Hot Wheels Porsche 993 GT2: the bolted on parts are not bolted on
The whole point of a GT2 is that somebody took a road car and screwed extra bits onto…
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Hot Wheels Lotus Project M250: the only version of this car that exists
Most models on my shelf are copies of something you could walk up to and touch. Not this…
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Hot Wheels BMW Z4 M Coupe: the casting is half glass and that changes everything
Hold this one up to a window and look through it. The windscreen, the roof rail, the side…
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Hot Wheels Dodge Challenger SRT8: a small copy of a car that was already a copy
Every model on my shelf is a copy of something. This one is a copy of a copy.…
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Hot Wheels Custom Volkswagen Beetle: how far you can cut it and still know what it is
Somebody took a Beetle, dropped the roof, slammed the body onto the ground, pulled the front wheels out…
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Hot Wheels Lamborghini Urus: the SUV that paid for everything else
Why the Urus exists, how the casting handles a shape that fights itself, and what to check on…
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Hot Wheels Ford Fiesta WRC: the only car I own that looks wrong clean
Every other casting on my shelf wants to be spotless. Polished paint, no dust, nothing in the panel…
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Hot Wheels ’32 Ford Hot Rod: everybody owns a Deuce, so why keep this one
Count the 1932 Fords in your collection. I counted four, which is more than any other single body.…
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Hot Wheels McLaren P1: the hypercar you can see daylight through
Hypercars are usually the easiest cars for me to leave on the peg. They all photograph the same,…
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Hot Wheels Custom ’72 Chevy LUV: the smallest truck Chevy sold, with a blower
Scale does strange things to a mini truck. The Chevy LUV was a little import pickup bought by…
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