Sunday, July 7, 2019

1964 Buick Riviera Hot Wheels 1:64









From Wikipedia:

The Buick Riviera is a personal luxury car that was marketed by Buick from 1963 to 1999, with the exception of the 1994 model year.

As General Motors' first entry into the personal luxury car market segment, the Riviera was highly praised by automotive journalists upon its high-profile debut. The ground-up design that debuted for 1963 was also Buick's first unique Riviera model, and it pioneered the GM E platform.

Unlike its subsequent GM E platform stablemates, the Oldsmobile Toronado and Cadillac Eldorado, the Riviera was initially a standard front engine/rear-wheel drive platform, only switching to front-wheel drive starting for 1979.

While the early models stayed close to their original form, eight subsequent generations varied substantially in size and styling. A total of 1,127,261 Rivieras were produced.

The Riviera name was resurrected for two concept cars that were displayed at auto shows in 2007 and in 2013.

Friday, June 28, 2019

1999 Ferrari 360 Modena Burago 1:18









The Ferrari 360 (Type F131) is a two-seater, mid-engine, rear wheel drive sports car manufactured by Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari from 1999 to 2005. It succeeded the Ferrari F355 and was replaced by the Ferrari F430 in 2004.
The first model of the 360 to be produced was the Modena, named after the town of Modena, the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari. Transmission choice ranges from 6-speed manual transmission, or the electrohydraulic-actuated "F1" automated manual transmission.

The 360 Modena went into production in 1999 and remained in production until 2005 when it was replaced by the F430. The Modena was followed two years later by the 360 Spider, Ferrari's 20th road-going convertible which at launch overtook sales of the Modena. Other than weight, the Spider's specifications matched those of the Modena almost exactly.

Friday, June 21, 2019

Maserati Quattroporte Hot Wheels 1:64









From Fandom:

The Maserati Quattroporte is a four-door sports luxury saloon produced by Italian car manufacturer Maserati. The name translated from Italian literally means "four doors".
Debut Series: 2004 First Editions.- Produced: 2004 - Designer: Mark Jones. - Number: C2729

Friday, June 14, 2019

Friday, June 7, 2019

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

2004 Smart Roadster Coupé 1:18 Burago

El Smart Roadster está catalogado como modelo compacto deportivos de dos puertas introducido en 2003 por Smart. Las ventas del Roadster y del Roadster Coupé no cumplieron las expectativas por lo que la producción de ambos modelos se abandonó en noviembre de 2005. Para entonces ya se habían producido 43,091 Roadsters; el último de ellos se encuentra en el museo Mercedes-Benz.
En 2002 empiezan los cambios en la fábrica de SmartVille para alojar al futuro Smart roadster, éste se lanzó en 2003, inspirado en los roadsters británicos de los años 60, cuyas premisas eran la diversión y su bajo peso por encima de la potencia. Con esta premisa a pesar de sus características deportivas y de su imagen agresiva, el Smart Roadster estaba disponible con motores de baja potencia que tenía por objeto un bajo consumo de combustible. A pesar de que la producción en el año de lanzamiento pudo superar a las expectativas, el Smart Roadster no fue una buena inversión, los elevados costos de garantía llevaron a que el Smart Roadster fuese un fracaso financiero y por lo tanto, a que se dejara de producir en 2005.