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Number One with a Bullet: Danbury Mint 1:24 1950 Studebaker

They got their start building wagons for the American Trail, but in 1950, Studebaker was building some of the wildest cars on the American Road. Painted in sahara sand, this 1:24 1950 “bullet-nosed” champion convertible comes with a removable fabric top and a soft vinyl boot cover. Virtually everything works, including the doors, hood, trunk, […]

GreenLight’s all new 1:64 Indy Series

GreenLight has been working in cooperation with the IMS and Dallara since Fall 2012 as they developed and field tested the new Dallara chassis. As they were field-testing the new chassis and tweaking, GreenLight was hard at work tooling 1:18 and 1:64 scale replicas of the all new highly advanced platform. At the same time, […]

Luxury Collectibles Keep Them Coming

Luxury Collectibles has recently announced a new wave of color variations for their popular 1:43 General Motors series. Included in wave 3 are a Chevy Camaro SS Coupe in Silver Ice Metallic, a Cadillac CTS Sports Wagon in Black Raven, a Cadillac CTS-V Sedan in White Diamond, a Cadillac CTS Coupe in Thunder Gray, a […]

Awesome Aston

Minichamps 2010 Aston Martin Rapide 1:43| $55.00 The 2010 Rapide was named the “sexiest, sportiest 4-seater ever seen” by Road and Track magazine, and Minichamps’ new diecast model makes that statement easy to understand. Although the Rapide is almost 200 inches long, its sleek, flowing lines and big 20” wheels make it look much […]

Four Star TVR

Automodello’s 1970’s 2500M 1:43 $95.00 for red or yellow, $235.00 for black. TVR was never a household name in this country, but the thoroughly British two-seater was a fixture in the sports car scene from the late ‘50’s well into the ‘90’s. Automodello has followed their fine Griffith 200 (a TVR Grantura with […]

Boattail

Ixo’s 1933 Auburn 1:43| $30.00 Auburn, like most American car makers, was losing money during the Depression, but they managed to introduce a new V-12 engine in 1932. Fred Leamey’s sleek Speedster body rode atop a long-wheelbase Auburn chassis, and the combination was about as sporty as you could get in 1933. Make no […]

Cat Power

AUTOart’s Jaguar XJ-S Cabriolet 1:18/ $149.99 Jaguar’s XJ-S was a tough sell. Folks who hoped for a spiritual follow-up to the utterly lust-provoking XK were left cold, and the car toted a V12 at a time when oil embargoes were causing global heartburn. But Jaguar hung in there, and the car became a late blooming […]

In Honor of: Auto World Thunderjet Ultra G Release 9

Grab your throttle and get ready for the ultimate Chevy scaled racing experience with Thunderjet Ultra G release 9; a dedicated release to the 100th anniversary of Chevy. As Auto World standardly does with most of their Slot Car line ups enthusiasts will find 6 different vehicles included in the set and each is […]

Grocery Getter or Rally Racer: CSM Mitsubishi EVO 10

A rally inspired road burner, the Mitsubishi EVO 10 is a sport car packaged inside a compact sedan. With its aggressive styling and track-tuned turbocharged engine, it’s no wonder why there is such a strong loyalist following behind this family sedan gone rally racer. CSM did a great job on the US spec diecast version […]

Hot Wheels Elite 250 GT Berlinetta SWB

As the result of one of Hot Wheels Elite’s latest in-house tools, these Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWBs are going to make a lot of Ferraristas happy – and leave them enough scratch for a year’s supply of sfogliatelle in the process. The 250 GT Berlinetta “Passo Corto” was introduced in 1959, and could be […]