Elevated front three quarter view of the Hotwheels 2017 Acura NSX. Front lights, grilles and badge are detailed.

Side profile of the Hotwheels Acura NSX. The wheels are an accurate representation of the real thing. The model is in a very dark shade with black interior, so some of the detail is lost.

Rear view of the Hotwheels Acura NSX with lights, badge and diffuser details.

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Hotwheels Acura (Honda) NSX 2nd generation.

In the Hybrid Speed series, this is more of an accurate model than the usual Hotwheels.

Side by side, displayed diagonally, two colours on the Turbos Porsche 959. The one closest to the camera is metallic green, the other is red. The front lights are picked out and there is a Porsche badge on the bonnet.

Side profile of the green Turbos Porsche 959. The red one is in the background.

Side by side, rear view of the Turbos Porsche 959. The grille is painted black but there is no other detail to the rear.

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Turbos Porsche 959

I have two colours on this Chinese toy from the 1980s, marketed as Turbos.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Hotwheels Porsche 959 in deep red with orange and yellow stripes. The front lights and grill are barely discernible under the paint.

Side profile of the Hotwheels Porsche 959. The silver wheels really suit it.

Rear view of the Hotwheels Porsche 959. It is hard to pick out any detail under the paint.

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Hotwheels Porsche 959

A typically 1980s Hotwheels rendition; little detail and very much a toy, but the twin-turbo, 4WD supercar was such an impressive car to me, I have a number of different models of it.

Hotwheels Porsche 917 long tail in ‘The Hot Ones’ series. The model is still in its blistercard. It is metallic green and yellow with race number 9 and Goodyear sponsorship.

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This fell into my basket this week

Hotwheels Porsche 917 LH

Intrigued by the design and the artwork which suggests it’s a reissue of an old model, but the casting is from 2017 and if anything the wheels look more like ‘70s Matchbox than Hotwheels.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Welly Škoda 100 saloon. My example is in beige and it’s on a beige background which isn’t a great contrast, although perhaps suitably communist drab.

Side profile of the Welly Škoda 100. Three box saloon with a rear engine. The design was quite modern when it was launched and it sold well during its eight year production run. It was it’s successor that stayed in production for 14 years that became the butt of jokes in the 1980s. I would argue Škodas were still a cut above other contemporary Eastern product though.

Rear view of the Welly Škoda 100.

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As I’m just back from a visit to the Czech Republic, it had to be a Škoda today!

Welly Škoda 100

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Elevated front three quarter view of the Siku MINI Convertible (R52) in yellow with black interior.

Side profile of the Siku MINI Convertible.

Rear view of the Siku MINI Convertible showing light and badge details.

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Siku MINI Convertible (R52)

Such a great piece of design and a nice interpretation of it in miniature.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Corgi Juniors ERF 84RS hydraulic platform fire appliance. The body is all over red and the boom is an orange shade.

Side profile of the Corgi Juniors ERF 84RS.

Above view of the Corgi Juniors ERF 84RS with snorkel hydraulic platform extended.

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Corgi ERF 84RS fire appliance.

This model appeared in so many wheel and livery variations. This is one of the few with a silver base and therefore has silver bumpers.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Matchbox Ford D Series refuse lorry. Note there is no interior cab detail behind that tinted screen. The play value was all about the body with this toy though.

Side profile of Matchbox Ford D Series refuse lorry with raised two-part tipping body.

Rear three quarter view of Matchbox Ford D Series refuse lorry. Open rear for the rubbish to go in.

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We bring you variety if nothing else; hypercar last week, bin lorry this.
(OK not technically a ‘car’, but there will be some commercials from time to time.)

Matchbox Ford D Series refuse lorry.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Siku Bugatti Veyron in silver and blue. The lighter colour shows off the shape of the body better than last week’s example.

Side profile of the Siku Bugatti Veyron in silver and blue.

Rear view of the Siku Bugatti Veyron in silver and you can see the blue edges to the engine bay and blue wing mirrors.

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Siku Bugatti Veyron EB16.4

In one of the many colour variations offered.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Siku Bugatti Veyron in two-tone black and orange.

Side profile of the Siku Bugatti Veyron.

Rear view of the Siku Bugatti Veyron.

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Siku Bugatti Veyron EB16.4

The 8 litre, 16 cylinder, mid-engined hypercar that created the genre. Faster than any other road legal production car yet still drivable on city streets (if you had the £million or so to buy one).
Orange and black is a limited edition colour on this Siku

Elevated front three quarter view of the Matchbox Toyota Prius. It is blue and has a pano roof which is a continuous piece of plastic from the windscreen to the rear window.

Side profile of the Matchbox Toyota Prius. The beautiful lines of the real car are more visible - if you squint - but the windows look too shallow (again because of the one bubble plastic component for all the glass) and the subtlety of the body is lost in the blue paint.

Rear view of the Matchbox Toyota Prius showing the light bar and badges. This is probably the most satisfactory angle of the model.

