The 2023 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, held 25–27 August in Zlín, Czech Republic, is one of the most storied events on the FIA European Rally Championship calendar. Austrian driver Simon Wagner, co-driven by Gerald Winter, brought their ACCR Entry Engineering Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 home 4th overall — a result that underlines the crew's growing presence in ERC competition. This 1:43 die-cast by IXO Models records that specific result in permanent form.
The Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 in Competition
Built on the fourth-generation Fabia platform and homologated to FIA Rally2 regulations, the Fabia RS Rally2 is Škoda Motorsport's front-line customer competition car. The Rally2 class mandates a turbocharged engine of no more than 1.6 litres, fed through a 36 mm air restrictor. Škoda's four-cylinder unit operates within that envelope, delivering approximately 280 hp to all four wheels. The road-car bodyshell on which it is based measures around 3,996 mm in length, giving the rally car a compact, nimble footprint well suited to the technical asphalt stages of Rally Barum.
Wagner, Winter and the 2023 Barum Result
Simon Wagner is an Austrian rally driver with a consistent record across ERC and Central European events in the Fabia RS Rally2. At the 2023 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, running as car number 10 under the Team ACCR Entry Engineering programme — the official entry arm of the Czech Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (ACCR) — Wagner and Winter secured 4th overall. The white-and-blue ACCR Entry Engineering livery is distinct from Škoda Motorsport's own factory graphics, making it a recognisable variant within the Fabia RS Rally2 model range for ERC collectors.
IXO Models and the 1:43 Die-Cast
IXO Models produces this 1:43 scale model car in die-cast metal as part of their RAM (Rally & More) series. The construction follows IXO's standard for the scale: a metal bodyshell carrying livery graphics that replicate the race-day ACCR Entry Engineering decoration, including race number 10. Die-cast metal at 1:43 offers good definition of the Fabia RS Rally2's characteristic rally-spec bodywork details — wide arches, roof-mounted air intake, and rally lighting — in a format that sits comfortably alongside established ERC and WRC die-cast collections.
In the Display Cabinet
This model pairs logically with other IXO 1:43 ERC entries from the 2023 season, including other Fabia RS Rally2 entries from crews such as Martins Sesks and Norbert Herczig. For collectors focused on Rally Barum specifically, it sits alongside podium finishers and class winners from the same event in the same scale. The ACCR Entry Engineering livery also distinguishes it from Škoda Motorsport factory-liveried examples, adding a federation-programme variant to any comprehensive Fabia RS Rally2 shelf.
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What is the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2?
It is the competition version of the fourth-generation Fabia, built by Škoda Motorsport and homologated under FIA Rally2 regulations. It uses a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a 36 mm air restrictor.
What result did Simon Wagner and Gerald Winter achieve at Rally Barum 2023?
Wagner and Winter finished 4th overall at the 2023 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, held 25–27 August 2023 in Zlín, Czech Republic, running as car number 10 under Team ACCR Entry Engineering.
Who made this 1:43 scale model and what material is it?
It is produced by IXO Models in die-cast metal as part of their RAM (Rally & More) series at 1:43 scale.
What is Team ACCR Entry Engineering?
It is the official entry programme of the Czech Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (ACCR), which fields crews in Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 machinery in ERC and Czech Rally Championship events.
