Opel Calibra 1989–1997 car dimensions: 4492 mm long, 1688 mm wide and 1320 mm high. Unladen weight is 1,170 kg. Braked towing is 1,350 kg.
Sports seats with driver height adjustment, split-folding rear seats, power steering, electric heated mirrors, tinted glass, cassette stereo and ABS come as standard. Air conditioning, electric front windows, central locking, sunroof, board computer and fog lights are options. Driver airbag became standard from early 1993, with passenger airbag following later. higher grades added heated leather seats and better audio.
The liftback hatch opens wide for easy loading. Boot holds 300 litres with rear seats up and expands to 980 litres when the 60/40 split rear backrests fold flat.
Braked towing capacity reaches 1350 kg and unbraked 580 kg on the 2.0i. Payload is 420 kg with a 100 kg roof load limit. The car suits light leisure towing but has no dedicated heavy-duty cooling or reinforced suspension packages listed for work use.
Sports seats are standard with height adjustment on the driver side. The cabin seats four with a split-folding rear bench. Tinted heat-insulating glass is fitted all round. Air conditioning, electric front windows, heated front seats and a sliding steel sunroof are available as options. The large hatch opens wide for easy loading into a practical boot.
Runs on Super petrol with three-way catalyst.
Oil and filter change every 15 000 km or 12 months.
Timing belt change every 60 000 km or 4 years.
ABS standard from launch.
Driver airbag standard from 1993. passenger airbag and pretensioners added later that year.
No official crash-test star rating published.
The 2.0i takes Super fuel and records a combined figure of 8.2 l/100 km on the Drittelmix cycle. Tank capacity is 63 litres.
Service work follows a clear schedule: engine oil and filter every 15 000 km or once a year, air and fuel filters every 30 000 km, spark plugs and timing belt every 60 000 km or four years. Brake fluid is renewed every two years.
Safety equipment started with ABS and height-adjustable seat belts. From early 1993 a driver airbag became standard. later that year a passenger full-size airbag, seat-belt pretensioners and double steel door tubes were added. The body uses crumple zones front and rear plus reinforced sills and pillars.
Parts remain available and many items interchange with Vectra A components. Regular oil changes and belt renewal keep the simple 8-valve engine reliable. Corrosion protection was improved on later Finnish-built cars, so check wheel arches and sills carefully on any example.
Length 4492 mm, Width 1688 mm, Height 1320 mm, Wheelbase 2600 mm (Calibra 1989–1997)
Sources: manufacturer data, ADAC Autokatalog Herstellerangabe, Ventilated front discs, MacPherson front and trailing-arm rear with anti-roll bars from the AutoWeek manufacturer catalogue, driver and passenger airbags became standard only in 1993.