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Matchbox Toyota Prius

Undoubtedly a significant car, but never a looker until the 5th gen car appeared which really is a handsome beast. Not well captured by Matchbox, but the pano roof is hard to execute.

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Elevated front three quarter view of the Matchbox Volvo 240 saloon. It is a pale yellow colour.

Side profile of the Matchbox Volvo 240 - the definition of a three box saloon.

Rear view of the Matchbox Volvo 240 saloon. The big square lights and chunky black bumper unmistakably Volvo.

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Matchbox Volvo 240

I was always fond of Volvo trucks as a child, but had no interest whatsoever in their cars. At some point - and it’s probably only the last 5 years - I have been won over by their boxy sensibleness.
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Elevated front three quarter view of the Siku Bugatti Chiron in Gendarmerie livery with light bar on roof.

Side profile of the Siku Bugatti Chiron in Gendarmerie livery.

Rear view of the Siku Bugatti Chiron in Gendarmerie livery.

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Siku Bugatti Chiron “Gendarmerie”.
At £2.5 million give or take, it’s an unlikely police vehicle. I’m guessing the real thing did exist as a promo or in a computer game or something? It’s a nicely presented model, if rather silly.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Matchbox Citroën Ami electric quadricycle. Grey with black top exactly as the real ones are. The model is made of plastic similar to the real thing too.

Side view of the Matchbox Citroën Ami showing how the door panels are the same on both sides.

Rear view of the Matchbox Citroën Ami. Exactly the same as the front, but the lights being red not white, gives it away.

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Matchbox Citroën Ami.
Yes, it’s not technically a car, it’s a quadricycle.
I genuinely thought these vehicles would be a common sight on UK roads, but the purchase price was higher than initially stated and obtaining insurance also tricky. Good fun though (for short trips.)

Elevated front three quarter view of the Hotwheels Porsche 993 GT2 Red with black bonnet stripe. The biplane rear wing is definitely from a track car.

Rear view of the Hotwheels Porsche 993 GT2. It is painted all over red, no details are picked out.

Side profile of the Hotwheels Porsche 993 GT2. Such a distinctive silhouette.

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Hotwheels Porsche 911 (993) GT2

Elevated front three quarter of the Hongwell Porsche 911 GT 3.8 in Speed Yellow, one of the great Porsche colours.

Side profile of the Hongwell Porsche 911 GT 3.8 showing the very distinctive bi-plane rear wing.

Rear three quarter view of the Hongwell Porsche 911 GT 3.8 Lots of detail is picked out in colour, including the mirrors.

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Hongwell Porsche (993) GT 3.8
It is well detailed at 1:72 scale, but I’m still regarding it as a toy rather than a scale model.

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And in appreciation, I'm going to share pics of my Tomica Porsche 935-78 Turbo, often nicknamed "Moby Dick" for the tail like shape of its spoiler. I took this lovely #diecast on a trip to Japan. Took some fun pics and bought a lot of Tomica cars.

Front three quarter view of a made in China (no manufacturer stated) Porsche 911 (930) Turbo in brown with ‘turbo’ written in script diagonally across the bonnet with a simplified Porsche badge.

Side profile of the no name (China) Porsche 911 (930) Turbo the gaps show that it has opening doors.

Rear three quarter view of the no name (China) Porsche 911 (930) Turbo. Although there are some details (lights, bumpers, rear grille, etc) everything is painted brown.

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No name Chinese made Porsche 911 Turbo

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Slightly elevated front three quarter view of the Faller Porsche 914. It has a plastic body and metal base. The body is orange and the interior more of a red shade.

Distinctive side profile of the mid-engined Porsche 914. This Faller model has an open targa top and side windows half down. The wheels are a reasonable copy of the real vehicle’s design.

Rear three quarter view of the Faller Porsche 914. The rear lid opens to show the engine and rear luggage compartment.

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Faller Porsche 914 with open targa top.

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Elevated front three quarter view of the Corgi Juniors Citroën Dyane 6 in yellow.

Rear three quarter view of the Corgi Juniors Citroën Dyane 6, showing opening hatchback and large towbar.

Side profile of Corgi Juniors Citroën Dyane 6 with Corgi Juniors Citroën 2CV6 in background to compare very different body shape of these two related cars. Although the models share the same wheels, it is clear the 2CV is a larger scale. The Dyane was introduced as a replacement to the 2CV, but only outsold it for two years and eventually the 2CV carried on production for a further 7 years after Dyane production had ceased. The 2CV was cheaper and more characterful, but the Dyane was a more practical vehicle, sharing the same underpinnings.

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Corgi Citroën Dyane 6.

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Three circa 1:64 scale, no name Chinese manufactured models of the Porsche 911 Carrera (993).

The three models again. Two are in side profile and one is facing the camera. The two in side profile are the same casting. On the left is a silver coloured road car and on the right a black, red and green Carrera Cup car. The facing one is the white blue and red livery of Mobil although the tampo printing is slightly odd…

Rear view of the road car and the black Carrera Cup car. Both have a roll cage inside.

