Lets face it. Some of the car designs for Hotwheels were pretty cool. Too bad they never actually made cars like that.

A corporate takeover of the Hotwheels company by some big car company, (or at least buying the designs) and then making life-size driveable Hotwheels cars.
-- DesertFox, Mar 08 2006

Sample http://www.verycool...ages/hw2004_001.jpg
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http://www.hotwheel...2D&category_id=7500 [DesertFox, Mar 08 2006]

My personal favorite, the Solaire http://images.googl...ire+hotwheels&hl=en
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http://www.castanet...news-story--25-.htm [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 02 2012]

Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth customs http://www.ratfink.com/ed-roth-cars.php
A handful of his many outrageous hotrods are showcased here. Others are in private collections or have been lost to history. [Alterother, Jul 02 2012]

Economically feasible or does that not matter?
-- bristolz, Mar 08 2006


Economically feasible? Pshaw. Since when have HB ideas been economically feasible?

I'm thinking the fancy panelwork woul be the major cost additions. You could use a regular engine and framework for some of them.
-- DesertFox, Mar 08 2006


The cars would be make-able but those big ass track loop-de-loops...I dunno.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 08 2006


I think it's a fun idea. Life should be so much more fun than it seems to be some days. If someone could afford to play like this, why not? +
-- xandram, Mar 08 2006


GM could do worse. Has done worse, for that matter.

There is a Japanese car on the road that looks like a child drew it, big and boxy and square edged.
-- DrCurry, Mar 08 2006


Have you seen some of DaimlerChrysler's recent creations in the US? Not far off.
-- egbert, Mar 08 2006


One thing I've noticed is that Hotwheels gives its cars model names. My favorite hotwheels car ever was the Solaire CX4, a battered toy car that I somehow still have.

Too bad that car never existed in real life.

[link]
-- DesertFox, Mar 08 2006


This has been baked by a few custom car designers. I think all those cars were bought up by Hot Wheels, though, to put in their corporate headquarters building. I remember seeing a show on TLC about building one of these cars, a strange surfer-wagon pickup with the engine in the back, the passenger compartment way up front like in a VW Bus, and a cargo area in the middle.
-- discontinuuity, Mar 08 2006


ummm, i think its called "pimp my ride", "Autozone" or any other car store or show.
-- craziness, Mar 09 2006


The car's name is "Deora II", and the show is called "Rides". There is also a car named the "Twinmill".
-- BJS, Mar 09 2006


//pimp my ride// HE heh Heh. 'Un-pimp my ride.' 'You got an F' 'representing duetshland' ....

Did anyone see the mythbusters where they raced a hot wheels against a Viper on a downhill coast? I was amazed.
-- Zimmy, Mar 09 2006


Some of the craziest Hot Wheels designs were inspired by Big Daddy Roth (creator of 'Rat Fink'), who really did build cars like that <hot-rod link-in>. Some have gone so far as to suggest that he was the inspiration for Hot Wheels cars altogether, but I can't cite a source for that. He was certainly an iconic figure for a huge international subculture.
-- Alterother, Jul 02 2012



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