In 1993, Alfa Corse entered the DTM with the AWD V6-powered 155 TI, and created a Supertouring model, that would on got win the Italian Superturismo, the BTCC and the Spanish Touring Car Championship.
In 1993, the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) series was won by Nicola Larini with an Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti.
A large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA, with the result that less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their increasingly large investment in the high-tech series (this was further exacerbated by the travel costs to the new international rounds in Suzuka, Japan and Interlagos, Brazil).
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The original DTM was started in 1984 as Deutschen Produktionswagen Meisterschaft (German Production Car Championship), with cars entered by privateer teams and under FIA Group A rules, but was extensively modified throughout the years, allowing more modifications.
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The ITR governing body then sought approval and support from the FIA to begin the new series.
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The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful – the rounds at Magny-Cours, France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance.
An example for this was the German Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) series, which ran from 1994 to 1999, filling a void left after the end the 2.5-litre V6-powered Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) in 1996.
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For 2.0 litre class, the class later to become known as Supertouring, it consisted of BMW 318i, Hyundai Lantra, Peugeot 405, Toyota Carina, Toyota Corolla, a modified DTM Mercedes-Benz 190E and older modified Group A BMW M3s and Ford Sierras.
He drove for the team in Formula Ford and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (the German touring car championship), where he won the race at AVUS in 1987.
In 1994, Winter would along with the team defect to DTM, driving an Opel Calibra, it was at Round 10, Race 1 at AVUS, he was involved in fiery accident, in which his car disintegrated in a fireball.