This is Just One HUGE Treasure Chest!!!
Today it’s the turn of AUTOart and Yat Ming to have some new announcements.
AUTOart have a couple of real 1:18 gems due for release next year. My favourite AUTOart replica of all time has to be their Aston Martin DBR9, and next year one will be released in the striking Red Bull livery (AA80608). It is the #33 car that Wendlinger and Peter drove to victory in the Mugello round of the 2006 FIA GT Championship, which promises to be a real stunner.
We will also see 1:18 replicas of Andy Priaulx’s 2006 WTCC BMW 320Si (AA80646), the car with which he successfully defended his 2005 title, and Sebastien Loeb’s potent 2007 Citroen C4 WRC (AA80738).
Meanwhile, Yat Ming announced a 1:18 classic racer that will prove very popular, as it is of the great Jim Clark. It is the Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato that the Scot campaigned to fourth place in the 1961 Goodwood TT (YM92729JC). Like the AUTOart cars, we will not see this before 2008, but this could well be one where a pre-order is essential to guarantee your example, given the demand it is likely to command.
We also learnt today that we will not see the 1:43 Minichamps Mansell/Senna ‘Taxi’ from the 1991 British Grand Prix (P914305) until early next year at the earliest. Soon this will be rivalling the infamous 1:18 Exoto 1992 Mansell Williams for the replica with the longest ever lead time between announcement and release! I ordered mine about three years ago when I was still at university!
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