QOTD: How About A TTAC Hot Wheels Series

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Over on Jalopnik’s Opposite Lock section, Juan Barnett raised the idea of having a “Jalopnik” series of Hot Wheels cars that would best represent the site. Everything from a Miata to an RS6 Avant to a Merkur XR4Ti was thrown around for the hypothetical 5-car collection. How about one for our august publication?

At first I thought about switching out Hot Wheels cars for the very JDM Tomica line, but then we’d be unable to include our favorite American Iron

If I were to have my pick, it would be something like this:

1) Any Panther (which model is up for debate)

2) Murilee’s Project Car Hell Impala

3) VW Jetta TDI Sportwagon in Brown

4) Jack’s Green S5

5) Chrysler Minivan

Honorable mentions include the latest V6 Mustang, the 2014 Toyota Corolla, NormSV650’s 40 MPG Saab, any of the BigTruckSeriesReview@Youtube’s SRT products and Zackman’s Impala.

Of course, these selections would likely be doomed to commercial failure. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to go rip the NSX Concept out of the blister card.

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  • Ishwa Ishwa on Oct 16, 2013

    ehehe "NormSV650′s 40 MPG Saab" Pretty funny when the writers remember that claim

  • Mcs Mcs on Oct 16, 2013

    Don't forget the pink Aspire: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tag/ford-aspire/

  • Luvmyv8 Luvmyv8 on Oct 17, 2013

    Hmmmm.... here's an obscure one, a Datsun/Nissan 200SX (the S12 series) fastback, Hot Wheels did have it in the 80's, one version had a flip rear end that featured either a damaged rear end or normal. I had this as a kid, the other one I know of was a '77-'78 Dodge Monaco cop car with a flip passenger door. The 200SX would be for Thomas Kreutzer. Hot Wheels doesn't offer any Panther related cars, but Matchbox certainly does; they had in the 80's and 90's a '83-'87 Crown Victoria LTD police car, if memory serves, it had dual exhausts on the bottom, signifying a 351 Windsor. Also offered from Matchbox are a '95-'98 Crown Victoria, usually a cop car and a '99+ Crown Vic, seen either as a taxi or police car. This was a childhood favorite of mine; Matchbox also had a '85-'88 Lincoln Town Car... my dad owned an '85 in real life, hence why I treasured this one. I think it was a '85 and up, though I don't remember exactly which rear end it had, though I lean towards the newer one. Off to Ebay I go for this one. Also Johnny Lightning made a '88-'91 Crown Vic LTD to market as the Blues Mobile from Blues Brothers 2000. Somewhat rare nowadays. Green Light also makes a crap ton of P71's for their Hot Pursuit series and police car lines. Hot Wheels also makes several Nissan Skyline GT-R models; the "Ken and Mary" GT-R (1973)a body kitted R32 GT-R and a R34 GT-R. They also had a Hakusaka Skyline GT ('68-'72) as well...... it signifies my Skyline obsession.... just sayin'..... I think Matchbox made a 00's Impala, but my memory is hazy on it, though I'm sure it existed and I probably have a cop one in my parents house stashed somewhere. Hot Wheels made a Range Rover Classic, this one is for Doug Demuro.

  • Gfen Gfen on Oct 18, 2013

    Audi RS4: That old review did more to sell this site to people than anything else before or after. Subaru B9 Tribeca: Flying Vajayjay. Helped get the ball rolling on the site in general. The Mystery Car/black package car/random choice: Caddy Cimarron, Chevy Cavalier, or Pontiac 2000. The death watch was the sole impetus for this place for many years. VW Golf: Yes, I know, you're very important because you helped market it or something. (snore) Toyota Corolla: Held up as a business model to emulate, and a vehicle model to not.

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