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: Autoart’s 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
Gorgeous classic Bugatti a tiny jewel in 1:43 scale ... Oh, be still my swoopy car design-loving heart. Autoart has created a 1:43 gem of a classic Bugatti that may be the most beautiful car ever. That may sound overhyped, but it is not. The 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic is drop-dead gorgeous now, just as... 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: Autoart 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1
Camaro ZL1 offers stunning looks, excellent detail ... Seems like just yesterday it was 1971 and I was about to turn 16 and snag my driver’s license. My Uncle Wink, a car nut like me, was happy to help me learn to drive a stick, and believe it or not, he taught me on his... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: Autoart Aston Martin Vantage GTE Le Mans
Sexy Aston Martin Vantage a brilliant Le Mans racer ... My appreciation of Aston Martin cars started as a 5-year-old with a little metal Matchbox DB2-4, was enhanced as a teen by watching James Bond mess up the bad guys in his DB5, and finally came full circle when I got to “briefly” test drive... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Audi Sport quattro S1, 1986 Rally Monte Carlo
Twin Audi rally cars are full-featured beasts ... Rally racers are uniquely designed and equipped to crush the outback, the dirt, the rocks and the dust of off-road racing in the world’s hinterlands. Not a big deal in the United States, but with a huge following in Europe in particular, the European car makers have... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart Honda Civic Type R
Autoart's Civic Type R looks ready to rip in 1/18 scale ... When I was a youngster and Honda Civics were new to the U.S. market, they were cute, nimble econoboxes that got great gas mileage and weren’t very expensive. Times change. Now Civic has grown to be as large as an Accord used to... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s 2019 Mercedes AMG GT3
Mercedes AMG GT3 in 1/18 scale; be still my beating heart ... Mercedes-Benz and motorsports have a long partnership, mostly stellar, with oodles of success. Take Team Mercedes’ six straight Formula 1 titles as the most recent mark of excellence. Yet its sports cars have been champions too through the years, a prime example was... Continue Reading →