{"product_id":"opel-ascona-400-rothmans-night-version-n-w18006101","title":"Opel Ascona 400 Rothmans No. 2 Röhrl Geistdörfer Winner Rally Monte-Carlo 1982 Night Version Werk83 1:18","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA die-cast 1:18 scale model of the Rothmans Ascona 400 No. 2 that Röhrl and Geistdörfer used to win both the 1982 Monte Carlo Rally and the 1982 WRC Drivers' title, rendered in night-stage trim by Werk83.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Opel Ascona 400 holds a precise place in rally history: a Group 4-homologated, rear-wheel-drive saloon that went head-to-head with increasingly sophisticated machinery and won. Werk83's \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale model captures the exact configuration of car No. 2 during the nocturnal special stages of the 1982 Monte Carlo Rally — white-and-blue Rothmans livery, auxiliary lamp array and all — rather than a generic day-specification replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"ascona-400-group4\"\u003eA Rear-Wheel-Drive Weapon in Group 4\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ascona 400 was built on the Opel Ascona B J-body platform and homologated into FIA Group 4 (Special GT Cars) in 1979. Irmscher and GM Motorsport fitted wide-arch bodywork, a tubular roll cage and a 16-valve, 2.4-litre inline-four developed with Cosworth. All of that power went to the rear wheels — a configuration that was already becoming rare in top-level rally as the four-wheel-drive era loomed. The Ascona 400 competed in the World Rally Championship from 1980 to 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"rohrl-1982-montecarlo\"\u003eRöhrl's Last RWD Victory on the Monte\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 50th edition of the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, held 16–22 January 1982, opened the 1982 World Rally Championship season. Walter Röhrl and co-driver Christian Geistdörfer, running as car No. 2 for the Rothmans-Opel team, took outright victory. It was Röhrl's second Monte Carlo win and, as it turned out, the last outright victory by a rear-wheel-drive car at Monaco before Group B four-wheel-drive machinery took over. The pair also clinched the 1982 WRC Drivers' championship in the same Ascona 400, making this a season-defining result rather than an isolated one-off. The car's white bodywork carried a blue diagonal stripe and wordmark — one of the most recognised liveries in period motorsport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"werk83-118-die-cast\"\u003eWerk83's Night-Version Die-Cast\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWerk83 produces the model in die-cast metal at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale. The \"night version\" designation is specific: it replicates the auxiliary driving and fog lamps fitted to the Ascona 400 for nocturnal special stages on the Monte Carlo Rally, a detail that distinguishes it from day-specification replicas of the same car. The Rothmans white-and-blue livery, No. 2 race graphics and Röhrl\/Geistdörfer identification are reproduced across the bodywork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WERK83","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57796390027648,"sku":"W18006101","price":74.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-w18006101-front34-v2.jpg?v=1793727267","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/opel-ascona-400-rothmans-night-version-n-w18006101","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}