Auto World’s 1932 Cadillac V16 Sport Phaeton I’m no authority on pre-war classic cars, but most car crazies like me recognize the Cadillac V16 or Sixteen as it was often called. This was Cadillac’s most powerful and expensive car to date when introduced at the New York Auto Show in January of 1930. Talk about... Continue Reading →
Koenigsegg Regera
Autoart creates a stellar 1:18 scale "practical" supercar ... Hard as it is to imagine, the 1500-horsepower Koenigsegg Regera is not meant for the racetrack. No, Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg (bless you!) intends the Regera as a grand touring luxury sports car. PR from Christian von Koenigsegg, the car maker’s founder, says Regera is a... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Auto World’s 1947 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible
A stylish 1:18 scale Series 62 with opening hood, trunk, doors ... Cadillac was near the top of the U.S. automotive world as far as a reputation for luxury coupled with performance prior to World War II. Oh sure, there was Packard too, but the Series 62 Caddy was king of the heap. And of... Continue Reading →
DIe-Cast: 1987 Audi Sport quattro S1 Rally Racer
Autoart’s Pikes Peak racer a mountaintop experience ... Imagine, if you can, driving up a winding 12.42-mile long mountain road, mostly gravel and dirt with no guardrails and sheer drops sometimes thousands of feet straight down to certain death, should you slip over the edge. Then imagine doing it for time and with a 600... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s 2016-’17 Lamborghini CEntenario Roadster
Here's how you can afford a $2 million Lambo Roadster ... Not a Lamborghini tractor! Did you know Lamborghini makes tractors? Maybe not, unless your gentleman farmer acreage is considerable and located in Europe. I’ll bet you’re more familiar with Lambo’s supercars, like the sumptuous Centenario Roadster, of which just 20 were made and nine... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: Autoart’s 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT HellCat widebody
In any scale a Hellcat Widebody bulges with muscles ... As retro racy as Dodge’s Challenger has been in its latest iteration, the Widebody version is the most muscular looking and the Hellcat flexes the greatest amount of muscle under the hood. Sinamon Stick or Destroyer Gray? I gotta go with the brighter Hellcat! Combine... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast Autoart Pagani Huayra Roadster
Rockin' Huayra Roadster is packed with detail ... Think of an Italian supercar and likely you’ll conjure up images of a Ferrari or Lamborghini in all its red or yellow sleekness that translates into sexy, exotic, and fast. But now there’s Pagani, another Italian make out of Modena (Ferrari’s birthplace), and its sleek mistresses of... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: Auto World’s 1971 Chevy Camaro RS/SS
1971 Camaro RS/SS full of sophisticated style, sharp detail ... Fond memories of an early car follow many of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s and the second generation Camaro fills this category for me, and likely many others. I loved the original Camaro’s shape, but the second gen was a smooth... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Lamborghini URUS
Lamborghini's super SUV is an eyeful, even in 1:18 scale ... Naturally few of us will ever be able to afford a Lamborghini, but I know where you can get one for less than $300 … from Autoart and it’s in 1:18 scale. Like the rest of the automotive market, the raging bull of Italian... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1920s Duesenberg Indy 500 winners
These Indy 500 winners are real Duesys ... Indianapolis-based Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Co. was a powerhouse at the Indianapolis 500 in the 1920s, winning three out of four years from 1924-27. Duesenbergs were known for their strong engines, and the company made marine and aviation engines during World War I. But following the war... Continue Reading →