The other day’s article inspired me to write about the winning car of Hot Wheels World’s Best Driver (WBD) — the Rip Rod. After doing some research, I found the video below. I was not aware that the WBD ever concluded, let alone ended with a nice 22-minute video […]
What started off as a project by Ford to build a Direct Injection, 1.0L Ecoboost Engine, turned into what we know of today as the Rip Rod. Taking designers from the United Kingdom and the United States, Ford developed this off-road race car around the aforementioned engine and the […]
Maelstrom, for all intents and purposes, is a Dutch word meaning mill-stream — with mill meaning, “to grind”. This Hot Wheels car was designed especially for track as a streamline-grinder of sorts. From its origin as a concept to its first appearance in the 2001 First Editions, Maelstrom had a small group […]
While I admit I bought the 2016 Track Stars 5-Pack for the race team Ballistik, it was hard not to notice The Gov’ner that was also included in the 5-Pack. The Gov’ner has been a Hot Wheels collector cult-favorite for years as it is a sleek track car that […]
The Hi-Roller is a brand-new, 2016 New Model that has slowly been turning heads. This luxury hi-boy coupe screams classic Las Vegas and is most likely the reason why the name is what it is. Hot Wheels designer, Fraser Campbell did a terrific job on this one giving […]
Fast. Furious. Ford Escort. Those words did not really go together until Fast & Furious 6 introduced us to the ’70 Ford Escort RS1600. Growing up, if you knew someone with a Ford Escort they could care less about the performance of their vehicle as the name “Escort” was […]
The reason I love Hot Wheels over other brands is that the Hot Wheels brand sticks to the branding effort they set back in 1968, making “California Custom Miniature Cars”. This is achieved by customizing the appearance of the vehicles with paint, graphics, stance, body kits, or just […]
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