The Hot Wheels Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
This casting was introduced in 2007 as a “New Model” mainline car and was obviously based off of the real car. The original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (that really is a mouthful) was a purpose-built race car made to take on the likes of the Ferrari 250 GTO. The Shelby Daytona has several racing championship titles under its belt including GT class wins from the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans among others.
The Hot Wheels casting comes close to the original car including the relatively large rear wheels. Being a Hot Wheels car, the design itself is quite nice, if a bit cartoonish when it comes to that bulging rear wheel. Don’t get me wrong as it looks just fine with the exaggerated rear wheels. It is a Hot Wheels after all and it just works with this car. And the example I have here is from the Car Culture Circuit Legends.
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
This Shelby Daytona comes in its signature blue color with white racing stripes. It has painted on headlights and taillights and even the gas cap which is nice. Livery-wise it has sponsor decals just like the race cars and it is emblazoned with the number “15” and “GT” designation. Even the rear half-white, half-blue paint scheme was nicely reproduced in this car. What sets the car apart in my opinion are the wheels. It comes in broken RR5SP wheels in white which really pop out. To top it off, the wheels are stamped with the Goodyear markings, again just like the real car.
Overall, this is a great piece. Exaggerated wheels aside, this version of this casting is an excellent choice.
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