Elevated rear three quarter view of the white, blue and red car. It lacks the detail of the other model. It is race number 36 and has the sponsorship of ‘Moobiil’ (initially I thought it was a printing error and somehow the machine had jumped, but I think it’s a deliberate ploy to avoid any licensing issues).

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The 993 is my favourite Porsche 911. Here’s 3 no name, made in China, examples. The road car and the race number 24 Carrera Cup are the same casting, the race number 36 with interesting sponsorship is a cruder, but characterful rendition.
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Elevated front three quarter view of the Hotwheels Porsche 904 in silver with race number 86.

Side profile of the Hotwheels Porsche 904. I think this model captures the shape and character of Butzi Porsche’s design really well.

Rear view of the Hotwheels Porsche 904 with race number 86 on the rear deck. Shame the lights are not picked out in red.

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One of the best Hotwheels models of recent years; Porsche (904) Carrera GTS, the mid-engined race car of 1964.

Elevated front three quarter view of the Tomica Suzuki Jimny in the bright lime green colour.

Side profile of the Tomica Suzuki Jimny.

Rear three quarter view of the Tomica Suzuki Jimny showing door mounted spare wheel, and rear lights detail.

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Tomica Suzuki Jimny

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Front view of boxed Lledo VW Type 2 ‘Splitty’ Kombi in a series of models connected to the Carry On films. This being “Carry On Camping.”

Showing the side of the box with Charles Hawtrey’s face. The front of the box show Sid James’s face.

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Lledo VW Type 2 Kombi, circa 1:50 scale, in one of the many liveries produced. This one is part of a series of models with tenuous associations to the Carry On films. Thought I’d feature this week as it’s 37 years since Charles Hawtrey’s passing.
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Elevated front three quarter view of the Hotwheels Honda Civic Si in gold with black carbon fibre bonnet.

Side profile of Hotwheels Honda Civic Si in gold with black carbon fibre bonnet and red wheel surrounds.

Rear view of Hotwheels Honda Civic Si in gold showing rear spoiler.

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Hotwheels Honda Civic Si (6th gen)

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Front three quarter view of the MC Toys Porsche 911 (930) Turbo in blue with a large silver Porsche badge on the bonnet.

Elevated rear three quarter view of the MC Toys Porsche 911 (930) Turbo. It is all over blue colour - no lights, spoiler, bumper detail is picked out in any other colour.

Front three quarter view of the MC Toys Porsche 911 (930) Turbo facing the Matchbox model of the same car. The Matchbox example is silver-grey with a red interior. The two models are the same scale, share the same wheels and could easily be confused, except the Matchbox model has opening doors and therefore no side windows and visible gaps around the doors.

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MC Toys Porsche 911 Turbo

Except for not having opening doors it is very similar to the Matchbox model.
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Side profile of two versions of the Corgi Porsche 911SC Targa facing each other. The one on the left is a luminous yellow colour with black detailing and has a four spoke wheel design. The one on the right is all over guards red and has traditional Corgi Junior wheels.

Elevated three quarter view of the two Corgi Porsche 911SCs side by side. The red one is closest to the camera. You can see the yellow one has a large Porsche badge in black on the bonnet.

Rear view of the two Corgi Porsche 911SC Targas side by side the bumper detail is picked out in black on the yellow one. There is no detail of the rear lights or the tea tray spoiler.

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Two versions of the Corgi Porsche 911SC Targa today. An infinitely better rendition of a Porsche than their previous 911 Carrera (which was mostly offered in police liveries). This has a turbo style tea tray rear spoiler.

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Elevated front three quarter of the Hotwheels Rimac Nevera in dark blue.

Side profile of Hotwheels Rimac Nevera

Rear view of Hotwheels Rimac Nevera, showing lights and defuser detail.

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Hotwheels Rimac Nevera

There’s a cheaper Chinese EV hypercar getting the limelight at the moment, but for me the Croatian OG is still the best.

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Elevated front three quarter view of the Tomica Mazda Eunos Roadster open top in dark green with a tan interior.

Side profile of the Tomica Mazda Eunos Roadster. Obvious similarities to the Lotus Elan of the 1960s. Known in the UK as the MX5, this Sportscar absolutely nailed the brief and is pretty much universally respected as an affordable, fun, driver’s car. Now in its fourth generation it has remained true to its origins, remaining lightweight, small and simple.

Rear view of the Tomica Mazda Eunos Roadster. The rear lights and central braking light are picked out in red.

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Tomica Mazda Eunos Roadster/Miata/MX5
Following the sad news of Tom Matano yesterday, it felt fitting to feature this today.

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Elevated three quarter view of a Tomica Porsche 936 open endurance car. It is yellow and blue with race number 10.

Side profile of Tomica Porsche 936

Rear view of Tomica Porsche 936

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Tomica Porsche 936
Mid-engined Group 6 race car from the mid 1970s with open, Spyder body style.

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