1973 Toyota Celica Liftback GT2000

Autoart nails the sexy Japanese 'Mustang' look ... I came of driving age in the early 1970s and while I drove a snazzy copper-colored Plymouth Duster, which I thought beautiful, the Japanese makes were just getting their footing in the U.S. market. Most models were boring, but to me, the “hot” car was Toyota’s Celica... Continue Reading →

February 6, 2023 1

Toyota Century, 2018 Limo

AutoArt's 1:18 beauty is the epitome of Japanese luxury ... To most of us, me included, we think of Toyota car badges like Camry, Corolla and Celica, but Century? Welcome to the luxury limo world, one few of us live in and in the States, the luxo-liner Century is virtually invisible. But in Japan the... Continue Reading →

September 26, 2022 0

Lamborghini Diablo SE30

Autoart’s 1:18 scale Diablo worthy of its special edition status ... Lamborghini may be younger than Ferrari, but its slippery looking cars are equally beautiful, daring, and powerful. So when Lambo’s 30th anniversary rolled around in 1993 it wasn’t shy about introducing a limited edition Diablo SE30, as in Special Edition 30th Anniversary. Like the... Continue Reading →

September 11, 2022 0

McLaren 600LT

Autoart creates a racy 1:18 scale Long Tail version ... McLaren knows a little something about supercars, and what it doesn’t know could be put inside an engineer’s pocket protector. So when the British firm rejiggered its 570S supercar to create something a little less pricey and yet racetrack worthy it was no surprise the... Continue Reading →

May 23, 2022 0

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 →

May 16, 2022 0

Diecast: Autoart Suzuki Jimny

Jimny (JB64) is a cute, well-detailed Jeep wanna-be ... Suzuki’s Jimny is a fun little runabout, and even cuter as a 1/18 scale diecast model from the hot shot designers at Autoart. There’s no doubt this Jeep-like two-door sport-utility is useful and nimble. It has sold like Pocky sticks in its home market, Japan and... Continue Reading →

March 14, 2022 0

Diecast: Bugatti Chiron Sport

Autoart's 1:18 hypercar looks crazy fast even at rest ... What happens in the auto world when the term “supercar” isn’t descriptive enough? Naturally we seek a new term, and for now that has become hypercar. But is that enough to describe a car with 1,479 horsepower and a 0 to 60 mph time of... Continue Reading →

January 5, 2022 0

Diecast: Autoart 1973 Nissan Skyline GT-R

Skyline 2000 GT-R (KPGC110) a rare, racy hatchback ... Just as the oil crisis was putting the kibosh on performance cars in the U.S. in 1973 it also was squishing a newly revised Nissan offering in Japan. The cool Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R, the second generation GT-R, was a performance oriented fastback that for all... Continue Reading →

December 20, 2021 0

Diecast: Autoart’s McLaren Senna

Beautiful Senna model designed for speed, car lust ... If beauty be only skin deep, so be it, especially if that object of visual lust is a mid-engine McLaren Senna, be it a throbbing full-size version or a silent 1:18 diecast scale model snug in a showcase. Autoart has an encyclopedic knowledge of beauty and... Continue Reading →

November 29, 2021 0

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 →