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Volume VII, Number6 |
O F F - T H E - S H E L F The following editorial reflects the personal thoughts of
Doug Breithaupt relating to our common hobby of miniature cars. It is intended
to generate discussion relating to 'Tales of Toy Cars'. Your letters are welcome and may be submitted via e-mail. Most Popular Toy Cars on the Planet |
German Mercedes-Benz - 500SL (4th generation) BMW - 850i Volkswagen - original Beetle Audi - Quattro Opel - GT Porsche - 930/911 Turbo Ford (Europe) - Capri Italian Ferrari - Testarossa Fiat - 124 Alfa Romeo - Carabo concept Maserati - Bora Lamborghini - Countach Lancia - Stratos French Citroen - 2CV Peugeot - 205 Renault - 5/Le Car Bugatti - Royale |
British Jaguar - 'E' type Rolls Royce - Silver Shadow/Corniche Bentley - 4.5 litre MG - MGA Lotus - Esprit Aston Martin - DB-7/Vanquish Morgan - Plus 4 Mini - original Mini Land Rover - original Range Rover Ford (UK) - Capri American Cadillac - 1959 models Buick - Grand National Pontiac - Firebird (3rd generation) Chevrolet - Corvette C4 Ford - original Mustang Mercury - original Cougar Lincoln - Continental Mk. III Chrysler - PT Cruiser Dodge - Viper Jeep - CJ5 |
Japanese Toyota - 2000GT Lexus - SC430/Soarer Nissan - 280Z Honda - Civic (current) Acura - NSX Mazda - Miata MX-5 Mitsubishi - Eclipse (generation 2) Subaru - Impreza Isuzu - Rodeo Suzuki - Samuri Australian Ford - Falcon (current) Holden - Commodore (current) Swedish Saab - Sonnet Volvo - 760 Korean Hundai - Tiberon Kia - name unknown |
I
expect that as you count the models in your collection for each marque,
your results may differ from mine. In some cases like the original Beetle
or the
Jeep CJ5 the results are obvious. The new Beetle may someday challenge the
old one for the most toy car examples but not yet. Other results are a surprise
like the Carabo concept for Alfa Romeo. Matchbox, Playart, Marx, Corgi, Wheeler
and perhaps others did the Carabo making it the most reproduced Alfa toy
car. Is the 2000GT still Toyota's most famous car? Playart, Johnny Lightning,
Impy, Yat Ming, Tomica, Zylmex, Siku and Wheeler all did examples. Chrysler
adopted the orphaned PT Cruiser when Plymouth was killed and it becomes the
favorite as a result. The Prowler was really more Plymouth than Chrysler.
Bentley, Kia and Hundai only have
one example of a production car to select. Let me know what your results are. |
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