Kimi Raikkonen 2007 Australian Hat Trick

Model: Ferrari F1, Kimi Raikkonen F2007 Australian GP Hat-Trick

Brand: Hotwheel

Scale: 1/18

Pricetag: $200



It was the first race of the 2007 Formula One season when Kimi Raikkonen won the race on his debut for Ferrari.

The RAREST of them all...!!! I'm lucky to owned one.

Model: Micheal Schumacher Ferrari FXX #30

Brand: Hotwheel Elite

Scale: 1/18

Pricetag: $600
Ferrari has built 30, originally 29 of these cars, and they have all been sold to preselected past Ferrari customers, except for one that Ferrari S.p.A. kept, including Ferrari's F1 World Champion driver, Micheal Schumacher, the 30th.

Schumacher's FXX differs from others in that it is the only black FXX without a stripe and comes with red trim on the wheels, matte exhaust tips (regular FXX's have chrome tips) these few customers will not only own a Ferrari FXX, but also participate in further testing and brand development.
Hotwheel has produced a rare limited edition 1/18 Elite replica of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari FXX with the Micheal Schumacher figure in it driving the car. It was so rare that only 333 of it are made worlwide.

Sources said that this particular model are actually not for sell and nearly impossible to find any information about it through the internet. It was made as a souvenier for VIPs (hardcore Ferrari's owner) invited during the launching of the actual Micheal Schumacher FXX.

Yupz...260 of up to 333 in the world made and as far as I know there are only 2 of this limited edition model avaiable in Brunei. Hehehe...I'm the lucky one to have one of it.

Essentially an evolution of the Enzo, the FXX shares some components with its parent car, but significant portions are exclusive to the FXX.
Schumacher's FXX differs from others in that it is the only black FXX without a stripe and comes with red trim on the wheels...
The car uses some technology developed from the Enzo and combines it with some all-new developments from Ferrari and some of the suppliers.
However, the car is only a part of the overall program: customers pay £1.3 million ($2.5 million USD) but are only allowed to drive the car on special track days approved by Ferrari and after they drive the car they have to brief Ferrari on the car's performance.
...matte exhaust tips (regular FXX's have chrome tips) these few customers will not only own a Ferrari FXX, but also participate in further testing and brand development.
The FXX's engine is based on the Enzo's but has been expanded to 6.3 L (6262 cc) from 6 L (5988 cc)...
...and output has been boosted from 660 PS (651 hp/485.4 kW), as seen in the Enzo, to 812 PS (800.9 hp/597.2 kW) at 8,500 rpm.
The unique feature avaiable for this model is that it have the Micheal Schumacher figure in it driving the car.
This feature is not avaiable in other Micheal Schumacher FXX that being made commercially in the market.

Most Micheal Schumacher FXX are made without the Micheal Schumacher figure in it.

Micheal Schumacher & Zinedine Zidane after a test drive.

Micheal Schumacher was given the last one (number 30) when he retired from F1 racing at the end of 2006.

The most expensive toy ever.

American International Toy Fair 2008

Hot Wheels® had announced its year-long plans to celebrate the brand's 40-year heritage at the 105th American International Toy Fair®. Anniversary activities were kicked off with the unveiling of a custom jeweled 1:64-scale Hot Wheels® car, designed by celebrity jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills. This one-of-a-kind car, the most expensive in Hot Wheels® history, was made to commemorate the production of the 4 billionth Hot Wheels® vehicle.

This $140,000 Hot Wheels car is allegedly the most expensive toy car in the world, created to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Mattel's tiny cars and show why Humanity has way too much free time. Why is it so expensive? As you can see in the glittery images, it is all about the 23-carat bling-bling.

The car has 2,700 blue, black, and white diamonds covering its 18-karat white gold frame. The blue diamonds are used to mimic the Hot Wheels Spectraframe blue paint, while black and white diamonds cover the underbelly and for the engine. For the brake lights, they used rubies.


The Hot Wheels® flame logo found on the underbelly of the car is lined with white and black diamonds.

BMW M3 GTR

Brand: AUTOart Motorsport

Model: BMW M3 GTR Plain Body Version.

Scale: 1/18

Price (Date of purchase) : $125 (March 2006)

WHAT?!..."With sealed body panels?!"

Every 1:18 "Motorsport" series, having " With Sealed Body Shell " logo on it box, raised a lot of question among the collectors on why AUTOART are making die cast model cars with no engine, no opening of doors and bonnets but still demanding the same selling price.

BMW M3 GTR

This is because, many top racing teams, such as Formula One, WRC and Super GT racing cars, would not allow picture to be taken or conducting any research of the car’s interior by model makers due to the team’s unique design of their suspension setup and engine arrangement which are their closely guarded secret among their competitors.

Aston Martin DBR9 Sebring 2005

Because of this, there are no modern Formula One die cast models that are made with engine, even if they do, it is being made with assumption from limited sourcing of pictures of the press and magazine. The dimension will never be accurate and many small details are also incorrectly replicated.

Cadillac CTS-V SCCA World Challenge 2004

This is the primary reason for the introduction of "Motorsport" series offering modern racing model cars with no engine and opening and emphasizing the exterior features rather than the interior. It is meaningless to replicate an incorrect engine in a model just for the sake that the model should have an engine. For model collectors, the most important thing for a die cast model car is to have the body shape replicated as closely as possible to the real car. Interior, such as engine and boot, is secondary.