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It was founded in 1968 in a double garage in the Swabian town of Winnenden (near Stuttgart) by rally driver and mechanic Günther Irmscher. | It was founded in 1968 in a double garage in the Swabian town of Winnenden (near Stuttgart) by rally driver and mechanic Günther Irmscher. | ||
Irmscher has retained close links to the Opel company by operating the factory team in many European and German automobile competitions, such as the [[World Touring Car Masters]], where they won the D Class championship in [[1990 World Touring Car Masters season|1990]] with driver [[Bernd Schneider]]. In [[1991 World Touring Car Masters season|1991]] the team decided to run under the Vauxhall Sport name. | Irmscher has retained close links to the Opel company by operating the factory team in many European and German automobile competitions, such as the [[World Touring Car Masters]], where they won the D Class championship in [[1990 World Touring Car Masters season|1990]] with driver [[Bernd Schneider]]. In [[1991 World Touring Car Masters season|1991]] the team decided to run under the Vauxhall Sport name, keeping Schneider and bringing in 1988 WTCM champion [[Tim Harvey]]. | ||
[[Category:Teams]] | [[Category:Teams]] | ||
Revision as of 08:30, 3 July 2019
Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH & Co. KG is a German car tuning and manufacturing company, specialising in Opel, Peugeot and Kia vehicles as well as working for the complete automotive industry as an engineering service provider.
It was founded in 1968 in a double garage in the Swabian town of Winnenden (near Stuttgart) by rally driver and mechanic Günther Irmscher.
Irmscher has retained close links to the Opel company by operating the factory team in many European and German automobile competitions, such as the World Touring Car Masters, where they won the D Class championship in 1990 with driver Bernd Schneider. In 1991 the team decided to run under the Vauxhall Sport name, keeping Schneider and bringing in 1988 WTCM champion Tim Harvey.