driven a Sauber-Mercedes to victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989, making him one of the more versatile German talents of that generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"spark-model-143\"\u003eA Resin \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e Scale Model from Spark\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpark Model produces this replica in resin, the material of choice for the brand's \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e racing car range, allowing fine surface detailing that diecast tooling at this scale cannot easily achieve. The SG-prefix SKU places it within Spark's dedicated German touring car series releases, a line that covers the principal DTM machinery of the late 1980s and early 1990s with consistent livery accuracy. Race number 5 and the period Ford competition livery are reproduced on a resin body built to \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"display-cabinet\"\u003ePlacing It in the Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe No. 5 RS500 sits most naturally alongside other Spark Model DTM \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e entries from 1988 — including the BMW M3 E30 that was mounting a strong challenge to Ford's grip on the series. A shelf devoted to the 1988–1991 DTM era benefits from the RS500's distinctive long-roof silhouette as an anchor piece. Collectors following Manuel Reuter's career might also pair it with a replica of the 1989 Sauber C9 that took his Le Mans victory, a combination that tells a compact and coherent two-year story across two very different forms of motorsport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPARK MODEL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56285699146112,"sku":"SG720","price":78.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-sg720-front34-v2_8ac9adff-2e23-4c97-a3a7-ea49feb0ec68.jpg?v=1792084309","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/ford-england-sierra-rs500-cosworth-n-5-dtm-1988-manuel-reuter-182131","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}