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Meisterschaft Category Touring cars Country Germany Germany
Inaugural season 1984 Folded 1996 Constructors Mercedes-Benz,
Audi, Opel, Alfa Romeo, BMW Tyre suppliers Michelin, Dunlop,
Bridgestone Last Drivers' champion Germany Manuel Reuter Last
Teams' champion Germany Opel Official website   The original DTM
had resumed racing with production based cars, as the former
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft had switched to Group 5 in 1977
and even to expensive Group C sportscars in 1982, leading to its
decline. Since 2000, a new DTM has been run as the Deutsche
Tourenwagen Masters, again organised by ITR.   The Alfa Romeo
155 V6 TI DTM of 1993 champion Nicola Larini. The 155 holds the
all-time record of 38 victories in DTM.  Rise of the original
DTM[edit]  The original DTM was started in 1984 as Deutschen
Produktionswagen Meisterschaft (German Production Car
Championship), with cars entered by p