Race Day. Another set from Hot Wheels’ Car Culture series. As the name suggests, this set is filled with race cars. These are castings of race versions of certain models. Expect race liveries, roll cages, and big wings. Alright, so, not all race cars have big wings. But just to set your expectations, these are the cars that come with Race Day.
’78 Porsche 935-78
Mazda RX-3
Porsche 914-6
Porsche 962
Acura NSX
A quick glance at this set will already get you excited. This is not as colourful as I expected cars with racing liveries to be. Maybe I was expecting them to have a loud presence like drift cars. I’m not saying that they are boring, just understated for what they are. I guess it’s also because they give off this retro racing vibe rather than a modenrn one. And that can be a good thing.
One would not immediately think of an RX-3 to be a race day car, but these small rotary rockets were proper racing machines in their heyday. It isn’t a surprise to find Porsches here, but again, the fact that Hot Wheels has chosen retro race cars is a good choice. Porsche has that heritage of racing in its DNA, and it’s good to see the grand daddies of racing Porsches. The NSX is the most modern looking of the bunch here. With production of the NSX starting in 1990, though, it isn’t as ‘young’ as you think. Still, this is a testament to a timeless design.
Let us take a closer look at these race day cars.
Toy Box Garage 